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ATL

  • 20062006
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 45m
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6.1/10
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ATL (2006)
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ComedyCrimeDrama
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, C... Read allAs four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
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    • Chris Robinson
    • Tina Gordon(screenplay)
    • Antwone Fisher(story)
  • Stars
    • T.I.
    • Lauren London
    • Evan Ross
    • Chris Robinson
    • Tina Gordon(screenplay)
    • Antwone Fisher(story)
  • Stars
    • T.I.
    • Lauren London
    • Evan Ross
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    • 103User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
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    Dallas Austin in ATL (2006)
    Jason Weaver, Jackie Long, and T.I. in ATL (2006)
    Malika Haqq, Khadijah Haqq, and Lauren London in ATL (2006)
    Jason Weaver, Jackie Long, T.I., and Albert Daniels in ATL (2006)
    Evan Ross and Markice Moore in ATL (2006)
    T.I. in ATL (2006)
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    T.I. and Lauren London in ATL (2006)
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    T.I.
    T.I.
    • Rashad
    • (as Tip Harris)
    Lauren London
    Lauren London
    • New New
    Evan Ross
    Evan Ross
    • Ant
    Greg Andrews
    • Jay
    Monica
    Monica
    • Waffle House Waitress
    Brandon Bernard Benton
    • Student in Classroom
    Adam Boyer
    Adam Boyer
    • Bartender
    April Clark
    April Clark
    • Tondie
    Albert Daniels
    • Brooklyn
    Steven R. Ewing
    • Fireman
    Alvin Lee Fleming
    Alvin Lee Fleming
    • Skateman
    Big Gipp
    • Famous Customer
    • (as Cameron Gipp)
    Bart Hansard
    Bart Hansard
    • Deputy
    Khadijah Haqq
    Khadijah Haqq
    • Veda
    Malika Haqq
    Malika Haqq
    • Star
    • (as Malika)
    Bone Crusher
    Bone Crusher
    • Bone Crusher
    • (as Wayne Hardnett)
    Monique Harris
    • Sexy Woman
    Tae Heckard
    • Tonya
      • Chris Robinson
      • Tina Gordon(screenplay)
      • Antwone Fisher(story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The original title of the movie was going to be "Jellybean," which is the nickname of the character Ant and was also the name of the skating rink in Southwest Atlanta back in the 1980s. For legal reasons, the title ended up being scrapped.
    • Goofs
      When New New's dad takes her to the car, you can see TI behind her not on skates, when she turns to look at him, he's skating to the car.
    • Quotes

      Uncle George: Pleasure turns to the pain, / Of the lessons learned from the strain, / Of the questions burned in my brain, / About whether to love is humane / In its touch. / These thoughts are like salmon / Swimming upstream / In the tears of your deceit, / Fighting the current hurt / That kills more than is created / By the chaos of our intertwined emotions: / Chaotic because the anchor / Of Eros' arrow has been plucked from the vessel / Of my undying infatuation. / Separation not as simple as the distance between us, / My mind no longer possessed / By the demons / That had been the overseers / Of my enslavement to your lies. / The seeds of these lies, / Rooted so deeply / They have cracked the foundation / Of what we once shared, / Allowing the faith in us I had sealed inside / To gush out like a river, / Ripping the image of our future together / From my thoughts / As violently and as brutally / As if it were a child being taken / From his mother's arms. / I'm left surrounded in darkness, / But I refuse to be swallowed by it, / My loneliness like the night air. / Invisible to the eye, oblivious to the touch, / In its cold uncomfortableness. / Yet if I could do it all over again, / I'd do it in the same skin I'm in. / To lay down and let love die, / Just stay down and let love lie: / No, no, not I. / I'll stay 'round and let love fly, / Even though I have seen its darkest form, deceit. / Nothing else could taste this warm / Or feel this sweet.

    • Connections
      Featured in In the Rink: A Director's Journey (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Georgia
      Written by Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell, Ludacris, Darion Crawford and Shawn Johnson

      Performed by Ludacris and Field Mob featuring Jamie Foxx

      Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

      Field Mob appears courtesy of Disturbing tha Peace/Geffen Records

      Jamie Fox appears courtesy of J Records

    User reviews103

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    8/10
    Surprisingly strong film shows the flipside of the dirty dirty
    I just got back from an advance screening of ATL--the movie that cannot be marketed as a roller skating flick because Roll Bounce "didn't make money."

    OK, so I guess that's a major spoiler in Warner Brother's eyes. But I think it's kinda cool to see a PG-13 movie set in current times that shows young men and women battling with the process of growing up. If you've seen lots of movies like me, you'll know where ATL borrows it's cues from--the friendships of Juice, the house party from House Party, the fat girl from Cooley High a dash of Purple Rain the broad tapestry of Last Picture Show or American Graffiti and the swagger of Saturday Night Fever. It also owes a lot to John Hughes' early work. That being said, director Chris Robinson, in his feature debut, delivers strong visuals and an excellent soundtrack/score that constantly reminds you that these are real places, people and problems. He gets excellent performances from his cast--a mix of veteran actors and musicians in their film debuts.

    The big plot twist in the story (which I won't give away) raises a very interesting question that the movie with as broad a scope as ATL has no way to answer--do these young girls project a "grown-up" attitude because it's fashionable or is it the only way to find love and attention from these young boys who are, in their own way, desperately in search of their own manhood without the guidance of true role models? ATL tels a very familiar story but with interesting hues and nuances that defy the typical "hood" flick. I encourage you to check it out in theaters.
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    • Release date
      • March 31, 2006 (United States)
      • United States
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Waffle House - 1700 Howell Mill Rd, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Sweet Tea Pictures LLC
      • Overbrook Entertainment
      • Syndrome Studio
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    • 1 hour 45 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
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