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New Jack City (1991) Poster

(1991)

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References 

Let's Make a Deal (1963) (TV Series)
Gigantor (1964) (TV Series)
Keisha says "Step the fuck off, Gigantor!"
Star Trek: The Original Series (1966) (TV Series)
Mission: Impossible (1966) (TV Series)
Hawaii Five-O (1968) (TV Series)
Shaft (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
Come on.
Super Fly (1972)
Truck Turner (1974)
Rocky (1976)
Scarface (1983)
Cobra (1986)
Raw Deal (1986)
Shootout during a funeral
Batman (1989)
Some of the nighttime shots resemble certain scenes in this film., particularly scenes in The Carter.

Referenced in 

The Arsenio Hall Show: Episode dated 6 March 1991 (1991) (TV Episode)
Judd Nelson promotes the film.
Saturday Night Live: Michael J. Fox/Black Crowes (1991) (TV Episode)
Movie premiere mentioned on Weekend Update
Palm Harbor Vice (1991)
The climactic shoot-out takes place in a movie theater showing "New Jack City", during the opening credits.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Guiron (1991) (TV Episode)
"It used to be called *Old* Jack City."
The Simpsons: Bart the Murderer (1991) (TV Episode)
Tribunal scene
House Party 2 (1991)
soundtrack poster seen in store
Saturday Night Live: Christian Slater/Bonnie Raitt (1991) (TV Episode)
Mentioned on Weekend Update
In Living Color: Home Alone Again (1991) (TV Episode)
Referenced in the "Black like You" sketch
Ice-T: New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme) (1991) (Video)
Theme song
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Keenen Ivory Wayans/Jimmy Brogan/Siskel & Ebert (1992) (TV Episode)
Roger Ebert praises Wesley Snipes' performance
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Baby Comes Out (1993) (TV Episode)
Title Reference
Falling Down (1993)
Torn poster can be seen at the ice cream shop
In Living Color: Thelma and Louise Jefferson (1993) (TV Episode)
Referenced in the Wanda sketch
At the Movies: Lost in Yonkers/Carnosaur/American Heart/Posse/The Story of Qiu Ju (1993) (TV Episode)
Referenced during the "Posse" review.
Saturday Night Live: Jeff Goldblum/Aerosmith (1993) (TV Episode)
Cover on shelf in 'Karl's Video Store'
HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes (1994) (TV Episode)
a still is shown
Desmond's: Planning Permission (1994) (TV Episode)
Mentioned by Alex
Father Ted: New Jack City (1996) (TV Episode)
The episode is named after this movie.
Deformed Monsters (1997)
Video box at Video Store.
South Park: Clubhouses (1998) (TV Episode)
Fat Abbot quotes a line from 'New Jack City' in the first episode the kids watch.
Belly (1998)
Human Traffic (1999)
A poster is visible in Koop's bedroom and the title is mentioned.
Will & Grace: New Will City (2000) (TV Episode)
title reference
Friendly Fire: Making an Urban Legend (2003) (Video)
mentioned once
Baadasssss! (2003)
dialogue
Entourage: New York (2004) (TV Episode)
mentioned in dialogue
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (Video Game)
The crack "palace" that Smoke lives in looks exactly like the Carter Apartment Buildings, crack dealer Nino Brown's headquarters in this 1991 similarly themed film.
New Jack City: A Hip Hop Classic (2005) (Video)
documentary about the movie
Road to 'New Jack City' (2005) (Video)
documentary about the movie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade (2005) (TV Special)
Cover on shelf in 'Karl's Video Store'
The Boondocks: Wingmen (2006) (TV Episode)
Dewey mentions the character Pookie in his poem
Dead & Deader (2006) (TV Movie)
"I feel like I'm in 'New Jack City'."
30 Rock: Rosemary's Baby (2007) (TV Episode)
Tracey mentions 'New Jackée City'
Notorious (2009)
"It's kinda like the crack did to Poochie in 'New Jack'" (rap lyrics)
Supernatural: Death Takes a Holiday (2009) (TV Episode)
mentioned by Dean
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Million Dollar Movie Week 5 (2009) (TV Episode)
Included in a $1,000 question
The Jay Leno Show: Episode #1.14 (2009) (TV Episode)
Chris Rock said he had a Jheri curl in the movie
Caprica: There Is Another Sky (2010) (TV Episode)
V-world game "New Cap City"
The Boondocks: Pause (2010) (TV Episode)
One of the Winston Jerome actresses says she was in "New Crack City", apparently a porn.
Attack of the Clones Review (2010) (Video)
among other movies enjoyed by the "urban market"
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (2010) (Video)
DVD is shown.
Living Will... (2010)
mentioned in dialogue
Zombie Babies (2011) (Video)
Burt Fleming claims he isn't racist by saying he likes this movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.117 (2011) (TV Episode)
Russell Brand mentions the film
The Big Bang Theory: The Wildebeest Implementation (2011) (TV Episode)
Amy Farrah Fowler's "Operation: Priya, wouldn't wanna be ya" is a paraphrase of a quote from Nino Brown as he has a man killed
Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #2.21 (2011) (TV Episode)
A still is shown during Jay Smith's segment
Tosh.0: How to Get European Men (2012) (TV Episode)
Mentioned in dialogue
The Cleveland Show: The Men in Me (2012) (TV Episode)
Video seen in Blackbuster Video
Kickin' It: New Jack City (2012) (TV Episode)
Title reference
Dave's Old Porn: Artie Lange/Vanessa Del Rio (2012) (TV Episode)
Title mentioned by Dave Attell
Saturday Night Live: Zach Galifianakis/Of Monsters and Men (2013) (TV Episode)
Referenced in the wedding toast segment
Futurama: 2-D Blacktop (2013) (TV Episode)
New New Jack City
Honest Trailers: Gravity (2014) (TV Episode)
"Site your five dollar ass down before I make change"
Workaholics: Three and a Half Men (2014) (TV Episode)
mentioned by Adam
The Single Moms Club (2014)
Lytia brings up Pookie during a conversation.
Walk of Shame (2014)
Pookie's lines in the crackhouse.
New Girl: Background Check (2014) (TV Episode)
mentioned by Schmidt
American Dad!: Big Stan on Campus (2014) (TV Episode)
Mentioned in dialogue
Workaholics: Ditch Day (2015) (TV Episode)
Mentioned in dialogue
Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales: Crisis on Coruscant (2015) (TV Episode)
General Grievous says: "See ya, would not want to be ya".
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting/Wesley Snipes/Chris Cornell (2015) (TV Episode)
Wesley Snipes mentions that they filmed Michael Jackson's "Bad" video on nearly the exact same location in Harlem where he shot the movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers: Wesley Snipes/Randall Park/Martha Stewart/Stephen Perkins (2015) (TV Episode)
Seth comments on Wesley Snipes' early movie, and shows a still, and Randall Park says that he bought a Jeep because Snipes drove one in the movie
Keanu (2016)
Movie poster is shown. Method Man names Keanu "New Jack."
Luke Cage: Now You're Mine (2016) (TV Episode)
Mentioned by name
Scream Queens: Handidates (2016) (TV Episode)
Mentioned in dialogue
Black Conservative Reaction to 'Can My Children Be Friends with White People?' NYT Article (2017) (Video)
Anthony Brian Logan attests to the reality behind the movie.
Fatal Pulse (2018)
Mentioned in dialogue
Monkey in the Morning: It's Just Jokes (2019) (TV Episode)
Ranting Monkey mentions the movie.
Dark Side of the Ring: The Life and Crimes of New Jack (2020) (TV Episode)
New Jack mentions that he took his stage name from the film.

