Product Details

• Actors: Fred Williamson, D'Urville Martin, William Smith, R. G. Armstrong, Don "
• Directors: Jack Arnold
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Enhanced, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: VCI Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 30, 2008
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001DW2BFQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,868 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Boss" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars He's Bad, he's Black--He's the Boss!, November 16, 2009

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Paul A. Thompson (Boston,MA) - See all my reviews
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Great flick! It's hard to get a true understanding of the Black exploitation film era without watching one of it's greatest stars Fred "The Hammer" Williamson. Although you might be shocked by it's lack of political correctness, its message rings true. We must look past the color of our skins, and peer into the integrity and character of who we are!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This isn't supposed to be Oscar worthy material, it's blaxploitation and Fred Williamson, after all!, March 7, 2010

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Steve Stalzle (Denver, Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews

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Another in a long line of 1970's classic and not so classic 'blaxploitation' films, 'The Boss' a film whose original title when first released in '75 was ---Get ready to be shocked (or not)-- "Boss Ni**er". Fred Williamson stars and wrote the screenplay and co-produced this independently produced film, directed by Hollywood legend Jack Arnold. The story reminds me of Mel Brooks film comedy, "Blazing Saddles", a story about the new sheriff in town,a black man in the old west who has to deal with racism and try to defend the town against the bad guys.


Yes, the infamous 'n' word is used in the story at least 100 times, I kid you not. If you have issues with the word, you might not be able to watch this film. I feel that since the screenplay was written by a black man, it might be o.k., maybe not? That word is never o.k. for non-blacks to utter in the presence of black people today, and yet black folks call each other that word REPEATEDLY in today's hip hop/rap and black film culture. They claim that the 'n' word is o.k. for black folks to say to each other, it's kind of like gay men calling each other 'queer' or 'fag'. Use of the 'n' word seems to be empowering for many black folks, from what I understand.I take the same meaning from Fred Williamson's script: The whole theme of the film is take the power back from whitey in the post-slavery old west and let the black guys be in charge, and Williamson and D'urville Martin, the film's lead actors do this marvelously and comically, in my humble opinion.

I had not even heard of this film until very recently. I can imagine it had never seen the light of day on home video until now because of the film's original title. We are living in a much different time than the 1970's. It is far too offensive to use the 'n' word in public, especially as the title of a film.


This isn't Shakespeare, these films were never in the Oscar race, though Issac Hayes tune 'Theme from Shaft' won the Oscar for song of the year....I LOVE low budget often cheesy independent films. Some are better than others.

The DVD transfer is o.k. and is in anamorphic widescreen (yay).
I have seen MUCH worse film/video tape to DVD transfers. 'Pan and scan' SUCKS!

I recommend this film for blaxploitation film lovers like me.

Power to the people--by any means necessary!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars He's so bad, they call him "Boss"..., December 23, 2009

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Tobin White - See all my reviews

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Surprisingly good movie. I originally heard about this from watching the trailer on Youtube, and when I learned it was actually a real movie I had to check it out.

Although the real title is "Boss N****r", this is not a racist movie. It's a movie made in the 70's when Blaxpoitation films were in their prime, but this is one of the better ones. So far as I can tell, there's no underlying sinister political message--it's just meant to be a fun movie.

And I think it accomplishes that goal well. There's parts that are very funny, and the acting is pretty decent. You also get to see preveiws for other movies made in that time, just as if you were watching it in a theater in the 70's. It's a fun movie to show to friends as chances are they've never seen it before (I don't think it's available in stores).

Also, on the front cover, you see "The Boss" (played by Fred "The Hammer" Williamson) weilding a cut-down lever action rifle (I'm guessing a Winchester 1873), which he uses in the movie to hip-fire at bad guys. It's the only gun he uses, but I guess it works for him.

So, should you buy it? I'd say yes, unless you get super-offended by racial epithets (the word "N****r" is said like 100 times in the movie). There's also a long interveiw with Fred Williamson on there, which is fairly interesting. GET IT TODAY!!1! (or not, I don't really care, lol)