- Gridlock'd
Infobox Film
name = Gridlock'd
caption = Theatrical poster
director =Vondie Curtis-Hall
producer =Damian Jones Michael Bennett
writer = Vondie Curtis-Hall
starring =Tupac Shakur Tim Roth Thandie Newton
music =Stewart Copeland
cinematography =Bill Pope
editing =Christopher Koefoed
distributor =Universal Pictures
released =January 29 ,1997
runtime = 91 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
amg_id = 1:154528
imdb_id = 0119225"Gridlock'd" is a 1997 film starring
Tupac Shakur ,Tim Roth , andThandie Newton . It was the directorial debut ofVondie Curtis-Hall , who also wrote the story and screenplay. The film's opening was relatively low, despite critical acclaim for its powerful and gritty substance. Its opening weekend netted $3,603,049 and it finished finally at only $5.5 million. The film paid tribute to starTupac Shakur who had been murdered several months before the film's release.Plot
Set in Detroit,
Heroin addicts Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their habit after their best friend and bandmate, Cookie, overdoses on her first hit. Throughout a disastrous day, the two addicts dodge police and local criminals while struggling with an apathetic government bureaucracy that bars their entrance into a rehabilitation program.Cast
Production
"Gridlock'd" marked the directorial debut of actor Vondie Curtis-Hall. He wrote the screenplay in 1993 and based it on actual life experience as a junkie during the 1970s.cite news
last = Mosby
first = John
coauthors =
title = Roth Justice
work =
pages = 12-13
language =
publisher = Impact
date =July 1997
url =
accessdate = ] Much like the characters in the film, Hall and a friend sought treatment for their addiction only to be told that it would take weeks to get admitted into rehab. He sent actor Tim Roth the screenplay while he was making "Rob Roy". Roth was drawn to the project because of the humor in the screenplay as he remarked in an interview, "Normally, you'd work through a screenplay and say, 'We'll have to change that and that and somehow try to make it work,' but here the dialogue was always dead-on."cite news
last = Mosby
first = John
coauthors =
title = UnAmerican Psycho
work =
pages = 84-86
language =
publisher = Total Film
date =July 1997
url =
accessdate = ] Hall met Roth and convinced him to do the movie. Tupac Shakur auditioned for his role, got it and then met Roth.Tagline
*"Good time to kick Bad day to pick"
*"Life's a Traffic jam"ee also
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Gridlock'd (Original Soundtrack) References
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