Whiteboyz

Overview

In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and Trevor. He talks Black slang, he dresses Black. He's also a wannabe pusher, selling flour as cocaine. And while he talks about "keeping it real," he hardly notices real life around him: his father's been laid off, his mother uses Food Stamps, his girlfriend is pregnant, James may be psychotic, one of his friends (one of the town's few Black kids) is preparing for college, and, on a trip to Chicago to try to buy drugs, the cops shoot real bullets. What will it take for Flip to get real?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 10, 1999

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

France, United States of America

Production

Fox Searchlight Pictures,Bac Films

Cast

Danny Trejo,Eric Rivas Quiroga,Lisa Jane Todd,William N. Mayberry,Fat Joe,Dr. Dre,Danny Hoch,Eugene Byrd,Mark Webber,Dash Mihokand 4 more

Director

Marc Levin

Writer

Garth Belcon,Danny Hoch,Marc Levin,Richard Stratton

Producer

John Sloss,David Peipers,Henri M. Kessler

Cinematography

Mark Benjamin

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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