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| name = Hi, Mom! |
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| image = Himomposter.jpg |
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| caption = Theatrical poster |
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| director = [[Brian De Palma]] |
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| producer = Charles Hirsch |
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| writer = [[Brian De Palma]]<br />Charles Hirsch |
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| starring = [[Robert De Niro]]<br />[[Allen Garfield]]<br />[[Jennifer Salt]]<br />[[Lara Parker]]<br />[[Paul Bartel]]<br />[[Charles Durning]]<br />[[Gerrit Graham]] |
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| music = Eric Kaz |
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| cinematography = Robert Elfstrom |
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| editing = Paul Hirsch |
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| studio = West End Films |
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| distributor = [[Filmways|Sigma III Corp.]]<br />[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] (DVD, 2004) |
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| released = April 27, 1970 |
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| runtime = 87 minutes |
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| country = United States |
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| language = English |
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'''''Hi, Mom!''''' (1970) is a [[black comedy|black]] [[comedy film]] by [[Brian De Palma]], and is one of [[Robert De Niro]]'s first movies. De Niro reprises his role of Jon Rubin from ''[[Greetings (1968 film)|Greetings]]'' (1968). In this film, Rubin is a fledgling "adult filmmaker" who has an idea to post cameras at his window and video tape his neighbors.<ref name=amazon>{{cite web|title=Hi, Mom! (1970)|url=http://www.amazon.com/Hi-Mom-Robert-De-Niro/dp/B00062IVJ4|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=17 January 2014}}</ref> <ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|last=Lucia Bozzola|first=Rovi|title=Hi, Mom! (1970)|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/22305/Hi-Mom-/overview|publisher=nytimes.com|accessdate=17 January 2014}}</ref> <ref name=tomatoes>{{cite web|title=Hi, Mom! (1970)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hi_mom/|publisher=rottentomatoes.com|accessdate=17 January 2014}}</ref> <ref name=mubi>{{cite web|title=Hi, Mom!|url=http://mubi.com/films/hi-mom|publisher=mubi.com|accessdate=17 January 2014}}</ref> <ref name=slantmagazine>{{cite web|last=Henderson|first=Eric|title=Hi, Mom!|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/hi-mom/1035|publisher=slantmagazine.com|accessdate=17 January 2014}}</ref> <ref name=imdb>{{cite web|title=Hi, Mom! (1970)|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065836/|publisher=imdb.com|accessdate=17 January 2014}}</ref> |
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==Cast== |
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*[[Robert De Niro]] as Jon Rubin |
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*[[Charles Durning]] as Superintendent |
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*[[Allen Garfield]] as Joe Banner |
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*[[Lara Parker]] as Jeannie Mitchell |
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*[[Bruce Price]] as Jimmy Mitchell |
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*[[Ricky Parker]] as Ricky Mitchell |
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*[[Andy Parker (actor)|Andy Parker]] as Andy Mitchell |
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*[[Jennifer Salt]] as Judy Bishop |
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*[[Paul Bartel]] as Uncle Tom Wood |
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*[[Gerrit Graham]] as Gerrit Wood |
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*[[Floyd L. Peterson]] as John Winnicove |
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*[[Paul Hirsch (actor)|Paul Hirsch]] as Avery Gunnz |
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*[[Joseph King (actor)|Joseph King]] as Dr Joe King |
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==''Be Black, Baby''== |
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The film's most memorable sequence involves a black radical group who invite a group of [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestant|WASP]]s to feel what it is like to be black, in a sequence titled ''Be Black, Baby''. The sequence is both a [[satire]] and an example of the [[experimental theatre]] and [[cinéma vérité]] movements. Shot in the style of a [[documentary film]] using a hand-held camera and grainy black and white film, it features a theater group of [[African American]] actors interviewing white-skinned Caucasians on the streets of [[New York City]], asking them if they know what it is like to be black in America. |
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Later, a group of white theater patrons attend a performance by the troupe. First they are forced to eat [[soul food]]. The white audience is then subjected to wearing shoe polish on their faces, while the [[African American]] actors sport whiteface and terrorize the people in [[blackface]]. The white audience members attempt to escape from the building and are ambushed in the elevator by the troupe. As two of the black actors rape one of the white audience members, [[Robert De Niro]] arrives as an actor playing an [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] policeman, and arrests members of the white audience under the pretense that they are black. The entire sequence plays with natural sound, is acted to appear unrehearsed, and apart from several [[Film editing|cuts]]) plays in "[[Real-time (media)|real time]]". De Palma's familiarity and collaboration with [[experimental theatre]] informs the sequence and exerts considerable emotional impact upon viewers, simultaneously engaging their personal responses to [[racism]] and commenting on the deceptive and manipulative power of [[film|cinema]]. "If truth itself is plastic," the sequence asks, "then [[cinéma vérité|filmed truth]] is deeply flawed."{{Citation needed|date=January 2014}} |
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The sequence concludes with a thoroughly battered and abused audience raving about the show, showering praise on the black actors, crowing "[[Clive Barnes (critic)|Clive Barnes]] [''[[New York Times]]'' theater critic] was right!" |
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''Be Black, Baby'' remains one of the most challenging and intriguing sequences from its era, and its use of an audience's willingness to become emotional accomplices provides insight into De Palma's subsequent career as a film director. |
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==MPAA rating board== |
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According to the book ''The Movie Rating Game'' by [[Stephen Farber]] (Public Affairs Press, 1972), the film was originally given an "X" rating by the MPAA, but after a few minor trims, it was approved for an R. The main cut occurred during the scene where Gerrit Graham paints his entire body for the ''Be Black, Baby'' performance. He hesitated for a moment about painting his penis, and then finally finished the job. The actual painting of the penis was deleted to get the R. (The first film, ''Greetings'', was released with an X after losing an appeal to change it to an R.) |
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==Additional notes== |
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The movie introduced [[Jennifer Salt]] after she made a cameo in the film ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' and [[Charles Durning]]. Both actors later worked with DePalma on his suspense thriller |
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''[[Sisters (1973 film)|Sisters]]''. Appearing in a supporting role was [[Paul Bartel]], who later moved from acting to |
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directing. He directed films such as ''[[Eating Raoul]]'' and ''[[Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills]]''. |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of films featuring surveillance]] |
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==External links== |
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* {{imdb title|id=0065836|title=Hi, Mom!}} |
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* {{Amg movie|22305|Hi, Mom!}} |
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{{Brian De Palma}} |
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[[Category:1970 films]] |
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[[Category:1970s comedy films]] |
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[[Category:American black comedy films]] |
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[[Category:American political comedy films]] |
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[[Category:American political satire films]] |
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[[Category:English-language films]] |
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[[Category:Films directed by Brian De Palma]] |
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[[Category:Films set in New York City]] |
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[[Category:Films about pornography]] |
[[Category:Films about pornography]] |
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