Gordon's War

Gordon's War is a 1973 action film written by Howard Friedlander and Ed Spielman, and directed by Ossie Davis. It stars Paul Winfield as Gordon Hudson.

Gordon's War
Directed byOssie Davis
Written byHoward Friedlander & Ed Spielman
Produced byRobert Schaffel
StarringPaul Winfield
CinematographyVictor J. Kemper
Music byAngelo Badalamenti (as Andy Badale), Al Elias
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • August 9, 1973 (1973-08-09)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.6 million[1]
Box office$1,250,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[2]

Plot

A Vietnam veteran returns home to find drug dealers and addicts now rule his old neighborhood, and that even his own wife has fallen victim to drugs. Together with three of his buddies from Vietnam, he fights back.

Using tactics borrowed from war that involve them not using the cops, they find that the culprit to all of the trouble is a couple of white salesmen.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music heard throughout the film has become a well-respected album in its own right, performed by Badder Than Evil, Barbara Mason, New Birth and Sister Goose And The Ducklings.

The most of songs were composed and performed by Badder Than Evil, a funk / R&B project of Albert Sahley Elias (credited as Al Elias) and Angelo Badalamenti (credited as Andy Badale). Their track Hot Wheels (the chase) has been sampled by scores of artists including Public Enemy, Coldcut and Blade.

Reception

The New York Times called it an inconclusive film, one that had a "format and substance—a black theme dramatized, for practical, constructive purposes—remain exceeded by its goal."[3] Jacob Knight of Birth.Movies.Death called it "one of the most valuable works to come out of '70s Blaxploitation."[4]

See also

References
  1. Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p257
  2. "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 60
  3. "'Gordon's War' Views Drug Scene". The New York Times. 1973-08-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  4. "The Savage Stack - GORDon's WAR (1973)". 23 April 2018.


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