Friday (1995)

Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do. Encounters with neighbors and other friends... See full summary »

Director:

F. Gary Gray

Writers:

Ice Cube, DJ Pooh

Stars:

Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ice Cube	...	Craig Jones
Chris Tucker	...	Smokey
Nia Long	...	Debbie
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Deebo (as Tiny 'Zeus' Lister Jr.)
John Witherspoon	...	Mr. Jones
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Mrs. Jones
Regina King	...	Dana Jones
Paula Jai Parker	...	Joi
Faizon Love	...	Big Worm
DJ Pooh	...	Red
Angela Means	...	Felisha
Vickilyn Reynolds	...	Joann
Ronn Riser	...	Stanley
Kathleen Bradley	...	Mrs. Parker
Tony Cox	...	Mr. Parker

Storyline

Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do. Encounters with neighbors and other friends over the course of the day and night, and their ensuing antics, make up the rest of the movie.

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Plot Keywords:

neighborhood | bully | drug dealer | neighbor | character repeating someone else's dialogue | 

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Taglines:

a lot can go down between thursday and saturday...

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive strong language and drug use, and for a brutal fight

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 April 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

A tope en viernes

Filming Locations:

126th Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$27,900,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Priority Films (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min 97 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White Color (FotoKem)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chris Rock and Tommy Davidson were considered for the role of Smokey.

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Goofs

When Big Worm calls Smokey to the ice cream truck you see Smokey pushing two kids out of the way to get to the truck but when the camera angle changes you now see Smokey pushing more kids before he gets to the truck.

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Quotes

Pastor Clever: [at Smokey] Excuse me brother, what we call drugs at the 74th Street Baptist Church we call the sin of sin sins.
Smokey: Well round here, between Normandie and Western, we call this here a little twenty twen twen...
Craig Jones: Right...
Smokey: Nigga...
Pastor Clever: Give me a little for my cataracts.
Smokey: You didn't put in on this man.

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Connections

Followed by Friday After Next (2002)

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Soundtracks

"The Way You Do the Things You Do"
Performed by The Temptations
Written by Smokey Robinson (as William "Smokey" Robinson) and Bobby Rogers (as Robert Rogers)
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.
by arrangement with PolyGram Special Markets

User Reviews

One of the funniest films of the decade

Friday is a movie that is a different look at life in the hood. Mainly a look at what can go down between Thursday and Saturday with an ensemble of characters that are as funny as you can get with so much marijuana.

It is mainly thanks to the breakthrough performance by Chris Tucker as Smokee; the paranoid, conieving and hilarious friend of Craig (played by Ice Cube) which brings this movie to its great lengths. Along with a great back plot, a great cast and funny scenes, this film deserves a place in the movie history for the 90's.