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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   28,232 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Singleton (written by)
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Release Date:
12 July 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Once upon a time in South Central L.A. ... It ain't no fairy tale more
Plot:
Saga of a group of childhood friends growing up in a Los Angeles ghetto. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 4 nominations more
User Reviews:
A profound ghetto film more (139 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Hudhail Al-Amir ... S.A.T. Man
Lloyd Avery II ... Knucklehead #2

Angela Bassett ... Reva Styles
Mia Bell ... Female Club Member
Lexie Bigham ... Mad Dog
Kenneth A. Brown ... Little Chris
Nicole Brown ... Brandi - Age 10
Ceal ... Sheryl

Morris Chestnut ... Ricky Baker
Darneicea Corley ... Keisha

John Cothran Jr. ... Lewis Crump

Ice Cube ... Doughboy
Na'Blonka Durden ... Trina (as Na' Blonka Durden)
Susan Falcon ... Mrs. Olaf
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson ... Officer Coffey (as Jesse Ferguson)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Boys in the Hood (USA) (alternative spelling)
A Malta do Bairro (Portugal) [pt]
Boyz n the Hood - Jungs im Viertel (Germany) [de]
Boyz n the Hood - kulman kundit (Finland) [fi]
Boyz n the hood - strade violente (Italy) [it]
Fekete vidék (Hungary) [hu]
La loi de la rue (Canada: French title) [fr]
Los chicos del barrio (Spain) [es]
Os Donos da Rua (Brazil) [pt]
Ta paidia tis geitonias (Greece) [el]
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Runtime:
112 min
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Color:
Color (DeLuxe)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
In the scene where Furious (Laurence Fishburne) and his son (Cuba Gooding Jr.) are sitting on the rocks having a father-to-son chat, Furious mentions fighting as a young soldier in Vietnam. Laurence Fishburne starred in Apocalypse Now (1979) as a young soldier in Vietnam. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the scene on Crenshaw Bl. when Doughboy cocks his gun and the slide stays back showing the gun is unloaded. more
Quotes:
Officer Coffey: Something wrong?
Furious Styles: Something wrong? Yeah. It's just too bad you don't know what it is... *Brother*.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Hangin' Out more

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13 out of 17 people found the following review useful.
A profound ghetto film, 31 May 2001
8/10
Author: Angeneer from Athens, Greece

John Singleton with his debut film cleared easily any opposition in the ghetto life genre. These are real characters facing real problems. Singleton goes one step beyond Spike Lee, analyzing and not only describing, proposing and not only denouncing. The film gets even more absorbing by the terrific camera work and the top notch acting.

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