Brown sugar / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a Heller Highwater, Magic Johnson Entertainment production, a Rick Famuyiwa film ; produced by Peter Heller ; story by Michael Elliot ; screenplay by Michael Elliot and Rick Famuyiwa ; directed by Rick Famuyiwa.

Sydney and Dre are childhood friends who share a love for music, especially hip-hop music, and have an undeclared love for each other. When Dre decides to marry a woman who is all wrong from him, Sydney must make her move or risk losing her soulmate forever.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Heller Highwater (Firm)
Magic Johnson Entertainment (Firm)
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Heller, Peter (Producer)
Elliott, Mike (Mike R.)
Famuyiwa, Rick
Diggs, Taye
Lathan, Sanaa
Mos Def (Rapper)
Parker, Nicole Ari
Kodjoe, Boris, 1973-
Queen Latifah, 1970-
Chediak, Enrique
Westervelt, Dirk
Hurst, Bob
Johnson, Darryle
Ivanov, Kalina
Language:English
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned; audio in English with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Published: [United States] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2002], ©2002.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Rap (Music) > Drama.
Music trade > Drama.
Relaciones hombre-mujer > Teatro.
Rap (Música) > Teatro.
Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Music trade.
Rap (Music)
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Sydney and Dre are childhood friends who share a love for music, especially hip-hop music, and have an undeclared love for each other. When Dre decides to marry a woman who is all wrong from him, Sydney must make her move or risk losing her soulmate forever.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002.
Bonus features: full-length audio commentary by director Rick Famuyiwa and film editor Dirk Westervelt; deleted scenes with optional commentary; music videos: "Love of my life" (an Ode to Hip Hop) by Erykah Badu featuring Common and "Brown Sugar" (Extra Sweet) by Mos Def featuring Faith Evans; theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AN8 D0022536 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content and language.
Credits:Director of photography, Enrique Chediak ; editor, Dirk Westervelt ; music composer, Robert Hurst ; costume designer, Darryle Johnson ; production designer, Kalina Ivanov.
System Details:DVD, Dolby surround; single layer double-sided disc; region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, full screen (1.3:1) presentation.
Cast:
Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Mos Def, Nicole Ari Parker, Boris Kodjoe, Queen Latifah.