May 8, 2014:
Much as I love and know old movies, my TiVo seems to know them better. TiVo has a great feature: it can, on its own, record movies that it thinks you will like based on past things you’ve watched or recorded. That’s how I ended up watching Al Pacino in Sea of Love (1989) this morning. I had never seen it before and I’m glad my TiVo recorded it because, in addition to being a good film, it also has an early performance by Samuel L. Jackson.
Here he is, showing his ID to some undercover cops:
Here he is, waving his hand and yelling at some undercover cops:
And here he is, getting arrested by some undercover cops:
He played a wanted criminal who got caught in a police sting operation. He was only onscreen for a couple of minutes but he was one of the featured crooks, and even had a line with Pacino. So how do you think he was featured in the credits? As “criminal”? “Crook”? “Man in red shirt”?
Nope.
“Black Guy.”
Way to go, Hollywood, way to go.
Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride 
” Hamburgers – The cornerstone of any good breakfast ” ! How many Tarantino movies has he been in ?
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I like him in Goodfellas and Jurassic Park, two roles totally unlike what we have come to think of as his type of role.
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” Jurassic Park ” ?
I’ve seen him in ” Unbreakable “. He does anti – heroes very well.
I wish I could’ve seen him as Mace Windu in the 2nd Star Wars trilogy….. OH WAIT – No I don’t. I hated the idea of the 2nd trilogy. 😦
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He was a chain-smoking computer programmer in JP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfiQYRn7fBg
He really found his niche since then.
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I’d love to see Jackson’s “Black Guy” spliced into episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
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That would be great!
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