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'''Space Is The Place''' is a 1974 film, directed by Joshua Smith, and centers around cult jazz musician Music/SunRa.
Music/SunRa is being reported lost since his 1969 European tour. He lands on a new planet in outer space with his band, the Arkestra, and decides to settle Afro-Americans there. He travels back in time to 1943, when he was a pianist under the name of "Sonny Ray". There he confronts a pimp-overlord named "The Overseer" (Ray Johnson) and they agree on a card game to decide the fate of the black race.
!! The film provides examples of:
* AfterTheEnd: Sang:
--> ''After the end of the world, don't you know that yet?''
* AncientEgypt: Sun Ra and his Arkestra are dressed in Egyptian themed headdresses, costumes and masks.
* AsHimself: Sun Ra plays himself, both as a 1940s piano player, as well as the space persona he performed on stage.
* {{Blaxploitation}}: This film was made during the early 1970s with a majority of Afro-American actors, deals with themes of black self awareness and salvation and features a cool soundtrack.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Sun Ra and the Overseer sometimes talk directly to the camera.
* ConcertFilm: In some scenes we see Sun Ra and his musicians perform on stage.
* CoolShades: Lead singer June Tyson is seen wearing CoolShades whenever she appears in a scene.
* DealWithTheDevil: Sun Ra plays a card game with a man called "The Overseer" to decide the fate of the black race. It is implied he is some kind of a demon character, because when they begin playing the game the 1940s jazz club suddenly changes setting to a desert where both of them are seated at a table.
* FunnyAfro: Well, this film was made in the early 1970s, so it's only natural that most young blacks in this film wear Afro haircuts.
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: Sun Ra looks for a planet to take the Afro-American race to.
--> ''Oh, we sing this song to a great tomorrow''
* HospitalHottie: Two nurses, one white, one black, decide to strip and "get it on" with the Overseer in a hospital room.
* MessianicArchetype: Sun Ra's character has come to save Afro-Americans.
* MindScrew: The film features a lot of surreal scenes and sometimes confusing edits.
* {{Mummy}}: Sun Ra revives a mummy from its sarcophagus.
* NWordPrivileges: The word is used a lot, mostly by the Overseer character. The white Nasa scientists also announce their plan to "put a coon on the moon by June" and refer to the black brothel lady as a "nigger", after beating up two of her prostitutes.
* NippleAndDimed: When Sun Ra's music creates a whirl wind that empties the jazz club one woman's bra flies off revealing her breasts for a split second. Later, a black and white nurse are seen in full frontal nudity when they strip for the Overseer in the hospital room.
* PimpDuds: The Overseer is dressed up in a white pimp suit, a cane and hustles whores.
* ThePlace: Mentioned in the title.
* [[ThePowerOfRock The Power Of Jazz]]: Sun Ra's piano playing causes a whirlwind and a storm which causes everyone to flee in panic, leaving only him and the Overseer alone in the room.
* ProductPlacement: A ''Magazine/RollingStone'' cover is seen and mentions Sun Ra's landing on the planet Earth.
* RunningGag: The minion of the Overseer always thinks he can have sex with one of the two young women he brings along, but the Overseer always sends him out the room.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: The Overseer's scantily clad/nude female companions.
* ShoutOut: On the walls of the Oakland youth center we see posters of various Black Panther Party members, such as Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver.
* TheSleepless: At one point his musicians complain that Ra has been working for hours and that they want some rest.
* TheStoic: Whatever happens Sun Ra always remains calm.
* TimeMarchesOn: Sun Ra at one point says: "The year 2000 is right around the corner."
* TimeTravel: Sun Ra travels back to 1943, when he just began performing. There he confronts the Overseer.
* TouchedByVorlons: Just like Sun Ra's stage persona he is depicted as being from outer space and travelling in a Ufo.
* TheTreacheryOfImages: The black people wonder whether Sun Ra is real of an imposter? Then he lectures them:
--> ''I'm not real, I’m just like you. You don’t exist in this society. [[WhamLine If you did your people wouldn’t be seeking equal rights. You’re not real. If you were you’d have some status among the nations of the world]]. So we are both myths. I do not come to you as a reality, I come to you as the myth because that is what black people are— myths. I came from a dream that the black man dreamed long ago. I’m actually a presence sent to you by your ancestors. I’m going to be here until I pick out some of you to take back with me.''
'''The soundtrack album'''
[[quoteright:348:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c39b74c31a2702ab5b72af9383a00690.jpg]]
There are [[NameIsTheSame two Sun Ra albums with the title "Space Is The Place"]]. The 1972 album has nothing to do with the film. The 1993 album is the official CultSoundtrack.
