Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

Infobox Film
name = Poetic Justice


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director = John Singleton
producer = John Singleton
Steve Nicolaides
Dwight Alanzo Williams
writer = John Singleton
starring = Janet Jackson
Tupac Shakur
Regina King
Joe Torry
Tyra Ferrell
music = Janet Jackson
Jimmy Jam
Terry Lewis
cinematography = Peter Lyons Collister
editing = Bruce Cannon
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = July 23, 1993
runtime = 109 min.
country = US
language = English
amg_id = 38522
imdb_id = 0107840

"Poetic Justice" is a 1993 drama/romance film starring Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King and Joe Torry. It was directed by John Singleton.

"Poetic Justice" reached #1 in the box office for one week; it made $11,728,455 its opening weekend. It grossed a total of $27,515,786. It is considered a classic example of "beautiful negro" compensation movies so common to its era, and is less patronizing than most, despite the presence of Shakur.

Janet Jackson received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, with the Billboard Hot 100 number one song, "Again".

Plot

Justice (Janet Jackson) is a young woman living in South Central, Los Angeles. She was named Justice by her late mother, who gave birth to her while attending law school. After the shooting death of her boyfriend (Q-Tip), the young woman is living in a state of depression, until she meets a Postal Office employee and single father named Lucky (Tupac Shakur), who embarks with her on a trip with her best friend and boyfriend, Iesha and Chicago (played by Regina King and Joe Torry, respectively). In classic Hollywood type, the young woman's heart opens to her suitor's attentions as she finds a new meaning for life.

Singleton named the film Poetic Justice because the main character, Justice, writes beautiful poems which she recites throughout the movie. The poems are in fact from Maya Angelou. Angelou also appears in the movie as one of three elderly sisters, May, June and April (called the "Calendar Sisters") that the characters meet at a road side family reunion. The Last Poets make an appearance toward the end of the film.

Rating

Poetic justice was rated R by the MPAA for pervasive strong language, and for violence and sexuality.

Full cast

* Janet Jackson .... Justice
* Tupac Shakur .... Lucky
* Regina King .... Iesha
* Joe Torry .... Chicago
* Tyra Ferrell .... Jessie
* Roger Guenveur Smith .... Heywood
* Billy Zane .... Brad (stock footage in drive-in film)
* Khandi Alexander .... Simone
* Maya Angelou .... Aunt June
* Lori Petty .... Penelope (stock footage in drive-in film)
* Kimberly Brooks .... Kim
* Maia Campbell .... Shante
* Jenifer Lewis .... Annie
* Kina V. Cosper .... Female cousin
* John Cothran Jr. .... Uncle Earl
* Matt Doherty....Joseph
* Shaun Weiss .... Eddie
* Brandon Adams .... Stevie
* Lloyd Avery II .... Thug #1
* Che Avery .... Thug #2
* Luisa Leschin .... Latino Woman
* James Deeth .... Helicopter pilot
* Mario Kassar .... Helicopter pilot 2/Manager in Mail Office
* Norma Donaldson .... Aunt May
* Kelly Joe Dugan .... Truck driver
* Michael Colyar .... Panhandler #1
* Teddy Lane Jr. .... Crack Buyer
* Suliamen El Hadi .... Member, Last Poets
* Omar Ben Hassan .... Member, Last Poets
* Jalal Nuriddin .... Member, Last Poets
* Daoud Spencer .... Member, Last Poets
* Rene Elizondo .... E.J
* David Patrick Kelly .... Convenience Store Owner
* Dedrick D. Gobert .... Lloyd
* Miki Howard .... Maxine
* Baha Jackson .... Baha
* Patricia Y. Johnson .... Patricia
* Samuell Benta .... Fighting Cousin #1
* Kevin Duhaney .... Fighting Cousin #2
* Shannon Johnson .... Keisha
* Tone Lōc .... J Bone
* Special K. McCray .... Cousin Pete
* Q-Tip .... Markell
* Ernestine Reed .... Aunt April
* Crystal A. Rodgers .... Angel
* Eugene Tate .... Uncle Herb
* Keith Washington .... Dexter
* Rose Weaver .... Aunt Audrey
* Keith David .... Cop #1
* Grand L. Bush .... Cop #2
* Keanu Reeves .... Homeless Man (Uncredited)

Trivia

The two people that played the fighting cousins, would go on to play Power Rangers. Samuell Benta, would later go on play Will, the black ranger on Power Rangers Operation Overdrive. While Kevin Duhaney went on to play Ethan, the blue ranger on Power Rangers Dino Thunder.

External links

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* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385309147 Poetic Justice: Filmmaking South Central Style]
* [http://corky.net/scripts/poeticJustice.html Original Poetic Justice Script]
* [http://www.omdb.org/movie/8291 Poetic Justice] at the Open Media Database


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