Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp

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

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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.

Documentary2010s

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
00:04:21 He says, you were icy.
00:07:53 The way that he describes his initial foray
00:11:20 Like, right in front of 'em.
00:14:46 I wasn't in her league.
00:18:19 - Baby bell was the big pimp in chicago.
00:22:44 Finding its way to a woman's ass.
00:26:34 - Your word got to be law.
00:30:28 - You can't just dog a woman out
00:34:11 - He had a lot to cope with.
00:37:52 And he said could I take you somewhere
00:41:41 In a black neighborhood
00:45:38 To more than a million people.
00:49:30 And we were down to five.
00:52:48 - So I asked bob
00:56:20 He put him on, and all hell broke loose.
00:59:17 - When a book reaches the level
01:03:04 On political and cultural issues.
01:06:32 Mm-mmm. Reformed.
01:10:02 And really sad and depressed
01:14:10 And a couple weeks later he called
01:17:40 And he refused to let 'em take his leg off.
01:22:41 I probably wouldn't even have a platform.
25:00:00 from universal

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 line25:00:00

Production Record

DirectorJorge Hinojosa
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes788