Key Cast : Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Tyra Ferrell, Angela Bassett, Meta King, Whitman Mayo, Hudhall Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II
Rating: R
Genre(s): Crime, Drama
"Boyz 'n the Hood" Movie Trailer
Movie Summary
"Boyz 'n the Hood" is one of the best African-American films of the nineties!
Boyz ‘N the Hood is the critically acclaimed story about three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood and of street life where friendship, pain, danger and love combine to form reality.
“The Hood” is a place where drive-by shootings and unemployment are rampant. But it is also a place where harmony co-exists with adversity, especially for three young men growing up there: Doughboy (Ice Cube), an unambitious drug dealer; his brother Ricky (Morris Chestnut), a college-bound teenage father; and Ricky’s best friend Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.), who aspires to a brighter future beyond “The Hood.”
In a world where a trip to the store can end in death, the friends have diverse reactions to their bleak surrounding. Tre’s resolve is strengthened by a strong father (Larry Fishburne) who keeps him on the right track. But the lessons Tre learns are put to the ultimate test when tragedy strikes close to home, and violence seems like the only recourse.
Trivia
∙ African-American director John Singleton was nominated for a Best Director Academy Award for Boyz ‘N the Hood. He was only 24 years old at the time and is the youngest person ever to be nominated for this Academy Award.
Awards
∙ Won the 1993 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture.
∙ Nominated for two 1992 Academy Awards: Best Director (John Singleton) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (John Singleton).
∙ Selected in 2002 to the U.S. Library of Congress National Film Registry.
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Director John Singleton Movie DVD Collection
John Singleton Movies DVD Collection
Boyz N the Hood is part of a three movie John Singleton DVD Collection. The DVD set contains major films directed by John Singleton. The following films are included in this DVD set:
Boyz N the Hood
Poetic Justice
Higher Learning
