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Belly (1998)
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Release Date:
4 November 1998 (USA)
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Plot:
A pair of vicious black gangsters have spiritual awakenings. full summary | add synopsis
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Ghetto
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Drugs
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Neorealism
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African American
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Tragedy
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Awards:
1 nomination
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(5 articles)
WHY Magic Made Belly Disappear
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 11 November 1998)
Sandler Is Carreyed To The Top
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 10 November 1998)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 11 November 1998)
Sandler Is Carreyed To The Top
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 10 November 1998)
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Ahead of it's time
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | DMX | ... | Tommy 'Buns' Bundy |
 | Nas | ... | Sincere |
 | Hassan Johnson | ... | Mark |
| Taral Hicks | ... | Kisha |
| Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins | ... | Tionne |
| Oliver 'Power' Grant | ... | Knowledge (as Power) |
| Louie Rankin | ... | Lennox |
| Stan Drayton | ... | Wise (as Stanley Drayton) |
| James Parris | ... | LaKid |
 | Method Man | ... | Shameek |
| Kurt Loder | ... | Himself |
| Ben Chavis | ... | Rev. Saviour (as Minister Benjamin F. Muhammed) |
| Tyrin Turner | ... | Big |
| Jay Black | ... | Black |
| John 'B.J.' Bryant | ... | Thug #1 |
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Rated R for strong violence, language, sexuality and drug use.
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96 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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The music video playing on the television when Kisha (Taral Hicks) is in bed, is actually Taral's own video for her second single "Silly" which was released before the movie came out.
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References The Godfather (1972)
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Bam Bam
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Many will say that this film is "Too much like a music video" and in many regards it is. However this movie has many strong points, mainly it's beautiful visuals, the heart-pumping soundtrack, and it's overall lasting power. Visually this movie is amazing, the deep colors and reflective surfaces give it a fairy tale appearance. Although this style has been done since (i.e;Traffic), in Belly it works well.
This visual presentation does not carry the whole movie though. The story line is decent (Think Scarface, or Blow) it is nothing that has not been done before. Although with belly you don't have any remorse for the main character as you do with tony montanya.
This film is great on a big plasma TV with surround sound. on a tiny TV with built in speakers...it is lame.