- Jason's Lyric
Infobox_Film
name = Jason's Lyric
caption = Theatrical release poster
imdb_id = 0110186
writer = Bobby Smith, Jr.
starring =Allen Payne Jada Pinkett Smith Bokeem Woodbine
Anthony 'Treach' CrissEddie Griffin Suzzanne Douglass Lisa Nicole Carson Lahmard Tate
andForest Whitaker
as 'Maddog'
director =Doug McHenry
editing =Andrew Mondshein
producer =Doug McHenry
Clarence Avant
Suzanne Broderick
distributor = MGM
released =September 28 ,1994
runtime = 120 min.
country =United States
language = English
music =
awards =
budget = $7,000,000 (estimate)|"Jason's Lyric" is a 1994
romantic drama film , written by Bobby Smith, Jr., and directed byDoug McHenry . It starsAllen Payne ,Jada Pinkett Smith ,Bokeem Woodbine ,Treach ,Eddie Griffin ,Lahmard Tate , andForest Whitaker . This film is the story about youngAfrican American adults of Houston who must learn how to deal with love and maturity. This is the first film directed by Doug McHenry, who has been successful as a producer for the film "New Jack City ".Plot summary
"Jason's Lyric" is the "good brother"/"bad brother" story, set in the notorious Third Ward. Jason (
Allen Payne ) is the responsible young man who has a job in a television repair shop and lives at home with his hard-working mom (Suzzanne Douglass ). Joshua (Bokeem Woodbine ) is the brother just released from prison and obviously bound for a violent end. Joshua deals drugs for short-term cash and joins a gang plotting abank robbery .When Lyric (
Jada Pinkett Smith ) walks into the shop to buy a television, Jason has met his perfect match. She has dreams of escape, and inspires Jason to do supposedly romantic things like borrow a city bus to take her on a date. Their relationship continually grows and blossoms into love. The height comes when Jason and Lyric take a romantic ride in a rowboat, then make love in the woods.In a series of flashbacks,
Forest Whitaker plays the boys' father, Maddog. Throughout the film, Jason has nightmares about a tragedy in his childhood. Either Jason or Joshua killed Maddog while he was drunkenly attacking their mother. It turns out that Jason killed Mad Dog in the end. Jason managed to take the gun from Joshua and accidentally shot Mad Dog in the chest.Cast
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Allen Payne — Jason Alexander
*Jada Pinkett Smith — Lyric
*Bokeem Woodbine — Joshua Alexander
*Anthony 'Treach' Criss — Alonzo
*Eddie Griffin — Rat
*Suzzanne Douglass — Gloria
*Lisa Nicole Carson — Marti
*Lahmard Tate — Ron
*Forest Whitaker — Maddog
*Asheamu Earl Randle — TeddyRated R
Strong Language,Strong Sexual Content,Violence and Nudity
ee also
*"
Jason's Lyric (soundtrack) " — soundtrack to the film.External links
*imdb title|id=0110186 |title=Jason's Lyric
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