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Jul 12, 1991 · Boyz n the Hood: Directed by John Singleton. With Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II, Angela Bassett, Miya McGhee. Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
- John Singleton
- 283
- 3 min
Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American coming-of-age hood crime drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his feature directorial debut. It stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Tyra Ferrell, Laurence Fishburne, Regina King, and Angela Bassett.
- $57.5 million (North America)
- Steve Nicolaides
- $6.5 million
- Stanley Clarke
- THE STORY IS LARGELY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL. When writing the script, John Singleton (then 21 years old) pulled from his own life growing up in Los Angeles.
- SINGLETON WAS OFFERED $100,000 TO WALK AWAY. While pitching the script to different companies, Singleton refused to give out copies unless someone was willing to make a deal where he would get to direct the film, even though he had no prior feature film directing experience.
- IT WAS TECHNICALLY A BIGGER HIT THAN TERMINATOR 2. In the fight for box office dollars, there was no competition between Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Boyz N the Hood in 1991.
- THE FILM OWES A LOT TO SPIKE LEE. Singleton was inspired and motivated by Spike Lee, though not in an entirely positive way. He says that hiring Black people to work in front of and behind the camera was one thing he took from the director, but his motivation to make films like Boyz N the Hood came after Lee—who he looked up to—didn't hire him as a production assistant on Do the Right Thing.
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Jul 12, 1991 · Dough Boy is not a bad person, but he is into booze and drugs and will sooner or later find bad trouble. He spends most of his days on the front steps, drinking, plotting, feeding his resentments.
