ILV & ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE WEIRD WEDNESDAY -- February 4, 2009
Weird Wednesday: THE BLACK SIX
(Matt Cimber, 1974)
February 4th * Midnight * ALWAYS FREE!
Weird Wednesday: THE BLACK SIX
Rated R; 94min; Director:Matt Cimber (1974)
Location: Alamo Downtown
presents WEIRD WEDNESDAY! Free!
"See the 6 biggest, baddest and best waste 150 motorcycle dudes!"
During the golden age of the drive-in there was one genre that could
always be counted upon to turn a profit: Biker movies. "Scooter Trash"
epics like The Wild Angels, Born Losers, Satan's Sadists, and of course
the major studio stepchild Easy Rider paid for any number of mansions
in Malibu and the Hollywood Hills. The films were inexpensive to
produce and were highly appealing to the young, mobility-mad white
audiences who frequented drive-ins. Meanwhile across town, movies like
Superfly, Coffy, Black Caesar and the like were packing 'em in at the
inner city theaters. It took an exploitation genius like Matt Cimber
(Witch Who Came From the Sea, Hundra) to bring the two audiences
together in this story of an all-black Vietnam Vet biker gang who take
on a rival gang of racist rednecks. The Black Six are all played by NFL
stars, and while none are polished actors they are loose and likable
and when it's time to throw an unwise user of the N-word through a
wall, they execute the playbook flawlessly. (Lars)
