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Release Date:
September 10, 1999
Original Title:
Whiteboyz
Alternate Titles:
Whiteboys
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Music
Production Companies:
Bac Films
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Production Countries:
France | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: R
Runtime: 92
In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and Trevor. He talks Black slang, he dresses Black. He's also a wannabe pusher, selling flour as cocaine. And while he talks about "keeping it real," he hardly notices real life around him: his father's been laid off, his mother uses Food Stamps, his girlfriend is pregnant, James may be psychotic, one of his friends (one of the town's few Black kids) is preparing for college, and, on a trip to Chicago to try to buy drugs, the cops shoot real bullets. What will it take for Flip to get real?
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Director:
Marc Levin
Director of Photography:
Mark Benjamin
Executive Producer:
David Peipers
John Sloss
Producer:
Henri M. Kessler
Screenplay:
Garth Belcon
Danny Hoch
Marc Levin
Richard Stratton
Set Decoration:
Amy Beth Silver
Story:
Garth Belcon
Danny Hoch
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