Overview
Genre: Action Thriller
Language: English
Country of Origin: Norway
Format: Super 16
Production Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2003
Short Synopsis
A young reporter witnesses the murder of a drug lord and is left with the victim’s car and diary. As he pieces together the man’s life and events leading to the murder, he finds himself drawn into an ongoing cycle of violence.
Full Synopsis
Adapted from a cult novel, the story charts the spectacular rise and brutal fall of a black drug dealer (DMX) as it is relayed to a young white journalist (David Arquette) posthumously through the dead hustler’s diaries. The book’s author, Donald Goines, is one of the most successful black authors of all time, despite his premature death in an ununsolved homicide. He lived the life of the streets, then wrote about it, in a series of best-selling novels remarkable for their hard-hitting authenticity and their understanding of human nature as it reveals itself in extreme situations.
Cast + Crew
Screenplay: James Gibson
Director: Ernest Dickerson
Producer: Earl Simmons, Alessandro Camon
Executive Producers: Edward R. Pressman, John Schmidt Dion Fearon, Marc Gerald, Cameron Casey, Angelo Ellerbee
Editor: Stephen Lovejoy
Director of Photography: Matthew Libatique
Cast: DMX, David Arquette, Drew Sidora, Luenell Campbell, Keesha Sharp, Roderick Stevens
Main Cast: DMX, David Arquette, Michael Ealy, Clifton Powell
Casting: Robi Reed-Humes
Distributors
US Distributor: Fox Searchlight, released March 26, 2004
Festivals
Sundance, USA, 2004: Premiere
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