Killa Season (film)

Infobox_Film
name =Killa Season


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writer =Cameron Giles
starring =Cam'ron
Juelz Santana
Hell Rell
director =Cameron Giles
producer =Cameron Giles
editing =Cam'ron
Brian Kushner
Ted Tucker
music =Kerry Muzzey
distributor =Asylum Entertainment
Killa Entertainment
released =April 25, 2006
runtime =127 minutes
language =English
followed_by = Killa Season 2
budget =
imdb_id =0798786

"Killa Season" is a 2006 direct to video film about a basketball player happy with his life as a hustler.

Overview

Cam'ron's debut into the film world chronicles a loosely autobiographical plot of his own transformation from a high school basketball star to a full time heroin dealer. Cam'ron's character is named "Flea."

The movie also starred Juelz Santana as "Bandana" and Hell Rell as Hell.

Other members of the Diplomats who made appearances in the film included 40 Cal, Un Kasa, J. R. Writer and "Chubbie Baby," who served as Flea's supplier of firearms. However, these three members played minor roles and their parts did not involve much dialogue. Jim Jones, The Diplomats co-founder, is seen only briefly in the beginning of the film. However, near the end of the scene in which the Diplomats go to Atlanta, Jim Jones is blurred out but can be identified by one of his slogans.

The movie was released in 2006, nearly simultaneously with the Killa Season album. It was shown at a few theaters in New York City and is available on DVD.

In one scene, female Colombian drug mules defecate onto newspaper in an abandoned apartment. They are then made to clean off the "fingers" of heroin they've smuggled in.

Many viewers mistake the powder in the movie as cocaine instead of heroin. Flea actually sells 'china white,' which is a white powder form of heroin. In the scene where Flea watches a 'drug fiend' snort the powder and fall on the ground because the powder's so potent, many mistakingly assume the powder is cocaine since the fiend snorts it.

Cast

* Cam'ron as Flea/Cam
* Juelz Santana as Bandana
* Hell Rell as Hell
* Funkmaster Flex as Fred
* Damon Dash as Himself
* Jim Jones as Himself (Introduction Credits Only)
* J. R. Writer as Himself
* Tony Alston as Drug Dealer / Homeboy #1
* Greyson Cruz as Spanish Connect
* Osas Ighodaro as Shinae (as Martha Ighodaro)
* Lou Martini Jr. as Lawyer
* Ryan Masterson as Bodega Kid
* Antonio Saillant as Italian Henchman
* Michael Williams as Crackhead
* Mase as Himself (archive footage)
* Cry Baby as Crybaby
* Yavus Aksu as Goat
* Sajad B as Purple Haze

Production Mishaps

* In the scene in which Flea's supplier Gordo attempts to convince him to switch from weed- to cocaine-dealing, he compares a bag of weed to a Honda (i.e. a middle-of-the road drug, that won't lead to anything special) and a bag of cocaine to a Ferrari (i.e. a top-of-the-line drug which could lead Flea to "baller-status"). He then asks Flea which "car" he wants to go with. Flea, after weighing his options, decides to stick with weed, yet mistakenly refers to it as "the Hyundai."

* In a scene near the end (1:58:10) at a warehouse in Harlem, the windshield for a microphone was accidentally lowered into the recording. The take was still used in the final product, despite there being a second with the fluffy microphone visable on the left of the screen.

* In the scene when Hell retrieves a stash of heroin from a P.O. box in the post office, he can be heard saying "excuse me" to the camera man while exiting the scene.

Trivia

* Real archive footage of Cam'ron is used to show his character Flea when he was young.
* Cam'ron's directing debut.
* The title of the movie is also the name of rapper Cam'ron's fifth album.