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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

R  89 min  -  Comedy | Crime   -  12 January 1996 (USA)
6.3
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"Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking your Juice in the Hood" is a parody of a lot of Afro-American movies... See full summary »

Director:

Paris Barclay
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shawn Wayans ...
Marlon Wayans ...
Tracey Cherelle Jones ...
Chris Spencer ...
Suli McCullough ...
Darrel Heath Darrel Heath ...
Toothpick (as Darrell Heath)
Helen Martin ...
Loc Dog's Grandma
Isaiah Barnes Isaiah Barnes ...
Lahmard J. Tate Lahmard J. Tate ...
Ashtray's Father (as Lahmard Tate)
Keenen Ivory Wayans ...
Mailman
Keith Morris Keith Morris ...
Dave the Crackhead
Craig Wayans Craig Wayans ...
Thug #1
Casey Lee ...
Birthday Boy Thug
Joe Scott Joe Scott ...
Birthday Cake Boy (as Joe 'Nub' Scott)
Kim Wayans ...
Mrs. Johnson
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Storyline

"Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking your Juice in the Hood" is a parody of a lot of Afro-American movies, for instance "Boyz N the Hood", "South Central", "Menace II Society", "Higher Learning" and "Juice". We follow Ashtray as he returns to the place he grew up in and meet his father and his basket-case friends. A lot of crazy stuff happens, for example, Ashtray is older than his father and his best friend Loc Dog's grandmother is a trigger-happy old lady who blames her eccentric-looking kid for not being tough enough. Written by Rune Dahl Fitjar <rfitjar@online.no>  

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Plot Keywords:

Friend | Hood | Parody | Grandmother | Imperative In Title  | See more »

Taglines:

Finally, the movie that proves that Justice isn't always Poetic, Jungle Fever isn't always pretty, and Higher Learning can be a waste of time.

Genres:

Comedy | Crime

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong language, sexuality, some drug content and violence See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Don't Be a Menace See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$39,255,889 (USA)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | (2005 unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Leonette Scott (Flashback Girl), spoofs her own character (Tisha) in Boyz n the Hood. See more »

Goofs

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Toothpick and his gang are leaving the confrontation with Loc Dog and Ashtray at the "40's & 9's" store, they drive in reverse in a Pontiac GTO. However, you hear a gear change - Pontiac GTO's didn't come with two or more reverse speeds. See more »

Quotes

Korean Woman: [Ashtray is looking at something while the racist Korean woman nervously dusts wine bottles] Hurry up and buy.
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Crazy Credits

Robert Schimmel is listed in the opening credits, yet he does not appear
anywhere in the film, and is missing from the end credits. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "The Cinema Snob: Geek Maggot Bingo (#3.14)" (2011) See more »

Soundtracks

"Can't Be Wasting My Time"
As Performed by Mona Lisa featuring Lost Boyz (One Dread One Ball Head Version)
Written by A. Antione, A. Evans, J. Austin, T. Patterson, G. Duncan, Lost Boyz
Mass Avenue Music/Motown Tunes
Administered by PolyGram International Publishing, Inc./Vanessa Music Corp./My Two Sons Publishing
All rights administered by The Clyde Otis Music Group/Mr. Sex Publishing (ASCAP)
Original Version Produced by Andre Evans and Bob Antoine for Mass Avenue Productions
One Dread One Ball Head Version Produced by Tim Dawg (as Buttnaked Tim Dawg) and Mr. Sex 4 One Dread One Ball Head Productions
Co-Produced by Stanley Brown
Contains a sample of "MC's Act Like They Don't Know"
Performed by KRS-One (as KRS-ONE)
Written by KRS-One (as L. Parker) and C. Martin
Published by B.D.P. Music (administered by Zomba Recording Corp.)/EMI-April Music, Inc./Gifted Pearl Music
Courtesy of Jive Records/Zomba Recording Corporation.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Lost Boyz appear courtesy of Uptown/MCA Records, Inc.
(P) 1995 Island Records, Inc., a PolyGram Company See more »