Space Is The Place (1974)

Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database	12.17.08

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Sun Ra--space-age prophet, Pharaonic jester, shaman-philosopher and avant-jazz keyboardist/bandleader--land his spaceship in Oakland, having been presumed lost in space for a few years. With Black Power on the rise, Ra disembarks and proclaims himself "the alter-destiny." He holds a myth-vs reality rap session with vblack inner-city youth at a rec center, threatening "to chain you up and take you with me, like they did you in Africa" if they resist his mplea to go to outer space. He duels at cards with The Overseer, a satanic overlord, with the fate of the black race at stake. Ra wins the right to a world concert, which features great performance footage of the Arkestra. Agents sent by the Overseer attempt to assassinate Ra, but he vanishes, rescues his people, and departs in his spaceship from the exploding planet Earth. Title: Space Is The Place Release Date: November , 1974 Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Sci-Fi All Genres: Sci-Fi, Music Languages: English Country: USA Colors: Color Sound: Mono IMDB Rating: 6.9 Brimstone Pit Rating: 7.9 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With S MPAA Rating: R Director(s): John Coney Cast: Barbara Deloney ...Candy Sun Ra ...Himself Raymond Johnson ...The Overseer (as Ray Johnson) Erika Leder ...Tania Christopher Brooks ...Jimmy Fey La Shaa Stallings ...Bertha Sinthia Ayala ...Chili Pepper Clarence Brewer ...Bernard June Tyson ...Arkestra member Morgan Upton ...Agent #2 Walter Burns ...Agent #1 Tiny Parker ...Tiny Sam Bankhead ...Sam John Gilmore ...Arkestra member Marshall Allen ...Arkestra member Danny Davis ...Arkestra member Eloe Omoe ...Arkestra member Kwame Hadi ...Arkestra member Larry Northington ...Arkestra member Danny Thompson ...Arkestra member Tommy Hunter ...Arkestra member Ken Moshesh ...Arkestra member Lex Humphries ...Arkestra member Jack Baker ...Bubbles Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Jim Newman Writer(s): Sun Ra Joshua Smith Composer(s): Sun Ra More Photos from Space Is The Place Movie Quote(s): [Drunk walks into Sun Ra's employment agency] Drunk: My man, what's happenin? Sun Ra: Everything is happenin. Drunk: What is this... I mean what... where am I? Who is you? Sun Ra: I am everything, and nuthin. Drunk: Nuthin? Well you betta tell me about this nuthin stuff, cause, uh, I need a job. I... I don't know what to do. Sun Ra: What have you been doin lately? Drunk: Uh huh uh, nuthin, really, nuthin. Sun Ra: How long have you been doing nuthin? Drunk: Quite some time. Quite some time. Sun Ra: You must be an expert at it. Drunk: Got my B.A., ya see. Sun Ra: We'll hire you to do that. Drunk: How much I get paid, man? Sun Ra: Nuthin. Drunk: Nuthin? NUTHIN? I got to have sumthin so I can get me anotha botty. I can't go for that shit! Movie Trivia: According to director 'John Coney (I)', the film utilized a sound stage that was controlled by 'Artie Mitchell' and 'Jim Mitchell (IV)', who were concurrently filming Behind the Green Door (1972). The production teams from both films shared the sound stage expenses, as well as the sound stage itself: the riser on which the Arkestra performed was also used by the Mitchell Bros. for "other purposes." Sun Ra wrote all of his own lines for the film. IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Spy, Jazz, Surrealism, Blaxploitation, Cult Favorite  ...[more] Keywords All: San Francisco California, Independent Film Seen it? Rate it Currently 7.90/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 7.9 out of 10.0 - 70 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST