Watermelon Man

Watermelon Man


Starring:Howard Caine, Godfrey Cambridge, Mae Clarke, Donna Dubrow, Frank Farmer, Scott Garrett, Kay Kimberley, Kay E. Kuter, Charles Lampkin, Karl Lukas, D'Urville Martin, Ralph Montgomery, Erin Moran, Mantan Moreland, Lawrence Parke, Estelle Parsons, Irving Selbst, Almira Sessions, Emil Sitka
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD
Watermelon Man
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • STILL WATERS RUN DEEP ? NO. WATERMELON MAN RUNS DEEP!
  • I like Godfrey Cambridge in just about anything
  • Watermelon Man
  • Interesting..
  • Why can't I get it
 Watermelon Man
Starring: Howard Caine , Godfrey Cambridge , Mae Clarke , Donna Dubrow , and Frank Farmer
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0002KPI1O
Release Date: 2004-09-14

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars STILL WATERS RUN DEEP ? NO. WATERMELON MAN RUNS DEEP!.......2006-02-19

Watermelon Man...was a very courageous and creative effort to depict caucasian racists attitudes prevalent 25-30yrs ago in a humorist and insightful context that encourages a viewer to step out of a stagnate and prejustice cultural box to take a risk to "take a walk in another's shoes". While very funny in isolated scenes and contexts, one cannot escape the fact that this film is thought provoking.

2 out of 5 stars I like Godfrey Cambridge in just about anything .......2005-10-05

except this movie. Looking at this movie today it really is so contrived. But, I guess it's not fair to judge this movie from today's standards. I never got the point of it. Apples and Oranges. And if a black person woke up one morning and was white what whould happen? Would it be the opposite of everything in this movie? I thought it was very silly and pointless. But, that's my opinion.

5 out of 5 stars Watermelon Man.......2005-08-23

This movie was funny from start to finish. It was like watching Archie Bunker from All in the Family.

4 out of 5 stars Interesting.........2004-12-13

Very interesting take on life in the 60's (film relased in 1970). Of course before those times it was worse! Today some would say it's an exaggeration. A white man wakes up one morning and discovers he's turned into a black man overnight. Of course he is suddenly treated differently at home and work as he tries to scrubb off his color. He's accused of theft and refused admission to certain places. Keep in mind he'd been making some off-color jokes about blacks. Some parts are quite realistic. Who wouldn't wish they were white if they work up with dark skin and kinky hair the next morning, after being a white bigot the day before?. His wife didn't want to sleep with him after almost begging him for intimacy the day before. A co-worker wanted to see if the myth was true...then cried rape when she was rejected. Yes it happens. They are able to turn on you quickly when they've used your race for their purpose. Some parts are realisic and funny and it's not a bad comedy for a film made in that time...note, for a film made during it's time.

5 out of 5 stars Why can't I get it.......2004-11-06

Saw film when in on t.v. in uk around mid seventies. Would love a copy of it on Region 2 dvd or if it were available on vhs for playing in uk machines. Can anyone help as i have been trying to watch this film again since the early eighties.

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