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Mr. Untouchable

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(No longer in theaters)
  • Rating: R — for pervasive drug content, strong language, some violent images and brief nudity
  • Director: Marc Levin   Cast: Leroy 'Nicky' Barnes, Thelma Grant, Joseph 'Jazz' Hayden, Jackie Hayden, Leon 'Scrap' Batts
  • Running Time: 92 minutes
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Genre

Documentary

Producer

Mary-Jane Robinson

Distributor

Magnolia Pictures

Release Date

Oct 26, 2007

Release Notes

Limited

Official Website

Review

One of New York crime lore’s most influential and flamboyant gangsters, Nicky Barnes was one of the principal players in the seventies heroin catastrophe. Ever a proud, defensive man, Marc Levin’s doc lets Barnes tell his story and philosophize on the art of the deal. The results are sometimes persuasive (“In powder, you gotta be vicious”) and sometimes sadly comical (“They know not who they fucketh with”), but always fascinating.