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Hustle & Flow (2005) -- With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
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Hustle & Flow (2005) -- With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Hustle & Flow (2005) -- With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   17,633 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Craig Brewer (written by)
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Release Date:
22 July 2005 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Everybody gotta have a dream. more
Plot:
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 17 wins & 34 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(32 articles)
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Hustle + Flow Star Saves New Orleans Family
 (From WENN. 10 September 2008, 11:58 PM, PDT)

User Reviews:
most fun I've ever had in a theatre more (206 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Terrence Howard ... Djay

Anthony Anderson ... Key

Taryn Manning ... Nola

Taraji P. Henson ... Shug

DJ Qualls ... Shelby (as D.J. Qualls)
Ludacris ... Skinny Black

Paula Jai Parker ... Lexus
Elise Neal ... Yevette

Isaac Hayes ... Arnel
Jordan Houston ... Tigga (as Juicy J)
William Engram ... Slobs (as William 'Poon' Engram)
Bobby Sandimanie ... Yellow Jacket (as Bobby 'I-20' Sandimanie)
Haystak ... Mickey
Claude Phillips ... Harold
Josey Scott ... Elroy
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sex and drug content, pervasive language and some violence.
Runtime:
116 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Members of the hip-hop group, Three 6 Mafia, who won an Oscar for "It's Hard Out Here for A Pimp" make cameos in the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Djay is recording "It's Hard out here for a Pimp," Nola's hands jump to her headphones between shots. more
Quotes:
Nola: Everyone tells me my hair is pretty.
Lexus: Ya, then they nut.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Jay Leno Show: (#1.45)" (2009) more
Soundtrack:
After Hours Blues more

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95 out of 149 people found the following review useful.
most fun I've ever had in a theatre, 23 July 2005
10/10
Author: brianhavelka from nyc

I just saw this flick to a packet house in NYC and the entire audience, myself included was with every frame of this film. Every single beat hits exactly where it is supposed to. Every review I read talks about the music and the acting, but how about how genuinely funny this film is a way that few are?

They took the material seriously rather than letting it devolve into schmaltz or comedy. The direction is straight on, no BS, no showy shots. They take their time with each scene.

Good story, perfect characters well realized. Witty, crackling dialogue. You can't make this stuff up. And comparing this to 8 mile is like comparing dogshit to gold.

A deeply flawed protagonist who is able to reach into himself and transform himself through the power of art, larger themes involve the disillusion with fame, consumer culture.

This is everything a film is supposed to be. If it makes you feel good to knock this film, then you are a snob. If you think can make a better movie than this, then go ahead!

People who love movies love this film. This is what film is about.

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