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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Walter Mosley (book)
Walter Mosley (teleplay)
Release Date:
21 March 1998 (USA) more
Tagline:
In every man's soul hides a hero.
Plot:
An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 6 nominations more
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Very insightful and Rewarding more (24 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Laurence Fishburne | ... | Socrates Fortlow |
 | Daniel Williams | ... | Darryl |
 | Bill Cobbs | ... | Right Burke |
 | Natalie Cole | ... | Iula Brown |
 | Laurie Metcalf | ... | Halley Grimes |
 | Alan Wilder | ... | Anton Crier |
 | Cicely Tyson | ... | Luvia |
| Bridgid Coulter | ... | Corina M'Shalla |
 | Bill Nunn | ... | Howard M'Shalla |
 | Isaiah Washington | ... | Wilfred |
| Bill Duke | ... | Blackbird Wills |
| Kevin Carroll | ... | Pegus |
| Jamaal Carter | ... | Phillip |
 | John Toles-Bey | ... | Stoney Wiley |
 | Brooke Marie Bridges | ... | Winnie M'Shalla |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (USA) (DVD title)
Socrates (USA) (working title)
Socrates Fortlow (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for strong language, and some sexuality and violence.
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104 min
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Australia:M | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Taiwan:R-12 | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:12
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The cap that Socrates wears throughout the movie reads "90291", the zip code corresponding to the Los Angeles suburb of Venice (roughly 15 miles west of where this movie takes place). The M'Shalla family moves to Venice at the end of the movie after Howard gets a job offer there. more
Soundtrack:
Play the Blues more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Always Outnumbered (1998) (TV)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Torrent? Where can I get this? | SanAndrez |
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This is what I considered one on the more underrated films in our time.It doesn't happen very often where you actually take some type of a lesson from a film. This one was able to do just that.
This wasn't a movie about an angry black man who felt life owed him anything, it was just the opposite. It was about a man DOING something with his life after spending time in prison. Rather than being a drain on society, he worked for his money, and damn hard I must say. It didn't matter what he did to earn it, just as long as it was legal. He also was able to help a friend fill a void, another end his pain and help a child who needed guidance.
I know this movie was only fiction, but I wish our society were filled with people like Socrates.