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Overview

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4.0/10   155 votes
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Director:
Rick Rubin
Writers:
Ric Menello (writer)
Rick Rubin (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 September 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Music more
Plot:
Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. stars in this cross between a blaxploitation film and a spaghetti western... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
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)

User Comments:
Average Hip Hop Movie But Still Worthy more

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:R
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA
Company:
Def Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
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. more
Quotes:
Adrock: [to a male waiter] Excuse me, miss... you got crabs?
Mike D: Coffee gives me the runs.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Run-DMC: Together Forever - Greatest Hits 1983-2000 (2000) (V) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Average Hip Hop Movie But Still Worthy, 15 November 2006
2/10
Author: mekeating from United States

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.

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