Biggie and Tupac / producer, Michele D'Acosta ; director, Nick Broomfield ; a Lafayette film produced for Channel 4.

During the mid-'90s a deadly East Coast vs. West Coast rap rivalry erupted, fought between the New York-based camp of Sean "Puffy" Combs and his Bad Boy label, home to Brooklyn's Biggie Smalls (a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G., legally Christopher Wallace), and West Coast riders at Marion "Suge" Knight's Dea...

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Corporate Authors: Lafayette Films, Channel Four (Great Britain), Razor & Tie (Firm)
Other Authors: D'Acosta, Michele, Broomfield, Nick, 1948-, Churchill, Joan, Henson, Christian, 1971-
Language:English
Published: [Santa Monica, Calif.] : New York, NY : Lafayette Films ; Distributed by Razor & Tie Direct, [2002], ©2002.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Shakur, Tupac, > 1971-1996 > Death and burial.
Notorious B.I.G., > 1972-1997 > Death and burial.
Rap musicians > United States > Biography.
Murder victims > United States > Biography.
Rap (Music)
Rap (Music) > History.
Rap (Music) > Social aspects.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Biggie & Tupac. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
During the mid-'90s a deadly East Coast vs. West Coast rap rivalry erupted, fought between the New York-based camp of Sean "Puffy" Combs and his Bad Boy label, home to Brooklyn's Biggie Smalls (a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G., legally Christopher Wallace), and West Coast riders at Marion "Suge" Knight's Death Row records, home to Tupac Shakur. The feud quickly escalated from CD disses to real-life crime, and murder. On Sept. 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur, 25, was gunned down gangland-style at a traffic light in Las Vegas. On March 9, 1997, Wallace, 24, was sprayed with bullets while sitting in an SUV outside a Los Angeles music industry party. Neither crime has been solved; nobody has ever been arrested in connection with the killings. Documentarian Nick Broomfield plunges fearlessly into this milieu, believing that more is there than meets the eye. The resulting film is an unwieldy mixture of investigative journalism and awkward comedy, but as human drama, it is a revelation.
Note:Originally produced as an American documentary film in 2001.
Special features: Directors commentary [optional audio feature]; Additional scenes (41 min.); Interview with Nick Broomfield (14 min.); Additional information [text feature]; Discographies and filmography [text feature]; Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation [text feature].
Videorecording.
Call Number:AN7 D0023531 VideoDVD
ML394 .B54 2002 VideoDVD
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MPAA rating: Rated R for strong language.
Credits:Director of photography, Joan Churchill ; picture and sound editors, Jaime Estrada-Torres & Mark Atkins ; original music composed by Christian Henson.
System Details:DVD.