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Synopsis: Bigger Thomas, an African American who lives in an impoverished neighborhood, is employed by a prosperous white family who live in the suburbs of a major city. The money Bigger makes at his new job will be used to supplement his mother's income. As a chauffeur, he is directed by the father of the family to take Mary, the daughter, to the university. Instead, Mary decides to pick up her Socialist boyfriend, Jan, and to spend the time drinking and partying. Jan and Mary portray a young liberal couple who venture into a black neighborhood with Bigger for the sole purpose of being entertained at Ernie's, a black nightclub. On the way home, Mary becomes inebriated and Bigger must get her to her bedroom without being detected. Mary's mother, who is blind, enters the room and Bigger panics at the thought of being caught with a white woman. He accidentally kills Mary by placing a pillow over her head to keep her quiet. Still frightened, Bigger disposes of the body in the furnace, possibly beca
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jerrold Freedman
Production: Live Home Video
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
PG
Year:
1986
111 min
583 Views


like to see you go back and finish your

education the man who used to work here

went to night school

his name was green and he was very

diligent it took him 10 years but he got

his high school diploma and his college

degree now he has a nice government job

the first colored man in his office you

could do the same thing I don't know man

we were on the way to the library named

the relief people suggested it would be

a good idea if he were put in his new

environment right away let's see let's

see how old are you bigger 1900 the same

ages are Mary welcome to our home bigger

once more whoa but if you change

sometime just yet Oh mr. dolphin tell

you about kind of the furnace rolling

well it's easy I'll show you what you've

done

this is way way what you'll find

anywhere.

[Music]

I've been working here 20 years ago yes

I was always one for six to eight down

[Music]

You know mr. Dalton laughing cool well

people cool yes the color he's given

over a million dollars to colored

schools that everything it's simple here

they've got millions but they act like

human beings they don't put on airs and

stretch this is dog with this big today

[Music]

You know I wasn't in this country but at

least I was Lester working it was right

before Marik came along

Karen you haven't met her yet no well

she suspect clear he's very bright it's.

Q to the button no no wires that she got

back corner worries and folks the best

she does she's been running around with

a crazy punch and then coming ribs ribs

she don't need nothing about it she's

been around the world but she don't know

that thing about yes.

Oh easy is loyal to a three now you have

to remember to empty the ashes now very

often otherwise the car just gets

clogged you just say Donna physically

just shovel the ashes the bucket there

and leave them outside this okay this

was great from the college man before

you look so sleepy

just you know this is going to set right

now well we'll fix the next week I think

you're going to like it here

you.

[Music]

My daughter Mary I you biggest very nice

to meet you help we're gonna be friends

okay I try not to be too late coming

home from school your mother worries

don't you worried you did it you know I

do I think we'll be all right ready here

they bigger deal into a union robbery

all right I'm going I'm going

it's a good versus school on Midway

ma'am yes

drives well bigger yes

bigger well I want you to turn right up

there to the left there

bigger bigger I want you to turn there

but dinosaur with your school yes but

I'm not going to school well I want you

to dream to the loop I can't do that man

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Richard Wesley

Richard Wesley (born July 11, 1945) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is an associate professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in the Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing. Wesley was born in Newark, New Jersey, to George and Gertrude Wesley, and grew up in the Ironbound section. After finishing high school, he studied playwriting and dramatic literature at Howard University and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1967.He is married to author Valerie Wilson Wesley. As of 2000, he was a resident of Montclair, New Jersey. more…

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