The movie, The Harder they Come, is the 2nd or 3rd longest running film in the history of American Cinema. This film was directed by Perry Henzel, who died at age 70 in December 2006. (RIP Perry). The movie ran for seven years straight at the Orson Welles Theater, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jeremy Sigler, of Index Magazine, interviewed Perry Henzell at his home in Jamaica in 2001. Here is the full interview from Index Magazine. We found this interview to be both refreshing and inspirational. Make sure you read it all. Big up Jimmy Cliff and Index Magazine:
Perry Henzell, 2001, by Jeremy Sigler, of Index Magazine
After directing The Harder They Come in 1973, Perry Henzell spent the next six years single-handedly distributing his “little action film” all over the world. Starring Jimmy Cliff as an aspiring musician just arrived in the slums of Trenchtown and willing to succeed by any [...]
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