New Jersey Drive

19951995
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1h 38m

New Jersey Drive (1995)

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Jason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark,New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world. Their favourite pastime is that of everybody in their neighbourhoo... Read allJason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark,New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world. Their favourite pastime is that of everybody in their neighbourhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts when they steal a police car and the co... Read allJason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark,New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world. Their favourite pastime is that of everybody in their neighbourhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts when they steal a police car and the cops launch a violent offensive that involves beating and even shooting suspects.

Director
- Nick Gomez
Writers
- Nick Gomez(screenplay)
- Michel Marriott(story)
Stars

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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Jason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark,New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world. Their favourite pastime is that of everybody in their neighbourhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts when they steal a police car and the cops launch a violent offensive that involves beating and even shooting suspects. —Robert Zeithammel <zeit@cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de>

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Taglines
- The only things that matters is the ride.
Genres
- Crime
- Drama
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for pervasive strong language and some violence, drugs and drinking
Parents guide

Trivia
The city of Newark, New Jersey refused to allow filming in city limits.

Goofs
A gray early-'80s Honda Accord is stolen, and a joyride chase ensues. In many shots throughout, the gray car is a Toyota Camry. At the end of the scene, it's an Accord again.

Quotes
Midget: You have the right to be stupid as geek motherfuckers.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: A Pyromaniac's Love Story/While You Were Sleeping (1995)

Soundtracks
Funky Piano
Written by W. Brown
Produced by Field Niggaz
Performed by E. Bros
Courtesy of Tommy Boy Records

Top review

8/10

For real

This is a very realistic movie. It's the most realistic I've seen on urban youth. The actors were great. I will look out for more films by Gomez. I had never heard of the film until someone mentioned it recently. I bought it on DVD. I was impressed. I haven't seen anything come close to life as I know it in Philadelphia. This comes real close - in fact, one scene where there is an accident (I won't spoil and give details), reminded me of a nearly identical situation in Philadelphia. At first I thought Gomez took the scene from that real-life event, but then I realized that he made the film a few years before that situation. I also agree with the point that this film didn't try to broaden its appeal by putting in Hollywood crap. Gomez also directed "Laws of Gravity" - I am eager to see it.

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Release date
- April 19, 1995 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Дела в Нью-Джерси
Filming locations
- East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Production company
- 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
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Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $3,565,508
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,395,028
- Apr 23, 1995
Gross worldwide
- $3,565,508

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Runtime
1 hour 38 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- DTS
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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