'''Tracklist'''
# "It's After the End of the World" (3:25)
# "Under Different Stars" (3:55)
# "Discipline 33" (3:22)
# "Watusa" (7:11)
# "Calling Planet Earth" (3:04)
# "I Am the Alter-Destiny" (1:08)
# "Satellites Are Spinning" (2:33)
# "Cosmic Forces" (3:09)
# "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" (3:00)
# "We Travel the Spaceways" (2:28)
# "The Overseer" (3:04)
# "Blackman/Love in Outer Space" (16:53)
# "Mysterious Crystal" (5:53)
# "I Am the Brother of the Wind" (5:54)
# "We'll Wait for You" (4:11)
# "Space Is the Place" (4:23)
'''Personnel'''
* Sun Ra – piano, Minimoog, Farfisa organ, Clavinet, Rocksichord, declamation
* Kwame Hadi – trumpet, conga, vibraphone
* Wayne Harris – trumpet
* Marshall Allen – alto saxophone, flute, oboe, bassoon, kora, cowbell, percussion
* Danny Davis – alto saxophone, flute, alto clarinet, percussion
* Larry Northington – alto saxophone, conga, percussion
* John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, drums, percussion, vocal
* Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet, bongos, percussion
* Danny Thompson – baritone saxophone, percussion
* Lex Humphries – drums
* Ken Moshesh – conga
* June Tyson – vocals, bells
!! The soundtrack album provides examples of :
* AfterTheEnd:
--> ''After the end of the world, don't you know that yet?''
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''S'''atellites Are '''S'''pinning".
* AncientAstronauts: The music follows the same plot as in the movie and depicts Sun Ra as an extraterrestrial being come to save mankind.
* CultSoundtrack: The 1993 album is the soundtrack to the 1974 film.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "It's After The End of The World".
* EpicRocking: The 16:53 "Blackman/Love in Outer Space"
* FaceOnTheCover: Sun Ra is seen on the cover.
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: Sun Ra looks for a planet to take the Afro-American race to where they can live in better peace and harmony.
--> ''Oh, we sing this song to a great tomorrow''
* IAmSong: "I Am the Alter-Destiny" .
* {{Instrumentals}}: The majority of the music is instrumental, save for the songs "It's After The End Of The World", "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" and "Space Is The Place".
* IWillWaitForYou: "We'll Wait For You"
--> ''We'll Wait for You''
* OneWordTitle: "Watusa".
* RefrainFromAssuming: The 1972 album "Space Is The Place" by Music/SunRa, despite its title and despite being released around the same time as the 1974 film is '''not''' the soundtrack. The 1993 album is and mentions it specifically on the album cover.
* TitleTrack: "Space Is The Place".
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'''Space Is The Place''' is a 1974 film, directed by Joshua Smith, and centers around cult jazz musician Music/SunRa.
Music/SunRa is being reported lost since his 1969 European tour. He lands on a new planet in outer space with his band, the Arkestra, and decides to settle Afro-Americans there. He travels back in time to 1943, when he was a pianist under the name of "Sonny Ray". There he confronts a pimp-overlord named "The Overseer" (Ray Johnson) and they agree on a card game to decide the fate of the black race.
!! The film provides examples of:
* AfterTheEnd: Sang:
--> ''After the end of the world, don't you know that yet?''
* AncientEgypt: Sun Ra and his Arkestra are dressed in Egyptian themed headdresses, costumes and masks.
* AsHimself: Sun Ra plays himself, both as a 1940s piano player, as well as the space persona he performed on stage.
* {{Blaxploitation}}: This film was made during the early 1970s with a majority of Afro-American actors, deals with themes of black self awareness and salvation and features a cool soundtrack.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Sun Ra and the Overseer sometimes talk directly to the camera.
* ConcertFilm: In some scenes we see Sun Ra and his musicians perform on stage.
* CoolShades: Lead singer June Tyson is seen wearing CoolShades whenever she appears in a scene.
* DealWithTheDevil: Sun Ra plays a card game with a man called "The Overseer" to decide the fate of the black race. It is implied he is some kind of a demon character, because when they begin playing the game the 1940s jazz club suddenly changes setting to a desert where both of them are seated at a table.
* FunnyAfro: Well, this film was made in the early 1970s, so it's only natural that most young blacks in this film wear Afro haircuts.
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: Sun Ra looks for a planet to take the Afro-American race to.
--> ''Oh, we sing this song to a great tomorrow''
* HospitalHottie: Two nurses, one white, one black, decide to strip and "get it on" with the Overseer in a hospital room.
* MessianicArchetype: Sun Ra's character has come to save Afro-Americans.
* MindScrew: The film features a lot of surreal scenes and sometimes confusing edits.
* {{Mummy}}: Sun Ra revives a mummy from its sarcophagus.
* NWordPrivileges: The word is used a lot, mostly by the Overseer character. The white Nasa scientists also announce their plan to "put a coon on the moon by June" and refer to the black brothel lady as a "nigger", after beating up two of her prostitutes.
