The Mack (Cinerama Releasing) (1973)

MAKE WAY FOR “THE MACK” OPENING “Now that you have seen all of the rest ... make way for THE MACK,” the ads announce for the hard-hitting new picture which opens 5 pee atthe 4:5 07.00. Daeatnes While audiences have been making way for the picture, thay are also discovering Max Julien, the young actor who portrays THE MACK. The picture is about what is really happening on the streets and Max Julien is the man to point it out. “This will be one of the most important films of 1973,” Max feels. “There has never been another like it. .Goldie, the character I play, has a universality about him that encompasses every type of panderer there is, from the pimp in the ghetto streets or in the big cities to those European title holders who have no money and make their livings off wealthy women. Max Julien plays Goldie in a midi-length white sable coat. Goldie is a pimp who has to fight his way to the top of his profession and then fight to stay there, a life-and-death struggle for the biggest and the best mack, “I believe there is a real need for the kind of story that’s told in THE MACK. Such stories should be put on film, as well as the history of how the blacks have suffered and survived. It is vital that we show how it was, why it was, and most importantly why it cannot continue the same.” Since making his professional acting debut with the New York Shakespeare Festival after studying at Carnegie Hall’s Dramatic Workshop, Te-*S35 hee in Color ron Cinerama Releasing cae AD MAT NO. 204 2 col, he has appeared in a number of New York stage productions, in night clubs as both a singer and comedian, and in ““Uptight,” his film debut. A day in Max Julien’s life may involve any number of activities from working on a_ screenplay (his “Cleopatra Jones” is being filmed for release this year), to producing a film or facing sports cars. In April, 1972, tragedy struck him when his mother was killed by burglars in her Washington, D.C. home. The loss became ironically magnified in THE MACK when Goldie’s mother (played by Juanita Moore) is also murdered by a band of hoodlums. The understanding of the feelings surrounding such an incident brought Max closer to the scene he had to play. “What I do is much broader than being an actor,” Julien feels. ‘I’m into a total creative trip. If I didn’t have these outlets I’'d be in a straightjacket because I’m too aware of the pain in the world. If I didn’t have it, my constant frustration would become rage. I have chosen to make contributions to alleviate these frustrations on a different level, a level of understanding and dramatization.” Max Julien co-stars in THE MACK with Richard Pryor, last seen in “Lady Sings the Blues,’ Don Gordon and Carol Speed. The Harvey Bernhard production was shot on location in the San Francisco Bay Area by director Michael Campus. THE MACK is distributed by Cinerama Releasing. -and the best. lines 76 lines WHAT’S A MACK? Max Julien is “The Mack”, but what’s a mack? A mack is not just a pimp, but a pimp at the top of his business. He lives a life style complete with the flashiest cars, the best clothes, and the most beautiful girls. During the filming of “The Mack” OPeMIne sO gh ieys BUsthe. <2. ar toe Theaters, the producers enlisted the technical advice of actual pimps, many of whom have roles in the picture. Who are the actors and who is the real mack? You'll have to see the picture to find out. THE CAR AND THE COAT The two most important wardrobe and prop items for “The Mack” opening... ... Seo UREN E ed achsenacehere Theater were Max Julien’s coat and the car. When he attends the Player’s Ball, competing for the title of “Mack of the Year,” he has to be dressed to the nines. In the film, Max emerges from a fabulous automobile wearing an extraordinary white fur coat. The effect matches the arrival of a super-star at a Hollywood premiere. mak the biggest and the best AD MAT NO. 101 | Col. :50 pines