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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.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   17,452 votes
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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)

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Hustle + Flow Star Saves New Orleans Family
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User Comments:

Deeply Inspiring Movie more (206 total)


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:

Distribution rights were sold to Paramount Pictures/MTV Films at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival for a festival record $9 million. more

Goofs:

Continuity: When Djay is recording "It's Hard out here for a Pimp," Nola's hands jump to her headphones between shots. more

Quotes:

Lexus: I ain't workin' day shift no more, daddy. I don't care if I have to catch a taxi ride home. I ain't workin with these stank ass, trucker bay hoes no more. more

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2006) (TV) more

Soundtrack:

Always a Song more


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63 out of 82 people found the following comment useful.
Deeply Inspiring Movie, 12 April 2006
10/10
Author: Todd Hood from Hawaii

I am 32yrs. old and a white boy from deep in the stix of N.C.. I got involved in drugs at a young age of 15 and took a beatin' from crack cocaine for about 13yrs. I got myself straightened out almost five yrs. ago and I have been been contemplating starting my own construction co. for the past yr. Nothing big just me and my younger bro., who is coming here to Hawaii from N.C. to try and do this thang with me and us make something in life that we and our family can be proud of.(I'm getting' old, Man) I watched this movie the other night for the 1st time and have been changing gears ever since. I went out the next day and grabbed the movie and soundract. Ihave watched the movie at least six times since and when I hear the songs that the cast created in the movie tears come to my eyes every time.Not tears of sorrow or sadness, but tears that come straight from a well of motivation deep down inside me. I quit my company job that I had been working with for about a yr.& a-half and I have 4months of personal jobs and they keep coming in everyday. I don't know if any of the actors in the movie ever read this kind of stuff and to tell you the truth I have never done anything like sending in comments on a movie but I want the actors to know that this movie changed my life in a very positive way if you believe that can happen.

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