Dead Presidents (Widescreen)
- Starring: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker
- Director: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
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Albert Hughes and his brother Allen Hughes followed their striking debut Menace II Society with this ambitious look at the social and political lives of the African-American community in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate) is a young man coming of age in the Bronx in 1968. Working two part-time jobs -- one as a milkman's helper and another for local numbers runner Kirby (Keith David) -- Anthony is torn between doing the right thing and trying to get by in a environment that offers few opportunities to young black men. After graduating from high school, Anthony decides to join the Marines, news that is not well-received by his parents, who want him to go to college, or his girlfriend Juanita (Rose Jackson), with whom Anthony recently lost his virginity. After serving a horrific tour of duty in Viet Nam with his friends Skip (Chris Tucker) and Jose (Freddy Rodriguez), Anthony finds himself back home in 1973, where Juanita has been raising the child he fathered before he shipped out, drugs and crime have crippled his community, and honest job prospects are practically nil. Eventually, Anthony falls in with Kirby, Skip, and Jose, who have teamed with Juanita's sister Delilah (N'Bushe Wright), a Black Power activist, and Cleon (Bokeem Woodbine), in a scheme to rob an armored truck taking worn greenbacks ("dead presidents") to a mint to be destroyed. Martin Sheen and Seymour Cassel appear unbilled in small roles. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Drama
- Category: Crime Drama, Urban Drama
- Theme: Bank Robbery, Dangerous Friends, Down on Their Luck, Home From the War
- Release Date: May 20, 1998
- Rating: R (Restricted)Rating Opens in New Window - Drug Content, Graphic Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, War Violence
- Studio: Walt Disney Video
- Lead Actors: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, N'Bushe Wright, Freddy Rodriguez
- Supporting Actors: Jenifer Lewis, Quynh Phann, Heather B., Tony Sirico, Tim Zay, Terrence Howard, Robert LuPone, Robert Smith, Cheryl Freeman, Carlton Wilborn, Jordan Hernandez, Rik Colitti, Rodney Winfield, Seymour Cassel, Sticky Fingaz, Frank Albanese, David Barry Gray, Cuc Dinh, Clifton Powell, Monti Sharp
- Director: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
- Picture Format: Widescreen
- Run Time: 1 hr 59 min
- Language: English, French
- Subtitle Language: English, Spanish
- Format: DVD
Additional Information
- DPCI: 058-12-2008
- ASIN: B002FMXI32
- Catalog #: 11297917
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 7.56 inches length x 5.5 inches width x 0.58 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.26 pound.
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