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[Hustle & Flow 2005]
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[Hustle & Flow 2005]
Plot.
One man's struggle to rise above his circumstances prompts him to try a
career in music in this acclaimed drama from writer and director Craig
Brewer. Djay (Terrence Howard) is a low-level pimp and drug dealer who
scraped together a living in the ghettos of Memphis, TN. Djay isn't happy
with his life, and the realization that he's reached the same age when
his father unexpectedly died has made him start thinking about changing
his ways. Djay has always had a gift for spinning stories, and after
picking up a cheap keyboard, he begins picking out beats to go along with
his rhymes. After bumping into an old high-school buddy who works in
gospel music, Key (Anthony Anderson), Djay decided to take the plunge
and remake himself as a rapper. With the technical know-how of Key and
the musical input of a local beat maker named Shelby (DJ Qualls), Djay
begins turning his way with words and his first-hand knowledge of the
street life into music, as his two live-in girlfriends, Lexus
(Paula Jai Parker) and Shug (Taraji P. Henson), add their musical input
and emotional support and Nola (Taryn Manning) continues to turn tricks
to pay the bills. When local boy-turned-nationwide hip-hop star Skinny
Black (Ludacris) comes to town to pay a visit to Arnel (Isaac Hayes),
a club owner friendly with Djay, he sees an opportunity to put his demo
in the hands of someone who can bring his music to the masses, though
it turns out to be far more difficult than he expected. Hustle & Flow
had its world premier at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, where it
received a number of rave reviews and took home the Audience Award.
Stars.
=>-Terrence Howard.
=>-Ludacris.
=>-Anthony Anderson.
Director.
=>-Craig Brewer.
Info.
=>-Genre : Drama : Crime : Music.
=>-Release Date : 2005.
=>-Language : English.
=>-File Size : 1.48 GiB.
=>-Overall bit rate : 1 827 Kbps.
=>-Movie Runtime : 1h 56mn.
Video.
=>-Codec : H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
=>-Aspect Ratio : 16:9.
=>-Resolution : 1280 x 544.
=>-Bit rate : 1 710 Kbps.
Audio English.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 channel Stereo.
=>-Bit Rate : 112 Kbps.
=>-Maximum bit rate : 193 Kbps.
Subtitles Softsubbed SubRip MicroDVD.
=>-English.
