Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American coming-of-age hood drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his feature directorial debut. It stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Regina King, and Angela Bassett. Boyz n the Hood follows Tre Styles (Gooding Jr.), who is sent to live with his father Furious Styles (Fishburne) in South Central Los Angeles, surrounded by the neighborhood's booming gang culture. The film's title is a double entendre: a play on the term boyhood and a reference to the 1987 Eazy-E rap song of the same name, written by Ice Cube.
Plot
In 1984, ten-year-old Tre Styles lives with his single mother, Reva Devereaux, in Inglewood, California. After Tre gets into a fight at school, his teacher calls Reva and says that although Tre is intelligent, he is immature and lacks respect. Frightened about Tre's future, Reva sends him to live in the Crenshaw neighborhood of South Central with his father, Furious Styles, from whom she hopes Tre will learn life lessons. In Crenshaw, Tre reunites with his childhood friends Darrin "Doughboy" Baker, Doughboy's half-brother Ricky, and their friend Chris. That night, Tre hears Furious shooting at a burglar. Furious calls the LAPD, and two officers arrive an hour later. The white officer is civil, while the black one treats Furious with contempt. The next day, Tre and Furious return to see Doughboy and Chris being arrested for stealing.
Awards
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author | John Singleton |
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award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
contentLocation | California Los Angeles |
director | John Singleton |
editor | Bruce Cannon |
genre | crime drama romance |
keywords | arrest atlanta blood break in bury childhood friends coming home crenshaw high school crips discover drive even gang member gather gunshot wound kill lapd life lessons los angeles police department morning murder parking lot release from prison run run back school live shoot single mother sit sneak out south central south los angeles steal understand university of southern california usc wound |
musicBy | Stanley Clarke |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
producer | Steve Nicolaides |
productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |
recordedAt | California |
theme | death gang high school hip hop hood race romantic drama teen drama teen romance |