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Boyz N the Hood (2-Disc Anniversary Edition)

 : Boyz N the Hood (2-Disc Anniversary Edition)

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
EAN: 9780767876513
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767876512
Item Dimensions: 120
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundFrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: COLD07319D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: September 02, 2003
Running Time: 112 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: July 12, 1991




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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The story about three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood, and of street life where friendship, pain, danger and love combine to form reality. 'The hood' is a place where drive-by shootings and unemployment are rampant. But it is also a place where harmony co-exists with adversity.

Amazon.com essential video:
John Singleton, at the age of 23, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his debut film, Boyz N the Hood. The film stars Laurence Fishburne, Angela Basset, Ice Cube, and Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. in his first starring role in a feature film. Gooding plays Tre Styles, a teenager growing up in South Central Los Angeles. His father, Furious (Fishburne), is divorced and living away from Tre and his mother (Basset), but he's still involved in Tre's upbringing, teaching him the values of right and wrong and responsibility. Meanwhile, Tre's childhood buddies Ricky (Morris Chestnut) and Doughboy (Ice Cube) are living their lives in terms of the epidemic of violence and poverty that has plagued their neighborhood. Ricky, a talented football player, strives to get a full athletic scholarship to college. If only his SAT scores were higher. Doughboy lives a life full of crime but still remains true to his friends. The obstacles that these three young men come across result in dire consequences, devastatingly avoidable and inevitable at the same time. Boyz N the Hood is a landmark film beyond its commercial success, presenting a portrait of South Central in the late '80s and early '90s as painted by Singleton (who grew up in that neighborhood), achieving accuracy and dramatic resonance in this story of at-risk youth. --Shannon Gee



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Good movie overshadowed by 4 letter expletives
Great film, i remember seeing this when i was a teenager myself, while some of the movie may be a little far fetched there is quite a lot of plausibility here. Young upstart Cuba Gudding Junior mad a fine performance as did Ice Cube. The only problem with the film is the language is way to overbearing and at times makes the film difficult to watch because of the constant f-bombing in about every other line. The story is great, and the emotions are powerful, as with when i was a child though the girl ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "RICKEY!!!!"
WOW what a great movie I watched this for the first time in 1994 when i was younger but my father only limited me to the part where doe boy was taken away in the police car. Once I was old enough to see the full movie I was hooked. Laurence Fishburn and Cuba Gooding were very good I think as a black man the movie was on point but you have to listen to Laurence's character because he makes perfect sense. The movie has violence, sex, drama, and its a real life experience.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Boyz 'N the Hood
Three black male teens come-of-age in the gang "war zones" of South Central Los Angeles. The rough neighborhoods of America often are ignored by the propaganda of politics and media that focuses more on the positives and successes of American Life, Culture and Society. Singleton's vision in this movie, in a very grounded format is compelling in giving "Pleasantville America" a picture of an America that experiences terrorism on a daily basis. It helps explain why there is crime and harshness in these ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Boys N The Hood - Excellent
Thanks for sending the DVD in a timely manner and in excellent condition.
Regards
Rose




Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Where's that mall?
I never saw this when it first came out. But when I got it on DVD and watched it it was great. I can already see where the makers of GTA San Andreas got their ideas from when making the game. The only question, I would like to know if that mall parking lot where Ice Cube and his two homies kill the three guys who killed his brother Ricky is the same place where the first back to the future movie was filmed at the part where Doc brown gets shot by some terrorists in a van and Marty goes back in time ... Read More