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Director:
Doug Pray
Contact:
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Release Date:
7 November 2001 (France) more
Plot:
A feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing, otherwise known as turntablism. From the South Bronx in the 1970s to San Francisco now... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Now, who's the king of digging? more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Marc 7 ... Himself - Jurassic 5
Afra ... Himself
Carlos Aguilar ... Himself (as DJ Quest)
Akil ... Himself - Jurassic 5
The Allies ... Themselves
Almighty K.G. ... Himself
D.J. Babu ... Himself - Dilated Peoples / Beat Junkies (as DJ Babu)
Afrika Bambaataa ... Himself
The Beat Junkies ... Themselves (as Beat Junkies)
Jon Bernson ... Himself
John Carluccio ... Himself - Director
DJ Craze ... Himself (as DJ Craze)
Frank Cuevas ... Himself (as DJ Cue)
DJ Curse ... Himself (as DJ Curse)
Steve Dee ... Himself
Eddie Def ... Himself
Dilated Peoples ... Themselves
D.O.A. ... Himself
Dot-a-Rock ... Himself - MC (as Dot a Rock)
Grand Mixer DXT ... Himself
Emanon ... Himself
Snayk Eyez ... Himself
DJ Faust ... Himself
DJ Flare ... Himself (as DJ Flare)
Grandmaster Flash ... Himself (archive footage) (as Grand Master Flash)
Yoga Frog ... Himself
Doze Green ... Himself
Herbie Hancock ... Himself (archive footage)
Mark Herlihy ... Himself
Naut Humon ... Himself - Asphodel Records
Billy Jam ... Himself - Record Label Owner
DJ Jazzy Jay ... Himself
Jurassic 5 ... Themselves
Kevie Kev ... Himself - MC
Klever ... Himself
DJ Krush ... Himself
Lucas MacFadden ... Himself - Jurassic 5 (as Cut Chemist)
DJ Marz ... Himself (as DJ Marz)
Melo-D ... Himself - Beat Junkies
Mix Master Mike ... Himself
Mysterio ... Himself
DJ NuMark ... Himself - Jurassic 5 (as Numark)
Christie Z. Pabon ... Herself
Dave Paul ... Himself - Record Label Owner
DJ Premier ... Himself - Gang Starr
DJ Q-Bert ... Himself
Roc Raida ... Himself - X-ecutioners
Kool DJ Red Alert ... Himself (as DJ Red Alert)
DJ Relm ... Himself (as DJ Relm)
Swift Rock ... Himself
DJ Shadow ... Himself
Shortcut ... Himself (as Shortkut)
DJ Shortee ... Herself
Mista Sinista ... Himself - X-ecutioners
Jay Slim ... Himself
Soup ... Himself - Jurassic 5 (as Zaakir)
Gang Starr ... Themselves
Steinski ... Himself - Double Dee / Steinski
Charles Stewart ... Himself - Jurassic 5 (as Chali 2NA)
DJ Streak ... Himself (as DJ Streak)
DJ Swamp ... Himself
Rob Swift ... Himself - X-ecutioners
The Guru ... Himself - Gang Starr (as Guru)
Grand Wizard Theodore ... Himself
Total Eclipse ... Himself - X-ecutioners
X-ecutioners ... Themselves
DJ Z-Trip ... Himself (as Z-Trip)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
92 min | UK:91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
UK:15 | USA:R
Company:
Firewalks Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the DVD commentary, director Doug Pray says that he was having a lot of difficult arranging interviews with many DJs, until DJ Qbert signed on. After Qbert's interview, DJs started calling Pray volunteering themselves. more
Movie Connections:
References "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" (1972) more
Soundtrack:
Buffalo Gals more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Now, who's the king of digging?, 17 March 2007
8/10
Author: Camera Obscura from Leiden, The Dutch Mountains

The omission of Jazzy Jeff, the creator of the chirp and transformer scratch, raised a few eyebrows, but it's good to see he made it to the extras of the DVD after all. With SCRATCH, Doug Pray, who previously chronicled the grunge phenomenon of the '90s in HYPE (1996), made an excellent documentary about the world of the hip-hop DJ and the evolution of turntablism. His latest documentary, INFAMY (2005), explores contemporary American graffiti culture. After a couple of viewings four years ago, my DVD had been gathering dust ever since, but recently I watched it again and besides the subject material, I was surprised how well-shot and edited this documentary actually is. An immensely enjoyable soundtrack as well and not just talking heads, but lots of music, old school footage, parties, break dancing, you name it. One of the best things about the film, is that it mainly examines where the art of turntablism is today (in 2001 that is), without disregarding the pioneers of course. Good stuff.

Camera Obscura --- 8/10

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