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16 September 1988 (USA) morePlot:
Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. stars in this cross between a blaxploitation film and a spaghetti western... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Unauthorized Run Dmc Biopic Hires a 'Notorious' Screenwriter (From Cinematical. 5 February 2009, 3:15 PM, PST)
Run Dmc biopic in development
(From digitalspy. 30 January 2009, 12:40 PM, PST)
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Average Hip Hop Movie But Still Worthy moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Darryl McDaniels | ... | Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels |
| Daniel Simmons | ... | Prison Warden |
| Jason Mizell | ... | Jason 'Jam Master Jay' Mizell |
| Joseph Simmons | ... | Joseph 'Run' Simmons |
| Richard Edson | ... | Bernie Carteez |
| George Godfrey | ... | Nathan Burdette |
 | Rick Rubin | ... | Vic Ferrante |
| Ric Menello | ... | Arthur Ratnor |
| Steven N. Williams | ... | Vic's Bodyguard No. 2 |
 | Russell Simmons | ... | Himself |
| Adam Yauch | ... | Himself |
 | Mike D | ... | Himself |
| Adam Horovitz | ... | Himself |
| Jenny Lumet | ... | Pam |
| Raymond White | ... | Raymond 'Runny Ray' Walker |
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Spike Lee was the first person offered to direct the film after Russell Simmons saw School Daze. Lee politely turned it down and wrote and directed Do the Right Thing instead. moreQuotes:
Adrock: [to a male waiter] Excuse me, miss... you got crabs?Mike D: Coffee gives me the runs.
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Spike Lee turned down this script. That says it all. But I still wish it came out on DVD. I think it's still a Hip Hop classic from that era. Shame it only grossed like 3 million. Problaby cost a million to produce though. They should have promoted this a little bit more. I remember significant delays with this movie being released and problems on the set with Rick Rubin. It should have been a better movie with those caliber of stars. But by 1988 Run-DMC and the Beasties were starting to fade out a little. It was a should have or would have movie. Nowadays, 50 cent gets a 30 million dollar movie budget and top notch promotion.