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Synopsis: Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people. Pootie must learn to find himself and defeat the evil corporation for all the young black children of America, supatime.
Director(s): Louis C.K.
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Metacritic:
31
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
PG-13
Year:
2001
81 min
$2,839,456
Website
869 Views


So, do you have any girlfriends

at school, Pootie?

Aw, Mama Di. There's a sine

tippi in a classi-ti.

She's a cole toni.

Don't you talk dirty

to your mama, boy.

Always got your head

in them girls.

You need to have

your head in the books.

Leave the ladies alone.

And that's the way it was.

Daddy Tang and his belt

was always there...

teaching Pootie the difference

between good and bad.

Now, when I say he was always there,

I mean he was always there.

Hey, Pootie, let's

steal some apples.

When Pootie was only six,

his mother died...

Leaving him

and his father alone.

- Pootie was very sad.

- I know, son.

But his father

was a comfort to him.

Don't slurp your soup

in here, boy.

Two weeks later,

another terrible tragedy.

His father was fatally injured

at the steel mill.

What the fu--

Gorilla! Gorilla!

It was incredible.

Only the third man to be mauled

by a gorilla at that steel mill.

On his deathbed, Daddy Tang

had Pootie make a solemn promise.

Pootie...

I know

I brought you up tough...

but that's

'cause I love you.

It's tough

out there, Pootie.

You got drugs,

crime, gorillas.

Yeah.

I ain't gonna be here much longer,

so I'm gonna give you this.

Pootie, that's my belt.

As long as you got

right on your side...

you could whoop anyone's ass

with just that belt.

I know

you love the ladies...

and Lord knows

the ladies love you.

Don't let the ladies

come between you and the belt.

Those were Daddy Tang's

last words.:

"Don't let the ladies

come between you and the belt."

But there was something

else about the ladies...

that Daddy Tang forgot

to tell little Pootie.

Pootie Tang

turned out just fine.

Daddy Tang

would have been proud.

Pootie had it all--

hit records, movies...

magazine covers, fancy cars...

famous friends, beautiful

custom-made clothes...

and ladies, ladies, ladies.

Through it all, I was right there

by his side. That's me. Trucky.

And that's my man,

Pootie Tang.

Big-time celebrity,

ass-kickin' crime fighter...

and role model

to the children.

Pootie Tang has a message...

for the children of America...

so you better

wapatah to the bammies 'cause:

Pootie says cigarettes and fast-food

burgers are bad like netatai.

Don't drink malt liquor 'cause you

don't need to 'cause you're okay.

Sa da tay. Also, eat

all your vegetables...

and don't bang the dillies.

That's Frank,

Dick Lecter's right-handman.

So what do we care?

We care because

he's making these.

People have been making PSAs

for years. Hasn't made a difference.

Eddie, hit me

with those figures.

Since the inception

of Pootie Tang's PSA campaign...

sales of Lecter burgers

are down 30%...

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Louis C.K.

Louis A. Székely (born September 12, 1967), better known by his stage name Louis C.K. (), is a Mexican American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and filmmaker. He is known for his use of observational, self-deprecating, dark, and shock humor. In 2012, C.K. won a Peabody Award and has received six Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as numerous awards for The Chris Rock Show, Louie, and his stand-up specials Live at the Beacon Theater (2011) and Oh My God (2013). He has won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album twice. Rolling Stone ranked C.K.'s stand-up special Shameless number three on their "Divine Comedy: 25 Best Stand-Up Specials and Movies of All Time" list and ranked him fourth on its 2017 list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.C.K. began his career in the 1990s writing for comedians including David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Dana Carvey, Chris Rock, and also for other comedy shows. Also in this period, he was directing surreal short films and went on to direct two features—Tomorrow Night (1998) and Pootie Tang (2001). In 2001, C.K. released his debut comedy album, Live in Houston directly through his website and became among the first performers to offer direct-to-fan sales of tickets to his stand-up shows, as well as DRM-free video concert downloads, via his website. He has released nine comedy albums, often directing and editing his specials as well. He had supporting acting roles in the films The Invention of Lying (2009), American Hustle, Blue Jasmine (both 2013), and Trumbo (2015). C.K. created, directed, executive produced, starred in, wrote, and was the primary editor of, Louie, an acclaimed semi-autobiographical comedy-drama series aired from 2010 to 2015 on FX. In 2016, C.K. created and starred in his self-funded web series Horace and Pete. He also co-created the shows Baskets and Better Things for FX and voiced Max the dog in the animated film The Secret Life of Pets in the same year. His 2017 film, I Love You, Daddy, was pulled from distribution prior to its scheduled release date after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct which he then admitted to. more…

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