Hugh A. Robertson

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Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location Trailer

Hugh A. Robertson was an American film director and editor, born in Brooklyn, of Jamaican parents.

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Total trailers found: 16

Midnight Cowboy Trailer (1969)

25 May 1969

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

Melinda Trailer (1972)

06 August 1972

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment.

Come Back, Africa Trailer (1959)

01 September 1959

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.

Shaft Trailer (1971)

23 June 1971

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

A Thousand Clowns Trailer (1965)

13 December 1965

Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up.

The Miracle Worker Trailer (1962)

23 May 1962

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings.

Wheel of Ashes Trailer (1968)

01 August 1968

A stripped-down account of a young man's existential reckoning. "As dust hides a mirror, lust hides the self," reads one of the film's Vedanta-sourced intertitles.

Harvey Middleman, Fireman Trailer (1965)

12 July 1965

Harvey Middleman (Eugene Troobnick), a New York fireman, lives a very ordinary life with his wife (Arlene Golonka) and children.

Andy Trailer (1965)

23 January 1965

The story of a mentally handicapped middle-aged man and how he, and his elderly parents who must take care of him, manage to get along in New York City.

Lilith Trailer (1964)

01 October 1964

Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private psychiatric facility for wealthy people where he meets Lilith Arthur, a charming young woman suffering from schizophrenia, whose fragile beauty captivates all who meet her.

Something Wild Trailer (1961)

23 December 1961

A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.

Obeah Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

Two lovers romance is impeded by voodoo in the Caribbean. They are drawn into destructive rites, rituals and practice of Obeah.

The Cool World Trailer (1964)

20 April 1964

A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to return them to active "bopping" (gang fighting) which has declined in Harlem.

Mickey One Trailer (1965)

27 September 1965

A former comic is on the run from the mob.

Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location Trailer (1971)

02 June 1971

A behind the scenes look at the filming of the movie Shaft (1971). The movie's director, Gordon Parks is seen directing a couple of fight scenes which he wants to get in as few takes as possible due to the set-up time and the danger involved in the stunt work.

Bim Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

Young Indian man survives life of violence and crime in Trinidad and Tobago to become part of the political movement towards independence.