Super Fly | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung | |
Directed by | Gordon Parks Jr. |
Written by | Phillip Fenty |
Produced by | Sig Shore |
Starring | |
Cinematography | James Signorelli |
Edited by | Bob Brady |
Music by | Curtis Mayfield |
Production company | Superfly Ltd.[1] |
Distributed by | Warner Bros.[1] |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | <$500,000[2] |
Box office | >$30 million[2] |
Super Fly is a 1972 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by Gordon Parks Jr. and starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest, an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business. The film is well known for its soundtrack, written and produced by soul musician Curtis Mayfield. It was released on August 4, 1972.
O'Neal reprised his role as Youngblood Priest in the 1973 film Super Fly T.N.T., which he also directed. Producer Sig Shore directed a second sequel, The Return of Superfly, released in 1990, with Nathan Purdee as Priest. A remake was released in 2018.
In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3]