Friday Foster

Director: Arthur Marks Arthur Marks

Overview

Based on a comic strip, this film follows the beautiful Friday Foster (Pamela Grier), a media photographer who inadvertently stumbles across a sinister conspiracy intended to do away with a group of black politicians. It is up to Friday to foil the gangster who concocted the "Black Sunday" plot.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/09/2015
UPC:	0887090100908
Original Release:	1975
Rating:	R
Source:	Olive
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	22,764

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Pam Grier	Friday Foster
Yaphet Kotto	Colt Hawkins
Godfrey Cambridge	Ford Malotte,Lt. Jake Wayne
Thalmus Rasulala	Blake Tarr
Eartha Kitt	Madame Rena
Jim Backus	Enos Griffith
Scatman Crothers	Rev. Noble Franklin
Ted Lange	Fancy Dexter
Tierre Turner	Cleve
Paul Benjamin	Sen. David Lee Hart
Jason Bernard	Charles Foley
Julius Harris	Monk Riley
Rosalind Miles	Cloris Boston
Carl Weathers	Yarbro
Charles Stroud	Drunk
Bodie Chandler	Composer
Luchi De Jesus	Composer

Technical Credits

Orville H. Hampton

Arthur Marks	Director,Producer
Richard Geary	Stunts
Geno Havens	Casting
Charles Stroud	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Orville H. Hampton	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

This attempt to make a more polished version of the kind of film that made Pam Grier popular has good intentions to spare, but never quite realizes its ambitions. The first is that it is too cheaply made to achieve the Hollywood gloss it aspires to. Arthur Marks' direction is competent, but uninspired, resulting a movie with a static, flat look reminiscent of a television movie. The second reason is that its aspirations to slickness rob it of the kinetic punch that infused past Pam Grier vehicles like Coffy and Foxy Brown. As a result, it feels like a tame version of these films despite a reasonable amount of action. However, Friday Foster remains a worthwhile excursions for blaxploitation fans thanks to its once-in-a-lifetime cast, which features everyone from Yaphet Kotto to Scatman Crothers. This cast offers up plenty of scene-stealing turns, the best being Eartha Kitt's witty work as a bitchy fashion designer and Ted Lange's slick performance a flashy pimp with designs on the film's leading lady. Despite all this star power, Grier manages to hold her own with a performance that utilizes her trademark mix of poise and sassiness. Whether she is mingling with the jet set or duking it out with tough guys, Grier is always believable and easy to like. In the end, Friday Foster lacks the consistency and inspiration of the best blaxploitation films, but its stellar cast and Grier's solid work make it worthwhile for genre enthusiasts.