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Poetic Justice
| Theatrical release date: |
July 23, 1993 (US) |
| Running time: |
109 minutes |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Distributed by: |
Columbia Pictures |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| Directed by: |
John Singleton |
| Produced by: |
John Singleton
Steve Nicolaides
Dwight Alanzo Williams |
| Written by: |
John Singleton |
| Music by: |
Stanley Clarke |
| Cinematography by: |
Peter Lyons Collister |
| Editing by: |
Bruce Cannon |
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Principle cast: |
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Janet Jackson.................................................................................Justice
Tupac Shakur...................................................................................Lucky
Regina King......................................................................................Iesha
Joe Torry.......................................................................................Chicago
Tyra Ferrell......................................................................................Jessie
Roger Guenveur Smith..................................................................Heywood
Billy Zane...........................................................................................Brad
Lori Petty.....................................................................................Penelope
Khandi Alexander............................................................................Simone
Maya Angelou.............................................................................Aunt June
Jenifer Lewis......................................................................................Anne
Q-Tip..............................................................................................Markell |
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Plot: |
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| Justice (Janet Jackson) sacrifices her dream of attending college and becomes a cosmetologist after her boyfriend gets brutally murdered in her hometown of South Central Los Angeles. To cope with her mourning, a reclusive Justice turns to writing poetry. In need of transportation to attend a cosmetology convention in Oakland, she relies on her friend Iesha (Regina King) who arranges a road trip in a postal truck with her postal-worker boyfriend Chicago (Joe Torry) and his co-worker Lucky (Tupac Shakur), whom Justice has not gotten along with in the past. After their road trip puts them in a number of unanticipated situations, Justice and Lucky begin to discover that their initial cynical opinions of each other may not have been correct. |
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Box office: |
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Opening week U.S. box office gross: #1 @ $11.7 million
Total U.S. box office gross: $27.5 million |
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Reviews: |
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Leonard Klady, Variety - July 20, 1993
Desson Howe, Washington Post - July 23, 1993
Hal Hinson, Washington Post - July 23, 1993
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times - July 23, 1993
Vincent Canby, New York Times - July 23, 1993
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone - August 19, 1993
Derek Adams, Time Out |
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Soundtrack: |
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Buy it: CD | MP3 Download
1. "Get It Up" by TLC
2. "Indo Smoke" by Mista Grimm
3. "Well Alright" by Babyface
4. "Call Me A Mack" by Usher Raymond
5. "Waiting For You" by Tony! Toni! Toné!
6. "One In A Million" by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
7. "Nite & Day" by Cultural Revolution
8. "Poor Man's Poetry" by Naughty By Nature
9. "I've Been Waiting" by Terri & Monica
10. "Niggas Don't Give A Fuck" by Dogg Pound
11. "Definition Of A Thug Nigga" by 2pac
12. "I Wanna Be Your Man" by Chaka Demus & Pliers
13. "Cash In My Hands" by Nice & Smooth
14. "Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer" by Stevie Wonder
15. "Justice's Groove" by Stanley Clarke
NOTE: Although the song "Again" by Janet Jackson appears in the film, it does not appear on its soundtrack. The song is available on the 1993 album, janet. |
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