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- When the film Fort Apache, The Bronx, starring Paul Newman as a conflicted cop patrolling a neighborhood ravaged by poverty and drugs, came out in 1981, it was a controversial hit. Local community leaders fought with the film's producers and threatened to sue because of the way the film depicted blacks and Puerto Ricans.
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Aug 24, 2011 · When the film Fort Apache, The Bronx, starring Paul Newman as a conflicted cop patrolling a neighborhood ravaged by poverty and drugs, came out in 1981, it was a controversial hit. Local...
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Dec 25, 2016 · Through the dim memories of a South Bronx childhood — as blurry as the steamed-up living room windows protected by chicken wire from the local knuckleheads and their barrage of rocks — thoughts...
“Fort Apache”--the nickname summons a vision of a lone outpost of justice amid rampant lawlessness. When the 41st Precinct stood on Simpson Street, it was just that.
Jun 5, 2014 · It was known as Fort Apache, but a once-beleaguered Bronx precinct house has risen from its fiery past to celebrate a centennial — and a new era in Bronx history.
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Aug 24, 2011 · When the film Fort Apache, The Bronx, starring Paul Newman as a conflicted cop patrolling a neighborhood ravaged by poverty and drugs, came out in 1981, it was a controversial hit. Local...
A similarly deluded motive led Paul Newman and producer David Susskind to glorify images of decay and violence in the name of altruistic “realism,” and to proclaim their own good intentions in making a film like Fort Apache: The Bronx.
Mar 8, 2022 · As Fort Apache was being made, there were a number of Bronx residents who adamantly felt the film was racist, complaining that there weren’t any black or Latino characters with redeeming qualities in the story.
