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Strays

  • 19971997
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  • 1h 45m
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5.5/10
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Strays (1997)
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Rick is a small time drug dealer and bouncer in NYC, who's tired of the long string of one night stands and wants a lasting relationship. His 3 buddies are not looking for change.Rick is a small time drug dealer and bouncer in NYC, who's tired of the long string of one night stands and wants a lasting relationship. His 3 buddies are not looking for change.Rick is a small time drug dealer and bouncer in NYC, who's tired of the long string of one night stands and wants a lasting relationship. His 3 buddies are not looking for change.
IMDb RATING
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    • Vin Diesel
    • Vin Diesel
  • Stars
    • Vin Diesel
    • Joey Dedio
    • T.K. Kirkland
    • Vin Diesel
    • Vin Diesel
  • Stars
    • Vin Diesel
    • Joey Dedio
    • T.K. Kirkland
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    • 13User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Vin Diesel
    Vin Diesel
    • Rick
    Joey Dedio
    Joey Dedio
    • Fred
    T.K. Kirkland
    • Rodney
    Mike Epps
    Mike Epps
    • Mike
    F. Valentino Morales
    F. Valentino Morales
    • Tony
    Suzanne Lanza
    Suzanne Lanza
    • Heather
    Darnell Williams
    • Keith
    Mihaela Kolich
    • Danielle
    • (as Mihaela Tudorof)
    Eugene Osborne Smith
    • Willie
    Temple Brooks
    • Amy
    Loni Sabrina Stuart
    • Nicole
    DeAngela Parrish
    • Suzanne
    Marko Kalfa
    • Chris
    Joey Iovino
    • Kenny
    Louis Albert Von Steidl
    • Jerry Saperstein
    Sean M. Silverstein
    • Timothy
    • (voice)
    Helen M. Mitchell
    • Bookstore Clerk
    Freddie Pendavis
    Freddie Pendavis
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      • Vin Diesel
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    • Trivia
      The role of Caparzo in Saving Private Ryan (1998) was written just for Vin Diesel after director Steven Spielberg saw Diesel's independent film Strays (1997), which was also his directorial, writing, producing and lead acting debut.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Heather: Are you alright?

      Rick: Are your parents still together?

      Heather: Yeah, why?

      Rick: My mother used to see this guy, Frank. He's was an illustrator, not that he had done anything. But he used to bring me these books, children's books, as gifts. He eventually uh, left my mom - most of them did. Anyway, he bought me this, this one book, and it was the only book that I begged my mom to read to me. It was called Ferdinand, Ferdinand the Bull. And he wrote on the inside, To a very special kid. And then, Life's a matador. And then signed, Frank. It's my favorite book.

    • Crazy credits
      On the DVD release, the end credits feature an MMVII (2007) copyright date, which reflects the date the DVD was published.
    • Connections
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      Come To You
      Written by Shani Rigsbee

      Performed by Shani Rigsbee

      Publishing by Cherokee Charm Music (ASCAP)

      Courtesy of Cherokee Music Group

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    5/10
    If Woody Allen Would Be Macho
    'Strays' is breakout film for Vin Diesel - after years struggling as an actor going from audition to audition and still not getting any parts, Vin Diesel wrote, directed and starred in his own movie that finally gave him a role in Steven Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan' and from there the star was in the making. Although Vin Diesel is best known for portraying one dimensional meat heads and action heroes he has later shown that he got some more acting chops in such films like 'Find My Guilty' or 'Boiler Room', but 'Strays' was were it all started. Don't expect anything on Woody Allen level, but here Vin showing off his acting skills, and his directing skills is not very off. Although 'Strays' starts bit slow, it manages to build up interest in first half an hour (too long, some might say), but we are still left with an hour and ten minutes worth well paced story with characters we start to care about enough to stick to the end.

    Vin Diesel followed one other muscular Hollywood legend's path and wrote his own starring role. Vin's effort never reached far in popularity and it never become classic, but with that little film he managed to create another example how one can build his own success.

    This film also left me guessing what kind of Vin Diesel the world would know if he would kept directing (he obviously had some talent for that) and writing, rather than going on to play in all those silly triple X and Fast and Furious movies.
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      • January 18, 1997 (United States)
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