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Watermelon Man

1970 · 100 min

A biting, uncomfortable satire that makes you squirm and laugh at the same time, turning a wild premise into a sharp mirror on racism.

Directed by
Melvin Van Peebles
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine
Tagline
His white bread world just turned upside brown!
Overview
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.

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Directed by
Melvin Van Peebles
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • identity
  • class
  • corruption
  • betrayal
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Melvin Van Peebles
Written by
Herman Raucher
Starring
Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin, Mantan Moreland, Erin Moran, Scott Garrett, Paul Williams
Music
Melvin Van Peebles
Cinematography
W. Wallace Kelley
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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