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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Wesley Snipes | ... | Roemello Skuggs | |
| Khandi Alexander | ... | Ella Skuggs | |
| DeVaughn Nixon | ... | Raynathan (Age 11) | |
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Marquise Wilson | ... | Roemello (Age 10) |
| O.L. Duke | ... | Tutty | |
| Clarence Williams III | ... | A.R. Skuggs | |
| Abe Vigoda | ... | Gus Molino | |
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Anthony Thomas | ... | Worker |
| Michael Wright | ... | Raynathan Skuggs | |
| John Pittman | ... | Lucky | |
| Steve Harris | ... | Ricky Goggles (as Steve J. Harris) | |
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Michael Guess | ... | Y.G. (Young Gun) |
| Kimberly Russell | ... | Chantal (as Kimberly Russel) | |
| Theresa Randle | ... | Melissa | |
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Abdul Mutakabbir | ... | Bouncer |
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Hardened, uncomprimising drug dealer Roemello Skuggs decides to quit his scumbag profession so he may start a new life with his girlfriend. However, he soon learns getting out is nowhere near as easy as getting in, as everything gradually builds up to end in tragedy. Written by <tgraham@currantbun.com>
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african american protagonist | flashback | criminal | drug dealer | drug overdose |Taglines:
He wanted power. He wanted revenge. Now he just wants out.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for intense drug related violence, graphic heroin use and strong language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 February 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Harlem See more »Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USAEdit
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Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$18,272,447Company Credits
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Performed by Dirt Nation
Produced by Edman for OkeDoke Music
Written by J. Brown/E. Jones/J. Chavis/E. Lawson
Published by Dirty Music Publishing (ASCAP/Edman Music (ASCAP)
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The success of "New Jack City" got writer Barry Michael Cooper's script for "Sugar Hill" attention in Hollywood. With Wesley Snipes already attached, it seemed like a home run, but none of the major studios were willing to touch the material due to its bleak nature. The script was eventually picked up and financed by indie production company Beacon Communications. See more »Goofs
Several times during the movie, a boom mic can be seen coming into the screen. See more »Connections
Featured in At the Movies: 8 Seconds/You So Crazy/Sugar Hill/On Deadly Ground/Fiorlie (1994) See more »Soundtracks
KhadijahPerformed by Dirt Nation
Produced by Edman for OkeDoke Music
Written by J. Brown/E. Jones/J. Chavis/E. Lawson
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Bumped into this movie on Sky Cinema the other night, when it was halfway through. At first I assumed it was a hitherto-shelved Spike Lee film, especially when Wes popped up. I was riveted from then on by its uncompromising bleakness: a black Godfather III? Certainly left a similar impression, of the tragic futility of hard drugs and street gangs, of the sometime impossible difficulties inherent in changing one's life. IL' Wes has never convinced as an untarnished hero; here he is as convincingly uncertain, as shakily cocky, as he was in Jungle Fever and One Night Stand: a vastly underrated actor who really ought to get back in the saddle with Spike as soon as he possibly can. Never heard of the director, though.