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Goodbye Uncle Tom

Original title: Addio zio Tom
  • 1971
  • Unrated
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
2.1K
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Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
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Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South to film the slave trade.Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South to film the slave trade.Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South to film the slave trade.

  • Directors
    • Gualtiero Jacopetti
    • Franco Prosperi
  • Writers
    • Gualtiero Jacopetti
    • Franco Prosperi
  • Stars
    • Stefano Sibaldi
    • Susan Hampshire
    • Dick Gregory
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    2.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Gualtiero Jacopetti
      • Franco Prosperi
    • Writers
      • Gualtiero Jacopetti
      • Franco Prosperi
    • Stars
      • Stefano Sibaldi
      • Susan Hampshire
      • Dick Gregory
    • 42User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

    • Videos1

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    Top Cast8

    Stefano Sibaldi
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Susan Hampshire
    Susan Hampshire
    • Self
    Dick Gregory
    Dick Gregory
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Gualtiero Jacopetti
    Gualtiero Jacopetti
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Ernest Kubler
    • Whip
    • (uncredited)
    Yayoi Kusama
    Yayoi Kusama
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Franco Prosperi
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Shelley Spurlock
    • Girl
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Gualtiero Jacopetti
      • Franco Prosperi
    • Writers
      • Gualtiero Jacopetti
      • Franco Prosperi
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The 119-minute version originally released in Italy was immediately withdrawn when writer Joseph Chamberlain Furnas sued the directors for plagiarism. A re-cut 136-minute version was released in March 1972 with the title Zio Tom.
    • Quotes
      • Narrator: When commanded by Rome to no longer hold slaves, the Jesuits of the monastery of St. Inigoes in Maryland, instead of liberating their slaves, sold them.
    • Crazy credits
      'Questo film è un documentario. I fatti sono storicamente avvenuti ed i personaggi sono realmente esistiti.' Which translates to: 'This film is a documentary. The facts historically happened and the persons really existed.'
    • Alternate versions
      Before receiving a UK cinema certificate in 1973 the film was extensively cut by around 30 minutes by the BBFC with heavy edits to rape scenes, footage of sexual experiments, graphic violence, the fantasy murder sequence, and the opening scenes on the slave ship.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Godfathers of Mondo (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Oh My Love
      Composed and Conducted by Riz Ortolani
      Sung by Katina Ranieri (as Katyna Ranieri)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • September 30, 1971 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • White Devil: Black Hell
    • Filming locations
      • Port-au-Prince, Haiti(Majority of interiors and exteriors)
    • Production company
      • Euro International Films
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 2h 3m(123 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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