I do hope the Billionaire Chris Blackwell will give some of the royalties he receives on the COUNTRYMAN MOVIE back to the str Countryman so je can have a Lung transplant…chris can live all these years with Cancer the Countryman can live with a new lung.. Watch Sugar Canes film on Cou try,an and hear what he has to say about how Chris stop giving him any royalties.
[…] Next Friday December 5th, Palm Pictures will revive the great tradition of “midnight movies” with an exclusive online screening of the legendary reggae classic Countryman. Directed by Dickie Jobson, the film is a 1982 cult classic, featuring classic tracks from Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, and Toots and The Maytals. Preceding the movie screening, at 11:30 pm on Friday 12/5, the film’s co-star Carl Bradshaw will live-chat from Jamaica via Google Hangouts On Air with veteran reggae journalist Rob Kenner. The live chat with Bradshaw and the special “Midnight Movie Streaming” will be broadcast live via Google Hangouts here. Countryman, a real life Jamaican fisherman and mystic, played himself in the film. His feats of skill and daring in that movie made him an “ital” (natural) Rasta superhero and were an accurate reflection of his way of life. Island Records founder and Countryman Executive Producer Chris Blackwell recalls, “He was a unique character, able to live in the jungle. We decided to do a film with him because you could never find a movie star who could wrestle with alligators and run through swamps the way he did. Countryman was an amazing person, always positive and full of humor. Being of African and Indian descent, he embodied the Jamaican motto, ‘Out of Many, One People.’” Watch Chris Blackwell’s interview about Countryman here […]
Today is one of the saddest days of my life. My friend, my second papa Countryman has left us. I love him with all my heart and always will. Saw him in 1982 at the premiere of “Countryman” in NY….then we became ‘family’ since 2009 on Hellshire Beach in Ja. I will miss you so. Zion has a new angel. SIP Country!
I remember the day i met countryman in Kingston at my house on waterloo road when Dicky Jobson used our house to film the jail part for the film Countryman. We met a few times during the years with Dicky always checking on him from time to time. I last had seen seen hom when i went to Helshire with Levi Roots two years ago. As always he was full of life no change still lived in a small shack on the beach such a kind soul and full of wisdom. RIP Brother countryman you will not be forgotten.
I do hope the Billionaire Chris Blackwell will give some of the royalties he receives on the COUNTRYMAN MOVIE back to the str Countryman so je can have a Lung transplant…chris can live all these years with Cancer the Countryman can live with a new lung.. Watch Sugar Canes film on Cou try,an and hear what he has to say about how Chris stop giving him any royalties.
RIP Countryman. My heart is broken
[…] Watch Chris Blackwell’s interview about Countryman here […]
[…] Next Friday December 5th, Palm Pictures will revive the great tradition of “midnight movies” with an exclusive online screening of the legendary reggae classic Countryman. Directed by Dickie Jobson, the film is a 1982 cult classic, featuring classic tracks from Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, and Toots and The Maytals. Preceding the movie screening, at 11:30 pm on Friday 12/5, the film’s co-star Carl Bradshaw will live-chat from Jamaica via Google Hangouts On Air with veteran reggae journalist Rob Kenner. The live chat with Bradshaw and the special “Midnight Movie Streaming” will be broadcast live via Google Hangouts here. Countryman, a real life Jamaican fisherman and mystic, played himself in the film. His feats of skill and daring in that movie made him an “ital” (natural) Rasta superhero and were an accurate reflection of his way of life. Island Records founder and Countryman Executive Producer Chris Blackwell recalls, “He was a unique character, able to live in the jungle. We decided to do a film with him because you could never find a movie star who could wrestle with alligators and run through swamps the way he did. Countryman was an amazing person, always positive and full of humor. Being of African and Indian descent, he embodied the Jamaican motto, ‘Out of Many, One People.’” Watch Chris Blackwell’s interview about Countryman here […]
[…] Watch Chris Blackwell’s interview about Countryman here […]
Today is one of the saddest days of my life. My friend, my second papa Countryman has left us. I love him with all my heart and always will. Saw him in 1982 at the premiere of “Countryman” in NY….then we became ‘family’ since 2009 on Hellshire Beach in Ja. I will miss you so. Zion has a new angel. SIP Country!
I remember the day i met countryman in Kingston at my house on waterloo road when Dicky Jobson used our house to film the jail part for the film Countryman. We met a few times during the years with Dicky always checking on him from time to time. I last had seen seen hom when i went to Helshire with Levi Roots two years ago. As always he was full of life no change still lived in a small shack on the beach such a kind soul and full of wisdom. RIP Brother countryman you will not be forgotten.
Saw the tape in South Africa back in 1983. We spoke about it for a long,long time. Brilliant