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Watermelon Man is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Melvin Van Peebles and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin, Kay Kimberley, Mantan Moreland, and Erin Moran.
"Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard written by Herbie Hancock for his debut album, Takin' Off (1962). Hancock's first version was recorded in a hard bop style, featuring solos by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and saxophonist Dexter Gordon. A single release reached the Top 100 of the Billboard pop charts.
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man [1962] Classic Mood Experience. 462K subscribers. 197. 15K views 4 years ago. ...more. Classic Mood Experience The best masterpieces ever recorded in the music...
Herbie Hancock explains how he composed Watermelon Man and how Mongo Santamaria influenced it. He then performs both the original 1962 and the 1973 Headhunt...
Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) lives in an average suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley with his seemingly liberal housewife Althea (Estelle Parsons), who tolerates her husband's character flaws out of love, and two children, 10-year-old Burton (Scott Garrett) and eight-year-old Janice (Erin Moran).
Jun 26, 2024 · Currently you are able to watch "Watermelon Man" streaming on fuboTV. It is also possible to buy "Watermelon Man" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu as download or rent it on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Apple TV, Vudu online.
Feb 26, 2024 · Written by pianist Herbie Hancock, ‘Watermelon Man’ is one of the great ear-worms of jazz. But whilst many know it for its appearance on legendary jazz fusion album Head Hunters in the 1970s, it actually started life a decade earlier…
A white insurance salesman, Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge), gets the surprise of his life when he wakes up and discovers that his skin now resembles a black man's.
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Bigoted suburbanite Jeff Gerber wakes up to discover that he has become black. Horrified, he indulges in an orgy of hot showers, bleaches, hair straighteners, and milk.
1 h 40 m. Summary An extremely bigoted white man finds out the hard (and somewhat humorous) way what it's like being a black man, firsthand! Comedy. Drama. Fantasy. Directed By: Melvin Van Peebles. Written By: Herman Raucher. Watermelon Man. Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews. 60. User Score Available after 4 ratings. tbd.
