Belly ; Caught up / Artisan Entertainment.

Belly: Two African-American gangsters find themselves trying to change their lives, one by a religious awakening and one by rediscovering his African roots. Caught up: She caught his eye. He was caught off guard. Now Daryl Allen is caught in the line of fire. After six years behind bars, a reformed...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Belly (Motion picture : 1998) Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Authors:	Cullo, Stephen (Composer) Bonilla, Marc (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Artisan Entertainment (Firm) Big Dog Films (Firm) Heller Highwater (Firm)
Other Authors:	Williams, Hype (Producer, Director, Screenwriter) Sayeed, Malik (Cinematographer) Jackson, Regan (Production personnel) Leonard, David (Film editor) Rotholz, Ron (Producer) Salerno, Robert (Producer) Meistrich, Larry (Producer) Bodden, Anthony Scott, Darin (Director, Screenwriter) Callaway, Tom (Cinematographer) Bornstein, Charles (Film editor) Foster, Terrence (Production personnel) Heller, Peter (Producer) Dysinger, Elaine (Producer) Nas (Musician) (Actor) D M X (Actor) Hicks, Taral, 1974- (Actor) Watkins, Tionne (Actor) Method Man (Actor) Johnson, Hassan (Actor) Woodbine, Bokeem (Actor) Williams, Cynda (Actor) Powell, Clifton (Actor) Todd, Tony, 1952- (Actor) Wallace, Basil (Actor) Combs, Jeffrey, 1954- (Actor) Snoop Dogg, 1972- (Actor) LL Cool J, 1968- (Actor)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2007], ©2007.
Edition:	Widescreen.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Gangsters > Drama. Male friendship > Drama. African American men > Drama. Jewel thieves > Drama. Police corruption > Drama. Gangsters > Jamaica > Drama. Gangster films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films. Drama. African American men. DVD-Video discs. Gangsters. Jewel thieves. Male friendship. Police corruption. Jamaica.
Genre:	Drama. Gangster films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (approximately 193 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	Belly: Two African-American gangsters find themselves trying to change their lives, one by a religious awakening and one by rediscovering his African roots. Caught up: She caught his eye. He was caught off guard. Now Daryl Allen is caught in the line of fire. After six years behind bars, a reformed street hood (Bokeem Woodbine) puts down his gun and struggles to go legit. But when a beautiful, mysterious young woman gets him involved with a bag of stolen diamonds, corrupt cops and a Jamaican mobster, his dreams for an honest future are shattered by a hail of gunfire.
Note:	Belly: Special features: director commentary; cast and crew information; production notes; theatrical trailer. Caught up: Special features: director commentary; cast and crew information; storyboards; production notes; music videos. Belly: Originally released as a motion picture in 1998. Caught up: Originally released as a motion picture in 1998. "Double feature"--Container. Titles from container. Videorecording.
Call Number:	CP5 D0076330 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: R, for strong violence, language, sexuality and drug use (Belly). MPAA rating: R, for strong sexuality, violence and language (Caught up).
Credits:	Belly: A Big Dog Films production ; a film by Hype Williams ; director of photography, Malik Sayeed ; music by Stephen Cullo ; production designer, Regan Jackson ; edited by David Leonard ; produced by Ron Rotholz and Hype Williams, Robert Salerno, Larry Meistrich ; story by Anthony Bodden, Nas & Hype Williams ; written and directed by Hype Williams. Caught up: A Heller Highwater production in association with Artisan Pictures ; a Darin Scott film ; director of photography, Tom Callaway ; music composed and performed by Marc Bonilla ; edited by Charles Bornstein ; production designer, Terrence Foster ; produced by Peter Heller ; co-producer, Elaine Dysinger ; written and directed by Darin Scott.
System Details:	DVD; 5.1 Dolby digital audio; 16x9 widescreen (1.85:1 ratio); 4x3 full screen (1.33:1 ratio)(Caught up); digitally mastered; NTSC region 1.
Cast:	Belly: Nasir "Nas" Jones, Earl "DMX" Simmons, Taral Hicks, Tionne "T-boz" Watkins, Clifford "Method Man" Smith, Hassan Johnson. Caught up: Bokeem Woodbine, Cynda Williams, Clifton Powell, Tony Todd, Basil Wallace, Jeffrey Combs, Snoop Doggy Dogg, LL Cool J.