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The Wood / Paramount Pictures presents ; an MTV Films ; in association with Bona Fide Productions ; produced by Albert Berger, David Gale, Ron Yerxa ; story by Rick Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd ; screenplay by Rick Famuyiwa ; directed by Rick Famuyiwa.
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Famuyiwa, Rick, author, screenwriter, film director.
- Boyd, Todd, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Wood (Motion picture : 1999)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American men--California--Inglewood--Drama.
- African American men.
- Weddings--California--Inglewood--Drama.
- Weddings.
- Rites and ceremonies--Drama.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Male friendship--California--Inglewood--Drama.
- Male friendship.
- Inglewood (Calif.)--Drama.
- Inglewood (Calif.).
- California--Inglewood.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Romance films.
- Comedy films.
- Coming-of-age films.
- Feature films -- United States.
- Drama.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Special edition.
- Distribution:
- Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Warner Home Video
- Place of Publication:
- Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2007]
- Language Note:
- In English; optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; Dolby Digital 2.0.
- digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital 2.0
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- Inglewood, a Los Angeles suburb, is called the Wood. It is largely home to Black middle class families. Mike, Slim, and Roland have been best friends since junior high. It's three hours before Roland's wedding and he has a bad case of cold feet. Mike and Slim must sober him up and help him decide if he wants to go through with the wedding. In flashbacks, they recall key moments of their friendship, including the rites of passage from boys to men.
- Participant:
- Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Taye Diggs, Sean Nelson, Tamala Jones, De'Aundre Bonds, Sanaa Lathan.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Steven Bernstein ; editor, John Carter ; music, Robert Hurst ; costume designer, Darryle Johnson ; production designers, Roger Fortune, Maxine Shepard ; story by Rick Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
- Special features: commentary by director Rick Farnuyiwa and actors Taye Diggs and Richard T. Jones; Making The wood; theatrical trailer; photo gallery.
- ISBN:
- 1415728887
- 9781415728888
- OCLC:
- 318545754
- Publisher Number:
- 097361223445
- 883929313075
- 032429282750
- 12234 Paramount Home Entertainment
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