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Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

A profile of legendary funk/R&B icon Rick James capturing the peaks and valleys of his storied career to reveal a complicated and rebellious soul, driven to share his talent with the world.

Director

Sacha Jenkins

Year

Genre

documentary, music

Box Office

N/A

Production

Showtime Documentary Films,Five All in the Fifth Entertainment,Mass Appeal

Awards

2 nominations

Homepage

https://www.sho.com/titles/3474770/bitchin-the-sound-and-fury-of-rick-james

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lively funk music - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

lively funk music

Yeah - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Now do you think
you love me Mary Jane? - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Now do you think you love me Mar...

Don't you play no games - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Don't you play no games

It's been at least 12 years - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

It's been at least 12 years

But they are all
personal artifacts - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

But they are all personal artif...

low bass music - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Most of these things
were in Buffalo, New York. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Most of these things were in Buffalo, N...

And then a lot of stuff
was also in the house - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

And then a lot of stuff was also in the...

Oh, my God.
Look how beautiful this is. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Oh, my God. Look how beautiful...

This was hanging in the house
in Woodland Hills. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

This was hanging in the house in Woodland Hi...

[Patrick]
Is that Catherine Bach - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[Patrick] Is that Catherin...

Daddy had his share
of women, that's for sure. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Daddy had his share of women, that's f...

Oh, my gosh. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

This is OJ and his wife. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

This is OJ and his wife.

I don't know
if he had some insight, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

I don't know if he had s...

We had some father/daughter - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

We had some father/daughter

The funk singer best known - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

The funk singer best known

[news anchor]
He was in fragile health - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[news anchor] He was in fragi...

[news anchor]
It was in 1981 that James' - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[news anchor] It was in 1981 t...

He was arrested several times
on drug charges, assault, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

He was arrested several times on drug charges...

It didn't take his death for me
to start playing his music. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

It didn't take his death for me to start playi...

[Ty]
On behalf of the James family, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[Ty] On behalf of the J...

This is his moment of glory, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

This is his moment of glory,

know that he had
this much support, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

know that he had this much supp...

soft funk music - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

soft funk music

That character exemplifies
everything that it stands for: - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

That character exemplifies everything that i...

If I was that way off
the stage, I'd be nuts by now. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

If I was that way off the stage, I'd ...

Rick James' "Super Freak" - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Rick James' "Super Freak"

upbeat funky music - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

upbeat funky music

He became one of the guys
that a lot of men wanted to be - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

He became one of the guys that a lot of men...

[Nile] He had a certain magic - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[Nile] He had a certain magic

[Dr. Boyd] Rick's powerful
music really anchored itself - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[Dr. Boyd] Rick's powerful music real...

[Tanya]
From the bottom to the top, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[Tanya] From the bottom t...

- Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[engine revving] - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[engine revving]

Never mind who you thought I was - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Never mind who you thought I was

[cheers and applause] - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[cheers and applause]

I just knew that it was gonna
happen, you know, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

I just knew that it was gonna happen, you k...

He has a super high
intelligence, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

He has a super high intelligenc...

And that is that."
[both laugh] - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

And that is that." [both ...

Strategically located at
the eastern end of Lake Erie, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Strategically located at the eastern end o...

Buffalo is
a bustling community, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Buffalo is a bustling co...

Its dynamic development
results - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Its dynamic development result...

classical music playing - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

classical music playing

It's a good place for music,
you know, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

It's a good place for music, you ...

[laughter] - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

mellow music - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Conway Buffalo to me is one of the most - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Conway Buffalo to me is one of the most

Now we posted up
at the Chinese store - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Now we posted up at the Chinese...

It's more, like,
you know, Hispanic-- - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

It's more, like, you know, ...

Your Puerto Ricans and
Dominicans and shit like that, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Your Puerto Ricans and Dominicans and shit ...

Me, personally,
I stay on the east, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Me, personally, I stay on the ...

lively soul music - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

lively soul music

[Conway] OG Jimbo once had
our nigga Rick James - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[Conway] OG Jimbo once had our nigga R...

Pulling up in the limo
with furs and shit on, though. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Pulling up in the limo with furs and shit o...

Two, three cars deep and shit,
making a spot hot. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Two, three cars deep and shit, making a spot ...

Like, "Damn, nigga,
you gonna-- - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Like, "Damn, nigga, you...

Songs like "Ghetto Life"
and all that shit, like, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Songs like "Ghetto Life" and all...

lively funk music - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

lively funk music

So his growing up period
in Buffalo - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

So his growing up period in Buff...

- Here today
- Here today - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

- Here today - Here today...

His second name is Ambrose - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

His second name is Ambrose

[Ty]
My dad was one of eight - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[Ty] My dad was one ...

He watch his dad abuse his mom. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

He watch his dad abuse his mom.

She was a hustler,
and she did what she had to do - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

She was a hustler, and she did what she...

We got a lot of what
they call whoopings - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

We got a lot of what they call whoo...

So I guess you might say,
in a kind of a way, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

So I guess you might say, in a kind of a...

somber music - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

And it was kind of
a strange thing, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

And it was kind of a strange ...

But when I was around 13,
there was this older woman, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

But when I was around 13, there was this o...

And I remember laying on
the bed, and this older woman, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

And I remember laying on the bed, and this...

It didn't go very far...
[laughs] - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

It didn't go very far... [...

My mother just punched her, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

My mother just punched her,

If you caught something
like that going down - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

If you caught something like that go...

dramatic R&B music - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

dramatic R&B music

There were a lot
of Black businesses, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

There were a lot of Black bus...

It didn't take her too long
to see that - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

It didn't take her too long to ...

And she ran numbers, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

And she ran numbers,

[Stan] His mother,
she introduced Rick - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[Stan] His mother, she introdu...

That's his first involvement
in breaking the law. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

That's his first involvement in breakin...

[Levi] Rick and I went
to grammar school together - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

[Levi] Rick and I went to grammar sch...

As a child, he was, uh, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

As a child, he was, uh,

I don't know nine ten years old - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

I don't know nine ten years old

Yeah - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Headed for the station
with a pack on my back - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Headed for the station with a pack on ...

We had everything.
I remember Louis Jordan. - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

We had everything. I remember Lou...

Take her right back
to the track, Jack - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Take her right back to the track,...

My mother would take me
to blues and jazz clubs, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

My mother would take me to blues and j...

He's hearing a lot of
funky R&B, gut bucket stuff, - Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

He's hearing a lot of funky R&B,...

Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James poster

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A profile of legendary funk/R&B icon Rick James capturing the peaks and valleys of his storied career to reveal a complicated and rebellious soul, driven to share his talent with the world.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Sacha Jenkins

Writer: Sacha Jenkins, Jason Pollard, Steve Rivo

Production: Showtime Documentary Films,Five All in the Fifth Entertainment,Mass Appeal

Genre: documentary, music

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 71/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 03 Sep 2021

Awards: 2 nominations

Homepage: https://www.sho.com/titles/3474770/bitchin-the-sound-and-fury-of-rick-james

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