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Melvin Van Peebles
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Melvin Van Peebles

50%
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58%
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50 %
Rotten
Movies Counted: 8
Fresh: 4  Rotten:4
Average Rating: 6.2/10
How does the celebrity Tomatometer work?
RT's celebrity Tomatometer measures the percentage of all the rated movies in a celebrity's filmography that are "fresh." [-]
Range of Movie T-meters: 33% - 92%
Number of Movies: 26
Bio: Melvin Van Peebles (born August 21, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright and composer, and the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles. Prior to entering Hollywood, Van Peebles directed [More...]
 
 

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How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (2005)
How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (2005)
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Panther (1995)
Panther (1995)
33%
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Filmography
Rating Title Credit Trailers Photos Box Office Year
33% 33%

Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

Director, Screenwriter

0

1

N/A

2009

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Blackout

Actor

0

0

N/A

2008

—

How to Eat Your Watermelon In White Company (And Enjoy It)

Subject

0

0

N/A

2007

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Smut

Actor

0

0

N/A

2006

92% 92%

How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)

Featured

0

0

N/A

2005

90% 90%

Baadasssss!

Source Writer

1

0

$289,955

2004

52% 52%

Hebrew Hammer

Cameo

0

0

N/A

2003

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BaadAsssss Cinema: A Bold Look at '70s Blaxploitation Films

Featured

0

0

N/A

2002

57% 57%

Jim Brown: All American

Featured

0

0

N/A

2002

—

Bellyful

Director, Screenwriter, Music

0

0

N/A

2000

—

Classified X

Actor, Writer

0

0

N/A

1998

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Fist of the North Star - Live Action

Actor

0

0

N/A

1996

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Gang in Blue

Director, Actor

0

0

N/A

1996

—

Riot

Actor

0

0

N/A

1996

33% 33%

Panther

Actor, Producer, Screenwriter

0

0

N/A

1995

60% 60%

Tales of Erotica

Director

0

0

N/A

1994

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Identity Crisis

Director

0

0

N/A

1990

—

Wonderworks - Taking Care of Terrific

Actor

0

0

N/A

1988

—

O.C. & Stiggs

Actor

0

0

N/A

1985

—

The Sophisticated Gents

Actor

0

0

N/A

1981

—

Greased Lightning

Screenwriter

0

0

N/A

1977

—

Just An Old Sweet Song

Actor

0

0

N/A

1976

—

Don't Play Us Cheap

Director

0

0

N/A

1972

79% 79%

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Director, Actor

0

0

N/A

1971

—

The Watermelon Man

Director, Composer

0

0

N/A

1970

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