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Samuel L Jackson and Giancarlo Esposito
- Boaz Yakin’s film Fresh, starring Samuel L Jackson and Giancarlo Esposito, earned the Filmmaker's Trophy at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival.
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“Fresh” is a tragic timelapse of dispossession and disintegration of the self. Akin to a wide, isolated, paved road, uneclipsed by anything, it develops into a sordid urban thoroughfare between syndicate establishments built with moral grit and grime, billeted by drug dealings and deadly bloodletting.
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- Miramax
- Boaz Yakin
Well cast and sharply directed, Fresh serves as an attention-getting calling card for writer-director Boaz Yakin as well as a gripping urban drama. Read Critics Reviews
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The directorial debut of Boaz Yakin is Fresh, the 1994 drama starring Sean Nelson as the titular 12-year-old, real name Michael. Fresh is a seasoned drug pusher for New York gangs, despite a normal childhood, school days, and goofy immature friends.…
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- Miramax
- Boaz Yakin
Boaz Yakin. Director, Writer. Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his employers against each other.
Aug 31, 1994 · Set in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn and revolving around the life and hard times of 12-year-old Michael, Fresh to his friends, Boaz Yakin’s debut film as a writer-director does have several...
Aug 24, 1994 · First-time director Boaz Yakin emphasizes restraint and realism, presenting potentially sensationalistic material with a minimum of violence and flash. Instead, attention is placed on the strong, layered performances, particularly Sean Nelson as Fresh and Samuel L. Jackson as his embittered father.
May 13, 2013 · Sean Nelson stars as our lead, Fresh, and it is his performance that may be the film’s most interesting talking point. Also written by Yakin, the film features a seemingly heightened screenplay that feels real, albeit a tad surreal.