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Straight Outta Compton (2015)

R | | Biography, Crime, Drama | 14 August 2015 (USA)
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The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

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Suge Knight (as R. Marcus Taylor)
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In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today. Written by Universal Pictures

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hip hop | rap music | gangsta rap | nwa | rags to riches | See All (123) »

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The world's most dangerous times created the world's most dangerous group

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Biography | Crime | Drama | History | Music

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Rated R for language throughout, strong sexuality/nudity, violence, and drug use | See all certifications »

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14 August 2015 (USA)  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$56,100,000 (USA) (14 August 2015)

Gross:

$161,029,270 (USA) (16 October 2015)
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Trivia

Marlon Yates Jr., a fashion model went originally auditioning for the role of Dr. Dre. Director F. Gary Gray told Yates he had a great audition but he was actually too handsome for the role of Dre. A few weeks later he was called back and offered the role of D.O.C. See more »

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After the confrontation between Snoop Dogg and Suge Knight in the recording studio, one of Suge's crew members sits down on a chair. In the next camera shot he is seen sitting down again. See more »

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Eazy-E: [monologue plays of Cube recording "The Nigga Ya Love To Hate" off his hit record, "AmeriKKKas' Most Wanted" and Dre nodding his head to it as he drives into Eazy's Wild n' Wet Party]
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Eazy-E: You know Cube's record is in the Top 20 Billboard right now? Our shit never been up there. He blowin the fuck up, Jerry.
Jerry Heller: It's gonna be fine, Eric. It's not just N.W.A anymore, it's our whole Ruthless roster. We got D.O.C., we got Michel'le, we got Above The Law, we're moving up to the next level. You ...
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Connections

Referenced in Tosh.0: Welven Da Great (2015) See more »

Soundtracks

Flava In Ya Ear
Written by Craig Mack, Easy Mo Bee (as Osten Harvey)
Performed by Craig Mack
Courtesy of Bad Boy Records/Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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Great Shame.
25 August 2015 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Gosh what the hell is going on with this movie?.

It ain't worth watching!.

"Straight Outta Compton" portrays the life of ruthless beggars who abruptly rose to fame as a result of their infamous vulgarity.

Everything is boring and disgusting about this bad and violent movie.

The music really sucked and the acting was artificial.

The few enjoyable things that lustful adults could temporarily enjoy are the naked prostitutes and the blow job scene.

I think this ain't a musical biography but rather a story of evil men who enjoy pornography and who fantasize about committing every kind of sin.

REALLY IT IS A GREAT SHAME!.
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