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Dead Presidents

  • 19951995
  • RR
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
23K
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Dead Presidents (1995)
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A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
23K
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    • Albert Hughes
    • Allen Hughes
  • Writers
    • Allen Hughes(story)
    • Albert Hughes(story)
    • Michael Henry Brown(story)
  • Stars
    • Larenz Tate
    • Keith David
    • Chris Tucker
    • Albert Hughes
    • Allen Hughes
  • Writers
    • Allen Hughes(story)
    • Albert Hughes(story)
    • Michael Henry Brown(story)
  • Stars
    • Larenz Tate
    • Keith David
    • Chris Tucker
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 109User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
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    Trailer 2:56
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    N'Bushe Wright in Dead Presidents (1995)
    Larenz Tate, Freddy Rodríguez, Keith David, and Bokeem Woodbine in Dead Presidents (1995)
    Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes in Dead Presidents (1995)
    Larenz Tate, Freddy Rodríguez, Keith David, and Bokeem Woodbine in Dead Presidents (1995)
    Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes in Dead Presidents (1995)
    Larenz Tate and Rose Jackson in Dead Presidents (1995)
    Concealed behind whiteface, Anthony (Larenz Tate) is poised to hold up an armored car filled with dead presidents - a slang term for cash.
    Freddy Rodríguez in Dead Presidents (1995)
    Larenz Tate in Dead Presidents (1995)
    Chris Tucker, Larenz Tate, and Freddy Rodríguez in Dead Presidents (1995)
    Larenz Tate and Keith David in Dead Presidents (1995)
    Chris Tucker and Larenz Tate in Dead Presidents (1995)

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    Larenz Tate
    Larenz Tate
    • Anthony Curtis
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • Kirby
    Chris Tucker
    Chris Tucker
    • Skip
    Freddy Rodríguez
    Freddy Rodríguez
    • Jose
    Rose Jackson
    Rose Jackson
    • Juanita Benson
    N'Bushe Wright
    N'Bushe Wright
    • Delilah Benson
    Alvaleta Guess
    • Mrs. Benson
    James Pickens Jr.
    James Pickens Jr.
    • Mr. Curtis
    Jenifer Lewis
    Jenifer Lewis
    • Mrs. Curtis
    Clifton Powell
    Clifton Powell
    • Cutty
    Elizabeth Rodriguez
    Elizabeth Rodriguez
    • Marisol
    Terrence Howard
    Terrence Howard
    • Cowboy
    • (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
    Ryan Williams
    • Young Revolutionary
    Larry McCoy
    • Nicky
    Rodney Winfield
    • Mr. Warren
    Cheryl Freeman
    Cheryl Freeman
    • Mrs. Barton
    Sticky Fingaz
    Sticky Fingaz
    • Martin
    Bokeem Woodbine
    Bokeem Woodbine
    • Cleon
      • Albert Hughes
      • Allen Hughes
    • Writers
      • Allen Hughes(story)
      • Albert Hughes(story)
      • Michael Henry Brown(story) (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Jada Pinkett-Smith turned down the role of Delilah. Her long-time friend, rapper Tupac Shakur, had been fired from Menace II Society after an altercation with Allen Hughes, one of the film's directors.
    • Goofs
      In the scene where Skip dies in his apartment, you can see him still breathing on the chair.
    • Quotes

      Kirby: Everyone in this town knows I've only got one leg. And that motherfucker grabbed the wrong one.

    • Alternate versions
      Criterion laserdisc version includes additional scenes originally deleted before the theatrical release.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Assassins/Dead Presidents/How to Make an American Quilt/Strange Days/Persuasion (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      I Was Made To Love Her
      Written by Lula Mae Hardaway, Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy

      Performed by Stevie Wonder

      Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.

      By Arrangement With Polygram Special Markets

    User reviews109

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    6/10
    Tries to do too much
    Dead Presidents is an okay movie. Not bad, not great. Okay. I give it a B-.

    I give Dead Presidents high marks for casting and acting. Larenz Tate, Chris Tucker, and the rest did a fabulous job. I also like the war scenes--very gripping, very scary.

    The problem that I have with the movie is that it spans too many genres and as a result, just seems to drag on and on. The tag line would make you believe that this is a cops and robbers film centered around a major heist. But that is terribly misleading. The heist doesn't happen and isn't even an issue until late in the film. Up to that point you could consider this a life in the ghetto movie, trying to escape the ghetto movie, a Viet Nam war movie, a what life was like for blacks in the late 60's early 70's movie, a what the Viet Nam war did to those who survived it movie, so on and so on. By the time it came around for the big robbery, I was wondering when this movie would end. This problem of too grand a scope keeps the movie from getting an A.
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    • Jul 5, 2004

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    • Release date
      • October 6, 1995 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Mount Vernon, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Caravan Pictures
      • Hollywood Pictures
      • Underworld Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 59 minutes
      • Dolby Digital

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