Baby Boy (film)

Polytonic|unreferenced|date=January 2008Infobox Film
name = Baby Boy


caption =
director = John Singleton
producer = John Singleton
writer = John Singleton
starring = Tyrese Gibson
Omar Gooding
Taraji P. Henson
A.J. Johnson
with Snoop Dogg
and Ving Rhames
music =
cinematography = Charles Mills
editing = Bruce Cannon
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = June 27, 2001
runtime = 129 min
country = USA
language = English
budget = $16,000,000
gross = "Domestic"
$28,734,552
"Foreign"
$647,097
"Worldwide"
$29,381,649
amg_id = 1:246284
imdb_id = 0255819

"Baby Boy" is a 2001 film written, produced, and directed by John Singleton.

Plot

An immature young adult named Jody (Tyrese Gibson) lives with his mother Juanita (Adrienne-Joi Johnson) in South Central Los Angeles. He spends most of his time with his unemployed thug best friend Sweetpea (Omar Gooding) and does not seem interested in becoming a responsible adult. However, he is forced to mature as a result of a number of situations, particularly his mother's new boyfriend, an ex-con named Melvin (Ving Rhames) moving into her house and his children - one with his girlfriend Yvette (Taraji P. Henson) and another with a girl named Peanut. Eventually, Yvette's gangster ex-boyfriend Rodney (Snoop Dogg), is released from prison and returns to the neighborhood to challenge Jody, attempting to kill him in a drive-by shooting. Jody and Sweetpea confront Rodney and as he attempts to escape, Jody shoots him in the ankle. Sweetpea urges Jody to kill Rodney, but he refuses, at which point Sweetpea kills Rodney himself. After the death of Rodney, Jody finally moves out of his mom's house and in with Yvette. Jody has now become a mature man realizing that his mom can take care of herself along with Melvin and he has a family that he needs to take care of.

Casting

*The lead role was originally written for Tupac Shakur in 1996, but when he died production for the film was put on hold. There is a mural-sized painting of Tupac on the wall of Jody's bedroom.
*Jody listens to a lot of Tupac Shakur songs and has a mural on his wall of him. Tupac Shakur was supposed to play the role of Jody.

*Tamala Jones auditioned for the role of Yvette.

*Singelton originally wrote the role of Rodney for Ice Cube.

Cast

External links

* [http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/catalog/catalogDetail_DVD043396151024.html "Baby Boy"] at Sony Pictures