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Whiteboyz (1999) -- In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr...
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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Garth Belcon (story) &
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Release Date:
8 October 1999 (USA) more
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Tagline:
They dreamed of the ghetto...But they woke up in Iowa.
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In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Danny Hoch ... Flip

Dash Mihok ... James
Mark Webber ... Trevor

Piper Perabo ... Sara
Terence Mueller ... Jock
Lyndsey Barnett ... Girl in Bathroom
Dr. Dre ... Don Flip Crew #1
Fat Joe ... Don Flip Crew #2
Eric Rivas Quiroga ... Traitor

Eugene Byrd ... Khalid
Rich Komenich ... Flip's Dad
William N. Mayberry ... Foreman
Lisa Jane Todd ... Trevor's Mom
Annabel Armour ... Flip's Mom
Shannon Penrod ... Hucky's Customer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Whiteboys (France)
Whiteboyz (USA) (video box title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive language, substance abuse, some violence and sexuality.
Runtime:
92 min
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | France:U | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R
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Slick Rick in an Art Film??, 26 November 2002
Author: Mr Pants (maestropants@yahoo.com) from Columbus, Ohio

i can understand why the makers of this film would want to exaggerate the situation, but i didn't think it need to be set in Iowa. as previous users have mentioned, Iowa is not drug- and black-free, but its image is of wholesome, all-white nostalgia. i didn't really buy Danny Hoch's Flip as an Iowa native, he still sounds too Brooklyn. i think it would have been better if it taken place in Jersey, but i understand the director's desire to show just how far Flip stretches.

That said, i think it's a brilliant, if flawed, movie. it spends a bit too much time watching Flip do his misguided thing, before getting to the climax in Cabrini-Green. Hoch is great at affecting that 'what the hell is going on?' look, and tho this may sound weird, he doesn't overplay the character, except when he's in full blown hip hop mode. other than that his character is completely believable. he nails that character so well, the guy we've all known who has some idea in his head so large he can't hear anything else. Until he takes it too far.

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