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| Category | Dramas DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Urban Action Videos, Music Video, Pop Music Videos, Action, Music (General), Musical, True Story, Reggae, Justice, Rape, Musical Sequences | | Starring | Jimmy Cliff, Carl Bradshaw, Toots & the Maytals, Janet Barkley, Ras Daniel Hartman, Basil Keane | | Director | Perry Henzell | | Additional Music/Songs | Toots & the Maytals | | Director of Photography | Peter Jessop, Frank St. Juste, David McDonald | | Editor | John Victor Smith, Seicland Anderson, Richard White | | Music | Jimmy Cliff | | Producer | Perry Henzell | | Production Designer | Sally Henzell | | Screenwriter | Perry Henzell, Trevor Rhone |
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English Reggae music serves as both soundtrack and plot element in THE HARDER THEY COME, a groundbreaking classic starring music legend Jimmy Cliff. Such hits as "You Can Get It If You Really Want," "Many Rivers to Cross," and "Sitting in Limbo," punctuate the film's action, introducing reggae and its Jamaican roots to a worldwide audience. Here, Cliff plays Ivan Martin, a poor country boy who goes to the city to make money, becoming a street rebel and a pop idol overnight. In Kingston, Ivan finds nothing but corruption. The record company offers him a mere $20 to release his single, "The Harder They Come." Ivan takes to the streets, where he is ensnared by crime. After brutally knifing a man, he serves a prison sentence. Once free, he supports himself by selling marijuana, protecting himself from legal persecution by giving the cops a cut. But that doesn't keep him from getting mixed up in a police raid. Ivan quickly develops a reputation as a Kingston criminal, and when his single "The Harder They Come" is finally released, it fuels his bad-boy notoriety, culminating in a tragic conclusion. Perry Henzel's 1973 film has become a cult classic and was an important factor in bringing reggae music to the fore. The movie served as a device for promoting Cliff's album and bringing him visibility as a primary Jamaican artist, on a par with Bob Marley. THE HARDER THEY COME screened at the 1972 Venice Film Festival.
The film was made on a shoestring budget of $400,000.
The soundtrack includes four songs by Jimmy Cliff as well as music by the Melodians, Toots and the Maytals, the Slickers, and Desmond Dekker.
The film, which includes heavy violence and many gun fights, was seen by some as anarchist propaganda.
The police attempted to stop the production of the movie several times during its making.
THE HARDER THEY COME was reportedly the first Jamaican feature film to be made by Jamaicans. Harder They Come Reviews: "...Movie aficionados appreciate it as the definition of tuffer-than-tuff gangster cool..."
-- Entertainment Weekly Staff, Entertainment Weekly "[The film] also works as a scathing attack on police corruption, organised religion and the reggae industry."
-- Mojo Staff, Mojo 4 stars out of 4 -- "Perry Henzell's 1972 classic made Jimmy cliff a star for his iconic portrayal of Ivan Martin..."-- Peter Relic, Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's elevated to greatness by one thing...an unmatchable reggae-tastic soundtrack."-- Ceri Thomas, Total Film
This is the only Janet Barkley video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Ras Daniel Hartman, Basil Keane. Harder They Come | List Price | $29.98 (You save $5.19) | | Studio | Xenon Pictures, Inc. | | Orig Year | 1973 | | All Time Sales Rank |  11527  | | CD Universe Part number | 6993915 | | Catalog number | 23204 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 22, 2006 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Additional Info | Remastered | | Movie Details | Color; Remastered |
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