* NippleAndDimed: When Sun Ra's music creates a whirl wind that empties the jazz club one woman's bra flies off revealing her breasts for a split second. Later, a black and white nurse are seen in full frontal nudity when they strip for the Overseer in the hospital room.
* PimpDuds: The Overseer is dressed up in a white pimp suit, a cane and hustles whores.
* ThePlace: Mentioned in the title.
* [[ThePowerOfRock The Power Of Jazz]]: Sun Ra's piano playing causes a whirlwind and a storm which causes everyone to flee in panic, leaving only him and the Overseer alone in the room.
* ProductPlacement: A ''Magazine/RollingStone'' cover is seen and mentions Sun Ra's landing on the planet Earth.
* RunningGag: The minion of the Overseer always thinks he can have sex with one of the two young women he brings along, but the Overseer always sends him out the room.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: The Overseer's scantily clad/nude female companions.
* ShoutOut: On the walls of the Oakland youth center we see posters of various Black Panther Party members, such as Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver.
* TheSleepless: At one point his musicians complain that Ra has been working for hours and that they want some rest.
* TheStoic: Whatever happens Sun Ra always remains calm.
* TimeMarchesOn: Sun Ra at one point says: "The year 2000 is right around the corner."
* TimeTravel: Sun Ra travels back to 1943, when he just began performing. There he confronts the Overseer.
* TouchedByVorlons: Just like Sun Ra's stage persona he is depicted as being from outer space and travelling in a Ufo.
* TheTreacheryOfImages: The black people wonder whether Sun Ra is real of an imposter? Then he lectures them:
--> ''I'm not real, I’m just like you. You don’t exist in this society. [[WhamLine If you did your people wouldn’t be seeking equal rights. You’re not real. If you were you’d have some status among the nations of the world]]. So we are both myths. I do not come to you as a reality, I come to you as the myth because that is what black people are— myths. I came from a dream that the black man dreamed long ago. I’m actually a presence sent to you by your ancestors. I’m going to be here until I pick out some of you to take back with me.''
'''The soundtrack album'''
[[quoteright:348:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c39b74c31a2702ab5b72af9383a00690.jpg]]
There are [[NameIsTheSame two Sun Ra albums with the title "Space Is The Place"]]. The 1972 album has nothing to do with the film. The 1993 album is the official CultSoundtrack.
'''Tracklist'''
# "It's After the End of the World" (3:25)
# "Under Different Stars" (3:55)
# "Discipline 33" (3:22)
# "Watusa" (7:11)
# "Calling Planet Earth" (3:04)
# "I Am the Alter-Destiny" (1:08)
# "Satellites Are Spinning" (2:33)
# "Cosmic Forces" (3:09)
# "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" (3:00)
# "We Travel the Spaceways" (2:28)
# "The Overseer" (3:04)
# "Blackman/Love in Outer Space" (16:53)
# "Mysterious Crystal" (5:53)
# "I Am the Brother of the Wind" (5:54)
# "We'll Wait for You" (4:11)
# "Space Is the Place" (4:23)
'''Personnel'''
* Sun Ra – piano, Minimoog, Farfisa organ, Clavinet, Rocksichord, declamation
* Kwame Hadi – trumpet, conga, vibraphone
* Wayne Harris – trumpet
* Marshall Allen – alto saxophone, flute, oboe, bassoon, kora, cowbell, percussion
* Danny Davis – alto saxophone, flute, alto clarinet, percussion
* Larry Northington – alto saxophone, conga, percussion
* John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, drums, percussion, vocal
* Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet, bongos, percussion
* Danny Thompson – baritone saxophone, percussion
* Lex Humphries – drums
* Ken Moshesh – conga
* June Tyson – vocals, bells
!! The soundtrack album provides examples of :
* AfterTheEnd:
--> ''After the end of the world, don't you know that yet?''
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''S'''atellites Are '''S'''pinning".
* AncientAstronauts: The music follows the same plot as in the movie and depicts Sun Ra as an extraterrestrial being come to save mankind.
* CultSoundtrack: The 1993 album is the soundtrack to the 1974 film.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "It's After The End of The World".
* EpicRocking: The 16:53 "Blackman/Love in Outer Space"
* FaceOnTheCover: Sun Ra is seen on the cover.
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: Sun Ra looks for a planet to take the Afro-American race to where they can live in better peace and harmony.
--> ''Oh, we sing this song to a great tomorrow''
* IAmSong: "I Am the Alter-Destiny" .
* {{Instrumentals}}: The majority of the music is instrumental, save for the songs "It's After The End Of The World", "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" and "Space Is The Place".
* IWillWaitForYou: "We'll Wait For You"
--> ''We'll Wait for You''
* OneWordTitle: "Watusa".
* RefrainFromAssuming: The 1972 album "Space Is The Place" by Music/SunRa, despite its title and despite being released around the same time as the 1974 film is '''not''' the soundtrack. The 1993 album is and mentions it specifically on the album cover.
* TitleTrack: "Space Is The Place".
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