Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp

Name: Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
Director: Jorge Hinojosa
Released: 2012
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Betty Beck, Camille Beck, Diane Beck, Misty Beck, Mathieu Bitton

2012 · 89 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 788 VOTES · DIR. Jorge Hinojosa

Overview

'Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp', examines the tumultuous life of legendary Chicago pimp Iceberg Slim (1918-1992) and how he reinvented himself from pimp to author of 7 groundbreaking books. These books were the birth of Street Lit and explored the world of the ghetto in gritty and poetic detail and have made him a cultural icon. Interviews with Iceberg Slim, Chris Rock, Henry Rollins, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, and Quincy Jones.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,731 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:36 - In this book, I will take you, the reader

00:04:16 And I didn't react

00:07:46 And it was just unfortunate, you know

00:11:12 Steve starts to show his true colors

00:14:30 She was 10 times faster.

00:17:48 Harlem and watts and compton, man, was like boystown.

00:22:03 - Slim tells his girls

00:25:56 A robber, a thief

00:29:40 They all thought I was the most charming

00:33:22 On the row.

00:36:39 â™ª love and happiness

00:40:36 They were totally my responsibility.

00:44:17 And then he would talk about the different experiences

00:48:10 But with it was the additional caveat

00:51:23 Or feel like anything else.

00:54:39 I won't go to the joint. I won't go to the penitentiary.

00:57:54 Is being able to impersonate

01:01:01 I don't like coats.

01:04:57 Because he's writing for a third tier house

01:08:15 I could throw a rock down there

01:11:21 And make him give me some more money

01:15:27 Something that he never had.

01:19:42 He had nothing.

01:23:59 Your autobiography, pimp, which you wrote

Cast & Characters

Betty Beck Self Camille Beck Self Diane Beck Self Misty Beck Self Mathieu Bitton Self Bill Duke Self Justin Gifford Self Odie Hawkins Self Red Holloway Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,731

Dialogue density19.4 lines / min

First line00:00:36

Final line01:23:59

Production Record

DirectorJorge Hinojosa

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes788