Cebu Hotels Travel - Boyz N the Hood [VHS]
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List Price: $14.95
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II, Angela Bassett, Mia Bell, Lexie Bigham
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302298697
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6302298695
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1994-06-23
Running Time: 112
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1991-07-12
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Editorial Reviews:
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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
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Well told story that still rings true today
Comment: Believe it or not, I had never seen this movie before! Starring the always reliable Larry Fishburne and a very young Cuba Gooding Jr. Simple tale of a young man growing up in South Central LA, with his dad trying to keep him out of trouble by teaching him life lessons, while the young man gets pulled closer to a life of crime by his friends, who don't have the same potential or options in life as him. Well told, moving story that still rings true today.
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Summary: awesome movie
Comment: I saw this movie when it came out! I loved it and was scared of it at the same time. It was soo raw & gritty about a lifestyle I knew nothing about. All these years later it has only gotten better with age. And I really loved the behind the scenes interviews.
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Summary: Classic
Comment: This is a great movie that speak to the people who been or live in the hood. not much has change
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Summary: 3.5 stars out of 4
Comment: The Bottom Line:
Well-acted, constructed, and directed, Boyz in da Hood is a powerful and moving look at the plight of inner-city black youth that makes a compelling thesis about the importance of fathers and builds towards a fitting conclusion.
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Summary: strong character development and remarkable acting in a meaningful film
Comment: Boyz 'N the Hood is a graphic motion picture that deals frankly with the social problems and the unfair, very hard knocks in life people face in the African-American neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. There are no punches pulled in this film and I do not recommend it for young children. The acting is some of the best I've ever seen and I was totally drawn into the action and plot of this picture; I could feel what the characters were experiencing and that tells me that this picture was done with great care and attention to detail. The plot moves along at a good pace and the cinematography is excellent.
The action starts when we meet some young kids. There's ten year-old Tre Styles who lives with his mother Reva Styles (Angela Bassett); and two of his childhood friends are half-brothers Ricky Baker (Morris Chestnut) and "Doughboy" (Ice Cube). Tre has an anger problem in school; and his mother decides he should live with his father and her ex-husband Furious Styles (Laurence Fishburne). Meanwhile, Tre's mother is determined to get better educated and she works hard to successfully leave South Central. Furious Styles, despite his name, is quite a fatherly figure who immediately takes a keen interest in raising his young boy Tre. Furious wants Tre to become a responsible man who can make it out of South Central someday, too. Meanwhile, even at a young age Doughboy is already getting arrested for stealing although Ricky, like Tre, dreams of getting out of South Central by playing professional football.
The movie fast forwards seven years; and we find that Doughboy has essentially done nothing with his life--except doing time in prison and hanging out with his buddies on his mother's front porch. Ricky is eagerly anticipating going to USC on a basketball scholarship and Tre works at a mall clothing store while preparing to take the SAT with Ricky and attend college himself.
Unfortunately, however, the rough life in South Central deals them some mighty harsh blows; and it becomes apparent that it won't be as easy to get out as Tre and Ricky first hoped. Ricky has to get at least a 700 on his SAT test and Tre has to navigate the waters of starting his first real romance with his high school girlfriend Brandi (Nia Long), the only girl he truly wants to marry. Over all this comes the incredibly strong tidal wave of South Central's drug problems and the gun violence that at times seems to rule the streets without warning. Even a black cop covering the beat is racist against blacks in the neighborhood! Ultimately, Tre, Ricky and Doughboy face some hard choices and what they do to solve their problems provides us with some of the most riveting footage I've ever seen on film.
The two DVD release of this movie has a plethora of extras. The deleted scenes are good but the documentary and the commentary with John Singleton were the two best extras in my opinion. You can also choose between widescreen and fullscreen.
It's abundantly clear that Boyz `N the Hood will remain one of the best social commentaries for quite some while to come. This film was inducted into The National Film Registry and it deserved it without a doubt. I strongly encourage people who study social issues and sociology to watch this film. When it comes down to it, though, people of all backgrounds should see this film and know just how hard and unfair life can be for some people.
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