THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR:

In the early 1970's, the film "The Spook Who Sat By The Door," premiered, the film was about-the CIA accepting applications from blacks, expecting blacks to fail the exams. When one black man (Freeman) passed the exams, they were shocked.

In "espionage," lingo, spook is defined as: CIA agent. After passing the exams, agent Freeman was enrolled it an elitist espionage program. He learned all the techniques involved with intelligence, went back to the ghetto, and taught the neighborhood teenagers how to commit sophisticated heists.

Despite good reviews and solid box office numbers, this film mysteriously vanished from movie theaters after one weekend, never to return.


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Comment by Edie Antoinette on December 24, 2007 at 7:10pm
I'm fine suggah--kind of bored, but it won't last long..*sly grin* lol
Comment by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 24, 2007 at 7:03pm
I'm ok....How are you Mama E?
Comment by Edie Antoinette on December 24, 2007 at 6:34pm
Wow!!!! I like the soundtrack Herbie did too. How you doin??
Comment by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 24, 2007 at 6:20pm
I actually had this movie on VHS and probably still do around here somewhere.....LOL
Comment by Edie Antoinette on December 24, 2007 at 6:02pm
And what's with that name? I noticed this last night while STILL looking for my Chameleon and was like..'what's with that title??" lol
Comment by Edie Antoinette on December 24, 2007 at 6:00pm
Extra nice!!!! and another victim of racism in America. Now I wanna see it..hmph.

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