Kanye West: College Dropout - Video Anthology (2005) (V)

Directors:

Fat Cats
Chike
(more)

Writer:

Kanye West (idea) (segment)

Release Date:

22 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot Keywords:

Music Video | Hip Hop | Rap | Compilation

Cast

Kanye West	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Miri Ben-Ari	...	Herself (segment "The New Workout Plan")
Fonzworth Bentley	...	Himself (segment "The New Workout Plan") (as Farnsworth Bentley)
Memphis Bleek	...	Himself (segment "Through the Wire")
David Wayne Campbell	...	Security guard
Dave Chappelle	...	Himself (segment "Two Words")
Chike	...	Himself (segment "Two Words")
Common	...	Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down") / Himself (segment "Two Words")
Consequence	...	Himself (segment "Two Words")
Coodie	...	Himself (segment "Two Words")
Damon Dash	...	Himself (segments "Through the Wire" and "Two Words")
Stacey Dash	...	The Girl (segment "All Falls Down")
DeRay Davis	...	Himself (segments "Through the Wire" and "Two Words") (as DeRay)
Mos Def	...	Himself (segments "Through the Wire" and "Two Words")
Jamie Foxx	...	Himself (segment "Slow Jamz")
Freeway	...	Himself (segment "Two Words")
Jamal Grinnage	...	Himself (segment "Two Words") (as Lil' Fame)
Vida Guerra	...	Jill (segment "The New Workout Plan")
Wood Harris	...	Himself (segment "Through the Wire")
J. Ivy	...	Himself (segment "Two Words")
Jay-Z	...	Himself (segment "Through the Wire")
Ashton Kutcher	...	Himself (segment "Making Of")
Talib Kweli	...	Himself (segment "Through the Wire")
John Legend	...	Himself (segment "The New Workout Plan")
Kel Mitchell	...	Porter (segment "All Falls Down")
Christian Redd	...	Gangster (segment "Jesus Walks")
Tracee Ellis Ross	...	Herself / Fifi LeBeouff (segment "The New Workout Plan")
Scarface	...	Himself (segment "Through the Wire")
Anna Nicole Smith	...	Herself / Ella-May (segment "The New Workout Plan")
Twista	...	Himself (segments "Through the Wire" and "Slow Jamz")
Aisha Tyler	...	Herself (segment "Slow Jamz")
Pharrell Williams	...	Himself (segment "Through the Wire")
Gideon Yago	...	Himself (segment "Through the Wire") (archive footage)

Directed by
Fat Cats		(segment "Slow Jamz")
Chike		(segments "Through the Wire", "Jesus Walks: Street Version" and "Two Words")
Coodie		(segments "Through the Wire", "Jesus Walks: Street Version" and "Two Words")
Michael Haussman		(segment "Jesus Walks: Church Version")
Chris Milk		(segment "Jesus Walks: Chris Milk Version")
Kanye West		(segments "Through the Wire", "Jesus Walks: Street Version" and "The New Workout Plan")
Little X.		(segment "The New Workout Plan")

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kanye West		idea (segment "All Falls Down")

Produced by
Kareem Biggs Burke	....	executive producer
Damon Dash	....	executive producer
Jay-Z	....	executive producer (as Shawn Carter)
Ron Mohrhoff	....	producer (segment "The New Workout Plan")
Kanye West	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Danny Hiele		(segment "Jesus Walks: Chris Milk Version")
Joseph Labisi		(segment "Slow Jamz")

Film Editing by
Livio Sanchez		(segment "Jesus Walks: Chris Milk Version")

Production Design by
Cha-Ka Pilgrim		(segment "Two Words")

Art Direction by
Kanye West

Art Department
Hanif 'Neef' Muhammed	....	property assistant (segment "Two Words") (as Neef)
Oschino	....	property assistant (segment "Two Words")
Christopher Ries	....	property assistant (segment "Two Words") (as Chris)
Beanie Sigel	....	property assistant (segment "Two Words")
Omillio Sparks	....	property assistant (segment "Two Words") (as Sparks)

Sound Department
Tim Hays	....	sound
John Legend	....	sound designer (segment "Two Words")

Thanks
Sway	....	special thanks (segment "Two Words")

Production Companies

• Radical Media (segment "Jesus Walks: Chris Milk Version")
• Roc-a-Fella Records

Distributors

• Universal Music & Video Distribution (UMVD) (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Roc-a-Fella Records  travel provided by

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Radical Media

Trivia:

Kanye West originally wanted Hype Williams to direct the video for "Jesus Walks" but changed his mind when he heard that Jay-Z was considering Williams to direct his video for "99 Problems". West has a friendly competition with Jay and didn't want to use the same director. But "99 Problems" ended up being directed by Mark Romanek.

Goofs:

Continuity: In "All Falls Down", West lies on the conveyor belt and goes through the metal detector feet first. But in his X-ray, he is shown going through head first.

Movie Connections:

References Brown Sugar (2002)