Poetic Justice
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| Poetic Justice | |
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| Image:Poetic justice.jpg | |
| Directed by | John Singleton |
| Produced by | John Singleton Steve Nicolaides Dwight Alanzo Williams |
| Written by | John Singleton |
| Starring | Janet Jackson Tupac Shakur Regina King Joe Torry Billy Zane |
| Music by | Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis |
| Cinematography | Peter Lyons Collister |
| Editing by | Bruce Cannon |
| Distributed by | Columbia |
| Release date(s) | July 23, 1993 |
| Running time | 109 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
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Poetic Justice is a 1993 drama/romance film starring Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King and Joe Torry. It was directed by John Singleton.
Poetic Justice reached #1 in the box office for one week; it made $11,728,455 its opening weekend. It grossed a total of $27,515,786.
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[edit] Plot
Justice (Janet Jackson) is a young woman living in South Central, Los Angeles. She was named Justice by her late mother, who had her while attending law school. After the shooting death of her boyfriend (Q-Tip), the young woman is living in a state of depression, until she meets a Postal Office employee named Lucky (Tupac Shakur) who embarks with her on a trip with her best friend and boyfriend, Iesha and Chicago (played by Regina King and Joe Torry). In classic Hollywood type, the young woman's heart opens to her suitor's attentions as she finds a new meaning for life.
Singleton named the film Poetic Justice because the main character, Justice, writes beautiful poems which she recites throughout the movie. The poems are in fact from Maya Angelou. Angelou also appears in the movie as one of three elderly sisters, May, June and April (Called the "Calendar Sisters") that the characters meet at a road side family reunion.
[edit] Full Cast
- Janet Jackson .... Justice
- Tupac Shakur .... Lucky
- Regina King .... Iesha
- Joe Torry .... Chicago
- Tyra Ferrell .... Jessie
- Roger Guenveur Smith .... Heywood
- Billy Zane .... Brad (STOCK FOOTAGE IN DRIVE-IN FILM)
- Khandi Alexander .... Simone
- Maya Angelou .... Aunt June
- Lori Petty .... Penelope (STOCK FOOTAGE IN DRIVE-IN FILM)
- Kimberly Brooks .... Kim
- Maia Campbell .... Shante
- Jenifer Lewis .... Annie
- Kina V. Cosper .... Female cousin
- John Cothran Jr. .... Uncle Earl
- Dina D. .... Dina
- Lloyd Avery II .... Thug #1
- Che Avery .... Thug #2
- James Deeth .... Helicopter pilot
- Norma Donaldson .... Aunt May
- Kelly Joe Dugan .... Truck driver
- Suliamen El Hadi .... Member, Last Poets
- Omar Ben Hassan .... Member, Last Poets
- Jalal Nuriddin .... Member, Last Poets
- Daoud Spencer .... Member, Last Poets
- Rene Elizondo .... E.J
- Dedrick D. Gobert .... Lloyd
- Miki Howard .... Maxine
- Baha Jackson .... Baha
- Patricia Y. Johnson .... Patricia
- Shannon Johnson .... Keisha
- Tone Lōc .... J Bone
- Special K. McCray .... Cousin Pete
- Q-Tip .... Markell
- Ernestine Reed .... Aunt April
- Crystal A. Rodgers .... Angel
- Eugene Tate .... Uncle Herb
- Keith Washington .... Dexter
- Rose Weaver .... Aunt Audrey
[edit] Trivia
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- Aspects of this film were parodied in Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as well as other movies of the same genre.
- Janet Jackson's song "Again" was nominated for Best Song at the Academy Awards.
- Usher made an appearance on the Poetic Justice soundtrack with his first single "Call Me a Mack".
- Janet Jackson won two MTV Movie Awards for this film.
- The role of Lucky was originally written for Ice Cube, but Ice Cube was not interested at the time.
- The songs heard by Lucky's cousin Khalil are actually songs from Coolio's album "It Takes A Thief".
- Janet Jackson, Maya Angelou, and Jenifer Lewis would later star in two Tyler Perry films. Angelou and Lewis in Madea's Family Reunion and Jackson in Why Did I Get Married?.
- In the scene where Chicago hits Iesha, after they stopped fighting, Iesha said that she was going to getDookie and Monster to shoot his ass. Dookie and Monster were characters from Boyz N The Hood.
[edit] External links
- Poetic Justice at the Internet Movie Database
- Poetic Justice: Filmmaking South Central Style
- Original Poetic Justice Script
Films directed by John Singleton |
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Boyz n the Hood • (1991) Poetic Justice • (1993) Higher Learning • (1995) Rosewood • (1997) Shaft • (2000) Baby Boy • (2001) 2 Fast 2 Furious • (2003) Four Brothers • (2005) Luke Cage (TBA) |
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