Perry Henzell - Turner Classic Movies

About

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Birth Place

Jamaica

Born

March 07, 1936

Died

November 30, 2006

Filmography

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No Place Like Home (2006)

The Harder They Come (1972)

No Place Like Home (2006)

The Harder They Come (1972)

No Place Like Home (2006)

The Harder They Come (1972)

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Harder They Come, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Bus Crash

Harder They Come, The -- (Movie Clip) Pressure Drop

Biography

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

No Place Like Home (2006)

The Harder They Come (1972)

Writer (Feature Film)

No Place Like Home (2006)

The Harder They Come (1972)

Producer (Feature Film)

No Place Like Home (2006)

The Harder They Come (1972)

Life Events

Videos

Harder They Come, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Bus Crash Ivan (Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican-born and raised but by this time a successful UK-based recording artist) is introduced on a bus ride into Kingston in director Perry Henzell's ambitious opening to The Harder They Come, 1972, with Cliff's hit "You Can Get It If You Really Want" as background.

Harder They Come, The -- (Movie Clip) Pressure Drop Turncoat Jose (Carl Bradshaw) is pursuing his former friend, our hero, Ivan (Jimmy Cliff) through the slums of Kingston, with Toots and the Maytals' "Pressure Drop" in the background in The Harder They Come, 1972.

Harder They Come, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Joke With Your Life Ivan (Jimmy Cliff) races from crime to punishment after he attempts to collect a bicycle in a brutal sequence on Jamaican justice, from director Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come, 1972.

Harder They Come, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Sweet And Dandy Country boy Ivan (Jimmy Cliff), taking work in Kingston as a delivery man, happens in on Toots and the Maytals' recording of "Sweet and Dandy," and schedules his own date with producer Hylton (Bobby Charlton) in The Harder They Come, 1972.

Harder They Come, The (9172) -- (Movie Clip) Title Song, Recording Inspired after being unjustly tortured by crooked Jamaican authorities, Jimmy Cliff as hero Ivan appears in this famous scene depicting the recording of the title song, Cliff's own composition, in what became in effect a worldwide hit music video, from The Harder They Come, 1972.

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