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In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking viewers back to where it all began, the film tells the true story of how these cultu...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Straight outta Compton (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures Corporation (Producer), Legendary Pictures (Producer), New Line Cinema Corporation (Producer), Cube Vision (Firm) (Producer), Crucial Films (Firm) (Producer)
Other Authors: Herman, Jonathan (Screenwriter) (Screenwriter), Berloff, Andrea (Screenwriter), Jackson, O'Shea, Jr., 1991- (Actor), Hawkins, Corey, 1988- (Actor), Mitchell, Jason, 1987- (Actor), Giamatti, Paul (Actor), Brown, Neil (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
French
Language Notes:English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; optional English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2016]
Edition:[English/Spanish/French version].
Subjects:
N.W.A. (Musical group) > Drama.
Rap musicians > California > Compton > Drama.
N.W.A. (Musical group)
Rap musicians.
California > Compton.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Drama.
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Summary:In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking viewers back to where it all began, the film tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Special features: N.W.A. the origins; Impact; director's journey; The streets: filming in Compton; N.W.A. performs in Detroit; feature commentary with director/producer F. Gary Gray.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD video, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 (English, French, Spanish), Dolby digital 2.0 (English), English DVS 2.0.
Audience:Rating: R; for language throughout, strong sexuality/nudity, violence, and drug use.
Production Credits:Editor, Billy Fox; director of photography, Matthew Libatique.