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| Coffy | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Theatrical release poster by George Akimoto[1] | |
| Directed by | Jack Hill |
| Written by | Jack Hill |
| Produced by | Robert Papazian |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Paul Lohmann |
| Edited by | Chuck McClelland |
| Music by | Roy Ayers |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000[3][4] |
| Box office | $4 million (US/Canada rentals)[5][6] or $2 million[7] or $12 million[4] |
Coffy is a 1973 American blaxploitation action thriller film written and directed by Jack Hill. The story is about a black female vigilante played by Pam Grier who seeks violent revenge against a heroin dealer responsible for her sister's addiction.[8]
Produced and distributed by American International Pictures (AIP), Coffy was the third Jack Hill film to star Grier, after The Big Doll House and The Big Bird Cage. Grier would go on to boost her career as the leading "femme fatale" of blaxploitation for the rest of the 1970s.[9][10]
- ^ "Coffy / One sheet / Re-release/Reprint / USA".
- ^ "Pam Grier has new role in 'Coffy'". The Chicago Defender. June 13, 1973. 21.
- ^ Waddell 2009, p. 122.
- ^ a b Vincent L. Barnett (2020) Super Fly (1972), Coffy (1973) and The Mack (1973): Under- and Over-Estimating Blaxploitation Box Office, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 40:2, 373-388, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1697036
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
rentalswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Arkoff, Samuel Z.; Turbo, Richard (1992). Flying Through Hollywood By the Seat of My Pants. Birch Lane Press. p. 202.
- ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 301. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
- ^ Gary A. Smith, The American International Pictures Video Guide, McFarland 2009 p 40
- ^ Ebert, Roger (December 27, 1997). "Icon of the '70s shifts into 2nd phase of career | Interviews". rogerebert.com. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Film Review: Coffy (1973)". December 18, 2019.