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Hustle & Flow (2005) -- With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Hustle & Flow (2005) -- Clip: Rap Is Coming Back To The South
Hustle & Flow (2005) -- With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Hustle & Flow (2005) -- With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Hustle & Flow (2005) -- Clip: Everybody's Got To Have a Dream

Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Craig Brewer
Writer (WGA):
Craig Brewer (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 July 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Music more
Tagline:
Everybody gotta have a dream. more
Plot:
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 17 wins & 34 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(32 articles)
Howard Can't Get His Story Straight About Iron Man Sequel
 (From WENN. 5 February 2009, 5:25 PM, PST)

Hustle + Flow Star Saves New Orleans Family
 (From WENN. 10 September 2008, 11:58 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Terrence Howard is phenomenal! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Terrence Howard ... Djay

Anthony Anderson ... Key

Taryn Manning ... Nola
Taraji P. Henson ... Shug

DJ Qualls ... Shelby (as D.J. Qualls)
Ludacris ... Skinny Black

Paula Jai Parker ... Lexus

Elise Neal ... Yevette

Isaac Hayes ... Arnel
Jordan Houston ... Tigga (as Juicy J)
William Engram ... Slobs (as William 'Poon' Engram)
Bobby Sandimanie ... Yellow Jacket (as Bobby 'I-20' Sandimanie)
Haystak ... Mickey
Claude Phillips ... Harold
Josey Scott ... Elroy
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sex and drug content, pervasive language and some violence.
Runtime:
116 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Company:
Crunk Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
While filming in Memphis, Tennessee, Anthony Anderson and assistant director Wayne Witherspoon were arrested and charged with sexual assault on a woman who Witherspoon allegedly lured to a production trailer. Charges against Anderson were later thrown out by the presiding judge. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the room when DJay first plays his keyboard, the dirt pattern on the door behind him changes drastically when the scene changes. more
Quotes:
DJay: [at the end of the movie, when walking back to his cell] EVERYBODY GOT TO HAVE A DREAM. more
Movie Connections:
References Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Pop It for Some Paper more

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35 out of 41 people found the following comment useful:-
Terrence Howard is phenomenal!, 20 December 2005
Author: fincherfan22

Incredibly moving, yet definitely not for everyone, Hustle & Flow tells the story of D-Jay, an incredibly conflicted Memphis pimp down on his luck. In one of the most raw and intense performances of recent memory, newcomer Terrence Howard embodies D-Jay with an animal-like ferocity that will help you overcome what few formulaic clichés embody the script. In his mid forties, D-Jay seems too old and far too nice for his profession, and his "hos" seem to take notice. You see, D-Jay represents a lifetime of failed dreams, ambitions, and wrong turns. It seems as if it could all be over, but then fate offers him the opportunity to realize his life-long goal of becoming a successful rap star. D-Jay pours his heart and soul into his music, just as Howard pours his into the performance, and the result is somewhat of a urban Rocky, a true underdog tale. This is perhaps the first hip-hop film to actually get it right, and everything that 8-Mile should have been. Don't let the subject matter keep you from enjoying Howard's brutal tour-de-force.

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