Set it off
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Imprint: | [California?] : New Line Home Video, c1999. |
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Description: | 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | African American women -- Drama. Bank robberies -- Drama. Gangster films. Juvenile delinquency films. Film noir. Police films. Prison films. Feature films. African American women. Bank robberies. Survival. Drama. Feature films. Film noir. Gangster films. Juvenile delinquency films. Police films. Prison films. Video recordings. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Format: | DVD Video |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6003101 |
Summary: | The sophomore film effort from music video director F. Gary Gray, Set It Off is a crime thriller about four women bank robbers from a housing project in L.A. Ever since her parents' death, Stony (Jada Pinkett Smith) has had to act as a parent to her little brother Stevie (Chaz Lamar Shepard). She works in various capacities to make a future for him at U.C.L.A. Cleo (Queen Latifah) is a butch lesbian who wants nothing more than to customize her classic car. Tisean (Kimberly Elise) is a painfully shy single mother to her son Jajuan, struggling to make ends meet. Frankie (Vivica A. Fox) is the stylish bank teller who gets fired in the opening scene and ends up working with the other three at a janitorial service owned by irritating boss Luther (Thomas Jefferson Byrd). With Frankie upset from her unjust firing, Stony angry from the wrongful killing of her brother, and Tisean losing her baby to the child protective services, the four friends are motivated to rob a bank themselves. Looking for thrills, Cleo gets some guns from Black Sam (Dr. Dre in a cameo role), and they pull off their first job without a hitch. Their success starts a trend and they rob other banks in the area, all the while being investigated by Detective Strode (John C. McGinley). In a romantic subplot, Stony finds romance with wealthy Harvard-educated Keith (Blair Underwood) before the violent chase-scene ending. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi |
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Item Description: | Widescreen or full version. Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. Special features include: scene selection ; theatrical trailer ; cast and crew biographies ; music video, Let it go, by Ray J. |
Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | DVD. |
Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
Production Credits: | Music, Christopher Young ; editor, John Carter ; director of photography, Marc Reshovsky |
ISBN: | 0780626931 : $24.98 |