Hustle & flow /

DJay, a very smalltime streetwise Memphis hustler and pimp, lives a dead-end life at the fringes of society. Though DJay has always had a way with words, that gift has long been misused--employed to keep his 'girls' producing. A chance encounter with Key, a sound engineer, spurs DJay to fi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Hustle & flow (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors:	Paramount Classics (Firm), MTV Films (Firm), New Deal Entertainment, Crunk Pictures, Homegrown Pictures, Paramount Pictures Corporation
Other Authors:	Brewer, Craig, Singleton, John, 1968-2019, Allain, Stephanie, Howard, Terrence, Anderson, Anthony, 1970-, Manning, Taryn, Henson, Taraji P., Parker, Paula Jai, 1969-, Neal, Elise, 1970-, Hayes, Isaac, Qualls, D. J., 1978-, Ludacris (Rapper)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned. In English with optional English subtitles.
Published:	Hollywood, CA : Paramount Classics : Paramount Pictures, [2006]
Edition:	Widescreen ed.
Subjects:	Rap musicians > Tennessee > Memphis > Drama. Rap (Music) > Drama. Music trade > Tennessee > Memphis > Drama. Feature films > United States. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Description
Summary:	DJay, a very smalltime streetwise Memphis hustler and pimp, lives a dead-end life at the fringes of society. Though DJay has always had a way with words, that gift has long been misused--employed to keep his 'girls' producing. A chance encounter with Key, a sound engineer, spurs DJay to find a voice and realize his long-buried dreams. Chasing his musical dream transforms DJay, but opening the door to success demands one last hustle--if he's ever going to flow.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005. Special features: Commentary by writer/director Craig Brewer [audio only]; Behind the Hustle (28 min.); By Any Means Necessary (15 min.); Creatin' Crunk (14 min.); Memphis Hometown Premiere (5 min.); Promotional spots (4 min.); Previews (10 min.). Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Audience:	MPAA rating: Rated R; for sex and drug content, pervasive language and some violence.
Awards:	Winner, 2005 Audience Award-Dramatic, Craig Brewer and Cinematography Award-Dramatic Amelia Vincent, Sundance Film Festival; 2006 Academy Award Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, and Paul Beauregard.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Amelia Vincent ; editor, Billy Fox ; original score by Scott Bomar ; music supervisor, Paul Stewart.
ISBN:	1415714908 9781415714904