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Life Is Hot in Cracktown (Widescreen)
- Starring: Kerry Washington, Victor Rasuk, Evan Ross
- Director: Buddy Giovinazzo
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Based on writer/director Buddy Giovinazzo's novel of the same name, Life Is Hot in Cracktown explores how crack cocaine infiltrated the streets of urban America by following the journeys of four people whose lives are on a tragic collision course. Pre-op transsexual Marybeth (Kerry Washington) is working as a prostitute in order to save enough money to make her transformation complete. She lives with her lover, Benny, a small-time burglar, whom she hopes to marry after her final operation. Meanwhile, Manny (Victor Rasuk) is busy pulling double shifts while his wife, Concetta (Shannyn Sossamon), cares for their sickly infant son in their run-down apartment. By night Manny works at a 24-hour bodega frequented by junkies, drug dealers, and prostitutes, and by day keeps the peace as a security guard at a welfare hotel. One of the residents at that hotel is Willy, a ten-year-old boy who lives with his mother (Illeana Douglas) and her abusive boyfriend. Willy begs for money on the street so he and Susie can get some fast food. But it's dangerous out there, because volatile gangster Romeo (Evan Ross) is still searching the streets for his brother's killer, and he won't hesitate to terrorize anyone unfortunate enough to cross his warpath. Lara Flynn Boyle, Brandon Routh, Desmond Harrington, and RZA co-star. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Drama
- Category: Crime Drama, Ensemble Film
- Theme: Drug Trade, Inner City Blues
- Release Date: August 25, 2009
- Rating: R (Restricted)Rating Opens in New Window - Drug Content, Nudity, Profanity, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Sexual Situations, Violence
- Studio: Starz/Anchor Bay
- Lead Actors: Kerry Washington, Victor Rasuk, Evan Ross, Shannyn Sossamon, Lara Flynn Boyle
- Supporting Actors: Hope Olaide Wilson, Brandon Routh, Desmond Harrington, RZA, Ridge Canipe, Illeana Douglas, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tony Plana
- Director: Buddy Giovinazzo
- Picture Format: Widescreen
- Run Time: 1 hr 42 min
- Language: English, Spanish
- Format: DVD
Additional Information
- DPCI: 246-02-9595
- ASIN: B002MJRKSM
- Catalog #: 11515947
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 7.5 inches length x 5.31 inches width x 0.54 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.16 pound.
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