Features 

Scarface (1983)

Featured in 

At the Movies: The Doors/My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys/Iron & Silk/Superstar (1991) (TV Episode)
Clips are shown for the teaser for the next week's show..
At the Movies: The Hard Way/Closet Land/New Jack City/Shipwrecked/Ju Dou (1991) (TV Episode)
Clips are shown for the review. Thumbs down from Siskel; thumbs up from Ebert.
At the Movies: Class Action/If Looks Could Kill/Guilty by Suspicion/True Colors (1991) (TV Episode)
Clips are shown in a special segment about the movie's controversy.
At the Movies: Breakthrough Stars of 1992 (1992) (TV Episode)
Clips are shown.
1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992) (TV Special)
Clip shown during 'Best performance by Rockstars' fake nominees and quotes montage
At the Movies: They'll Do It Every Time: Part Two (1992) (TV Episode)
A clip is shown.
Romeo Must Die (2000)
While Maurice and the other bodyguards were playing video games, one of the bodyguards was seen watching "New Jack City" on a portable DVD player.
I Love the '90s: 1991 (2004) (TV Episode)
Footage from this film was edited into this mini-series.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Cop Out/The Crazies/A Prophet (2010) (TV Episode)
The #3 Wesley Snipes Line.
WatchMojo: Top 10 Movie Crime Bosses (2013) (TV Episode)
Nino Brown is #9.
WatchMojo: Top 10 Movie Drug Dealers (2013) (TV Episode)
Nino Brown is #2.
The Tanning of America: Fight the Power (2014) (TV Episode)
Features clips from the film
WatchMojo: Top 10 Hood Movies (2014) (TV Episode)
New Jack City is #10.
WatchMojo: Top 10 On-Foot Movie Chases (2014) (TV Episode)
To Catch a Thief gets an honorable mention.
Inside the Label: Uptown Records, Part II (2016) (TV Episode)
Features clips from the film
They've Gotta Have Us: Black Film Is Not a Genre (2018) (TV Episode)
Clips seen and discussed

Spoofs 

The Godfather: Part II (1974)
G-Money's betrayal of Nino like Fredo and Michael

Spoofed in 

CB4 (1993)
Chris Rock's crack smoking scene
Martin: Suspicious Minds (1994) (TV Episode)
Martin interrogates his friends regarding his missing CD player in complete Nino Brown-fashion.
South Park: Medicinal Fried Chicken (2010) (TV Episode)
scenes during the black-market KFC cartel and shootout with the police
Keanu (2016)
Movie title is referenced various times. Also, a mock up parody of scenes from the movie are shown on various posters.
Power: Reversal of Fortune (2020) (TV Episode)
Councilman Tate jokes that the hood looks like some sequel to the film New Jack City, which was also directed by Mario Van Peebles.

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