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| ACTORS: | Tom Laughlin |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Tom Laughlin |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1971 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-action/Adventure |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 012569104020 |
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Customer Reviews of Billy Jack
Not as naive a movie as you might think This film captures the ideals of racial equality of the late 60s tempered by the realities of living in America in a waning civil-rights era of the early 70s.
Billy Jack returns to the reservation after a tour in Vietnam to find tension between the students of the Native "Freedom School" and the local townspeople. Some townspeople are motivated by fear and distrust, others buy old-fashioned racism. Billy Jack defends the students of the Freedom school, violently if need be.
The hippie, anti-racism/fascism message is not subtle. However, the answer to the world's problems does not lie in the simple "love one another" mantra of the the peace movement. Billy Jack gets respect and some degree of safety for the students at the Freedom school only by kicking the racist antagonists in the face.
At the same time, taken too far, a confrontational approach doesn't make it all better..even if you have the moral authority. Billy Jack finds this out as he is surrounded by the authorities, wounded and bleeding to death in a shack. It takes courage to fight back, and it takes just as much to realize that black and white responses to life's challenges do not amount to functional solutions to those problems.
As stated in some reviews of this movie, some of the acting and music leave much to be desired. However, we know that in real life people don't act as emotionally convincing as actors portray them, and the bad hippie songs actually make the movie believable. The improv-theatre scenes are a bit corny, but honest and quite amusing. A few are excellent, actually.
The movie is honest about violence, race, and sexuality. I think it would be viewed as politically incorrect today, in spite of its hippie message.
The opening scene where wild mustangs are coralled against the visual backdrop of a Southwest canyon and the musical background of Coven's anti-war anthem is quite moving. A very beautiful movie, and one of my favorite movies of all time.
Admirably Violent Non-Violence
Any film whose main thread is that it takes an extremely violent advocate of non-violence to truly protect the non-violent, immediately has my full attention and respect. If I could have only been around in the early seventies to watch hordes of stringy-haired American middle to upper class youth cheer, in all seriousness, a denim-clad white guy kicking the living hell out of (and in some cases even kill) anyone who doesn't practice the appropriate level of peace and understanding, I would have truly been in heaven. This movie and it's enduring popularity have confirmed what I have always suspected: disagree with a pacifist and they would like nothing more than to place your head on a pike.
If a person could have jammed anymore sixties clichés into an hour and a half, I'd like to watch their movie, too. Leading the pack would be the connection to "Indians", followed by ear-ringing singalongs at the school.....being bitten by rattlesnakes in a "purification process"....guerilla theater.......expressing yourself......"squares"......and on and on.
Jean is the lady that runs the school and, despite a notable lack of physical contact, is Billy Jack's lady. She is the good cop to his bad and spends a great deal of time doing one of two things: trying to talk Billy Jack out of collapsing your windpipe OR sneering with satisfaction once he actually does it. Jean's philosophy is plain and straightforward: there isn't a problem in the world that couldn't be solved in a peaceful manner if people would just love one another....and if that doesn't work, I'll un-cage Billy Jack and set him out to snapping your limbs like twigs. She also has the most unusual set of sideburns I've ever seen in my life.
There's not been a movie made that I'd rather watch than this one. Buy it. Quickly.
For A 1971 Film It Still Makes The Grade
I love this movie the first time I saw it, and I still love it today. This movie portrays a time when racism was really rampant; when people were searching for meaning in their lives, and when people still believed that good might triumph over evil. Tom Laughlin turns in the performance of a lifetime in this film. I plan on checking out the other Billy Jack movies, but I doubt any will match up to this one. If any of you amazon.com reviewers can think of one, let me know, please.
God Bless! Happy movie watching and book reading everyone.
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