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Straight out of Brooklyn / the Samuel Goldwyn Company and American Playhouse Theatrical Films present a Blacks 'n Progress production ; written, produced & directed by Matty Rich.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Rich, Matty, screenwriter, producer, director.
Odom, George T., actor.
Sanders, Ann D., actor.
Gilliard, Larry, actor.
Wheeler, Harold, composer.
Samuel Goldwyn Co., producer.
American Playhouse Theatrical Films, producer.
Blacks 'n Progress (Firm), producer.
MGM Home Entertainment Inc., distributor.
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Drugs--Drama.
Drugs.
African Americans--Drama.
African Americans.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Edition:
Widescreen and standard versions.
Other Title:
Title on container: Matty Rich's Straight out of Brooklyn
Place of Publication:
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2003.
Language Note:
In English with optional Spanish dubbed version; subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD; Dolby digital mono.
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Summary:
The story of a young man desperate to get out of the Brooklyn projects where he, his family and his friends live. He feels trapped there, surrounded by drugs and danger, so he and his friends pull a robbery to obtain the funds to take them out of Brooklyn forever.
Participant:
George T. Odom, Ann D. Sanders, Larry Gilliard, Jr., Barbara Sanon, Reana E. Drummond, Matty Rich, Mark Malone, Joseph A. Thomas, Ali Shahid Abdul Wahhab.
Credits:
Director of photography, John Rosnell ; editor, Jack Haigis ; original score, Harold Wheeler.
Notes:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991.
1.85:1 aspect ratio.
Includes original theatrical trailer.
ISBN:
0792858506
9780792858508
OCLC:
53118072
Publisher Number:
027616896612
1005340 MGM Home Entertainment

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