A Piece of the Action

Theatrical Release

November 30, 1999

Studio

Warner Home Video

Rated

PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Directors

Actors

Thomas Benjamin, Tamu Blackwell, Hope Clarke, Bill Cosby, Gloria Delaney, Ja'net DuBois, Estelle Evans (II), Jason Evers, Frances Foster, James Earl Jones, Marc Lawrence, Denise Nicholas, Tracy Reed, Karole Selmon, Theoris Usher, Titos Vandis, Bill Walker, Candy Ward, Frances E. Williams

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Formats

• Anamorphic
• Color
• Subtitled
• Widescreen
• NTSC

Additional Information

The last, and least, film in the so-called Uptown trilogy, this 1977 buddy comedy is preachier than its more rollicking predecessors, Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again. It begins like The Sting, but then veers into To Sir, with Love territory, as Dave (Bill Cosby), a safecracker, and Manny (Sidney Poitier), a con man, are blackmailed by a retired detective (James Earl Jones, who would achieve pop-culture immortality that year as the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars) to work at a community-improvement center and inspire the delinquent youth to respect themselves and find jobs. An answer to the violent and militant blaxploitation films of the period, these films, each directed by Poitier, were the Barbershop of their day. Poitier and Cosby are a seamless team; their ease, charm, and integrity carry the film's more plodding patches, as does Curtis Mayfield's authentic score. Fans of these icons will want to get a piece of this action. --Donald Liebenson - Amazon.com

A pair of con men are obliged to help a social worker set some kids on the right track. - Description