Boyz n the Hood
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| Boyz n the Hood | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Singleton |
| Produced by | Steven Nicolaides DJ Pooh |
| Written by | John Singleton |
| Starring | Cuba Gooding, Jr. Ice Cube Laurence Fishburne Morris Chestnut |
| Music by | Stanley Clarke |
| Cinematography | Charles Mills |
| Editing by | Bruce Cannon |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 12, 1991 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6.5 million |
| Money made | $57,504,069 |
Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American hood movie that was produced by Steven Nicolaides and DJ Pooh and was directed by John Singleton. Boyz n the Hood was released on July 12, 1991 in North America. The movie received positive reviews with a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 73 out of 100 from Metacritic. The movie was selected to be in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress to be preserved because it was considered to be "culturally significant" in 2002. This movie was the directorial debut for John Singleton.
Cast[change | change source]
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Desi Arnez Hines II, young) as Tré Styles
- Ice Cube (Baha Jackson, young) as Darrin "Doughboy" Baker
- Morris Chestnut (Donovan McCrary, young) as Ricky Baker
- Laurence Fishburne as Jason "Furious" Styles
- Nia Long as Brandi
- Tyra Ferrell as Brenda Baker
- Angela Bassett as Reva Devereaux-Styles
- Redge Green (Kenneth A. Brown, young) as Chris
- Dedrick D. Gobert as Dookie
- Baldwin C. Sykes as Monster
- Tracey Lewis-Sinclair as Shaniqua
- Alysia Rogers as Shanice
- Regina King as Shalika
- Lexie Bigham as Mad Dog
- Raymond Turner as Ferris
