Boyz 'N the Hood

Theatrical Release Date: 1991 07 12 (USA)

UPC: 043396508194

Studio: Sony Pictures

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity, Watch With Your Teen]

Summary: Director John Singleton's debut chronicles the trials and tribulations of three young African-American males growing up in South Central Los Angeles. When young Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a bright underachiever, begins to show signs of trouble, his struggling professional mother (Angela Basset) sends him to live with his father (Lawrence Fishburne), a hard-nosed, no-nonsense disciplinarian. There he befriends Ricky (Morris Chestnut), a burgeoning football star, and Doughboy (Ice Cube, in a standout performance), a would-be gang banger. Over the years, each chooses his own path: Tre seems bound for college; Ricky is a blue-chip running back with his pick of schools; Doughboy is a dope dealer and bona fide gangster who drifts in and out of the county juvenile facility. All is well until, without warning, a rival gang chases down Tre and Ricky with tragic results. Doughboy immediately prepares for revenge, forcing Tre to decide whether to jeopardize his future and, perhaps, his life for the price of revenge and self-respect. Sometimes riveting, Boyz'N the Hood is not without its problems. The film tries to cram every single issue facing the black community into an hour and a half of screen time, making the film seem at times forced. The symbolism seems forced as well, and the film is often unbearably heavy-handed. Also, the characterization often relies on cardboard cut-outs; every white character in the film is a one-dimensional bigot, and the black police officer with whom Tre and his father deal is even worse than his Caucasian counterparts. Still, the unevenness of the film is redeemed by some moments of true brilliance. ~ Jeremy Beday, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best New Director – New York Film Critics Circle U.S. National Film Registry – Library of Congress Best New Filmmaker – MTV Movie Awards

Features: Languages: English, Spanish, French
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Theatrical trailers
Scene selections
Widescreen and full-screen formats

Boyz 'N the Hood

Format: DVD

Release Date: 11/30/1998

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen, 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 112 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1-- WIDESCREEN
0. Scene Selections
1. Start [:53]
2. South Central [2:18]
3. Mr. Styles [1:51]
4. The agreement [2:06]
5. "You got him" [5:04]
6. House rules [1:52]
7. Burglary [3:23]
8. The neighbors [2:43]
9. With Chris [4:39]
10. Facts of life [4:04]
11. Seven Years Later [8:53]
12. Not old, better [3:27]
13. Tisha [2:55]
14. "I lied to Pops" [5:33]
15. Mama calls [5:18]
16. Lewis Crump [5:43]
17. S.A.T. test [1:22]
18. Furious [4:38]
19. On Crenshaw [4:47]
20. Pulled over [2:11]
21. With Brandi [3:56]
22. Miss Deveroux [3:01]
23. Doughboy & Ricky [5:05]
24. Cut [2:04]
25. Gang shooting [4:31]
26. "Give me the gun" [3:28]
27. Getting even [6:34]
28. Next morning [9:29]
Side #2
1. Start [:53]
2. South Central [2:18]
3. Mr. Styles [1:51]
4. The agreement [2:06]
5. "You got him" [5:04]
6. House rules [1:52]
7. Burglary [3:23]
8. The neighbors [2:43]
9. With Chris [4:39]
10. Facts of life [4:04]
11. Seven Years Later [8:53]
12. Not old, better [3:27]
13. Tisha [2:55]
14. "I lied to Pops" [5:33]
15. Mama calls [5:18]
16. Lewis Crump [5:43]
17. S.A.T. test [1:22]
18. Furious [4:38]
19. On Crenshaw [4:47]
20. Pulled over [2:11]
21. With Brandi [3:56]
22. Miss Deveroux [3:01]
23. Doughboy & Ricky [5:05]
24. Cut [2:04]
25. Gang shooting [4:31]
26. "Give me the gun" [3:28]
27. Getting even [6:34]
28. Next morning [9:29]

Brendon Hanley

Coming two years after Spike Lee's groundbreaking Do the Right Thing, the first movie by African-American director John Singleton was seen as part of the black film movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was the first mainstream movie to deal with gang violence in America's urban ghettos, and its thoughtful approach helped open the door for a number of similarly themed movies in the next few years, including Menace II Society, Fresh, and Juice. Boyz N the Hood stands out because of its honesty and because it successfully humanizes all of the parties involved, including the drug dealers and murderers. The story revolves around three youths who choose to deal with their environment in different ways, and the movie features a two-part structure, which shows their lives when they are children and then when they are on the verge of high school graduation. The central roles are filled well by three newcomers (Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, and Ice Cube), and their dynamic gives the movie its most memorable moments. ~ Brendon Hanley, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Stanley Clarke  Composer (Music Score) 
Steve Nicolaides  Producer 
John Singleton  Director 
John Singleton  Screenwriter 
Cuba Gooding, Jr.  Actor 
Morris Chestnut  Actor 
Ice Cube  Actor 
Angela Bassett  Actor 
Laurence Fishburne  Actor 
Nia Long  Actor 
Tyra Ferrell  Actor 
Meta King  Actor 
Whitman Mayo  Actor 
Desi Arnez Hines II  Actor 
Baha Jackson  Actor 
Donovan McCrary  Actor 
Jaki Brown-Karman  Actor 
Jesse Lawrence Ferguson  Actor 
Valentino Harrison  Actor 
Leanear Lane  Actor 
Don Nelson  Actor 
Alysia M. Rogers  Actor 
Raymond Turner  Actor 
Lloyd Avery II  Actor 
Hudhail Al-Amir  Actor 
Mia Bell  Actor 
Lexie Bigham  Actor 
Kenneth A. Brown  Actor 
Nicole Brown  Actor 
Ceal  Actor 
Darneicea Corley  Actor 
John Cothran, Jr.  Actor 
Na'Blonka Durden  Actor 
Susan Falcon  Actor 
Dedrick D. Gobert  Actor 
Redge Green  Actor 
Kareem J. Grimes  Actor 
Tammy Hanson  Actor 
Dee Dee Jacobs  Actor 
Kirk Kinder  Actor 
Regina King  Actor 
Jimmy Lee Newman  Actor 
Malcolm Norrington  Actor 
Esther Scott  Actor 
Leonette Scott  Actor 
Vonte Sweet  Actor 
Baldwin C. Sykes  Actor 
Yolanda Whittaker  Actor 
John Singleton  Actor 

Country: USA