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Film poster for The Harder They Come

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"THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF THE YEAR." - Phil Ochs, Los Angeles Free Press

"THE HARDER THEY COME IS THE BEST MOVIE I'VE SEEN COMBINING CONCEPTS OF POP CULTURE AND SOCIAL REALISM SINCE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE." - Wayne Robins, Creem

"IN THE BACKYARD OF PARADISE, LIFE AND MARIJUANA ARE CHEAP...ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE SETTING, THE FILM IS ANYTHING BUT JOYLESS...SHOULDN'T BE LUMPED WITH THE BLACK ACTION PICTURES...MAYBE IT'S A [REGGAE] MUSICAL, ONE OF THE MOST INFECTIOUSLY AND INTRINSICALLY MUSICAL FILMS SINCE BLACK ORPHEUS." - Tom Shales, Washington Post

"A BITING AND HARSHLY HAUNTING FILM THAT GOES OFF LIKE DRY GUNPOWDER!" - Rex Reed, New York Daily News

"EXCEPTIONAL...ONE OF THE LANDMARKS IN BLACK CINEMA!" - Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

"ALWAYS EXUBERANT, AS CASUALLY SURPRISING AND SINISTER AS THE BLADE SLIDING OUT OF A GRAVITY KNIFE." - *** ****, Time Magazine

"DAZZLES YOU...BEAUTIFULLY DONE...I LEFT THE THEATRE WHISTLING THOSE CATCHY TUNES AND FELT LIKE I'D JUST BEEN HELD IN THE GRIP OF SOME VERY REAL PEOPLE WHOM I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE." - Howard Smith, The Village Voice

"MARVELOUS JAMAICAN FILM...PROVIDES A SOLID AND IRRESISTIBLE INTRODUCTION TO REGGAE. RIGHT OFF YOUR BODY CANNOT RESIST THE RHYTHM...CHARGED WITH THE LANGUID HEAT OF THE TROPICS." - Loraine Alterman, New York Times

"THE FIRST FILM THAT I CAN REMEMBER FROM THE SO CALLED THIRD WORLD THAT CAN BE TRULY SAID TO HAVE WIDESPREAD APPEAL." - John Crittenden, The ******

"KINGSTON'S SLUMS, TEEMING WITH MUSIC AND MISERY AND EVANGELICAL ****, GIVES THE FILM A CURIOUS, RHYTHMIC VALIDITY. ITS EARLIER SEQUENCES ARE FRESHER THAN SPRING RAIN." - Playboy

Jimmy Cliff in THE HARDER THEY COME ROGER CORMAN presents A NEW WORLD RELEASE

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