Friday
Friday is a 1995 American buddy comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh. The film stars Ice Cube and Chris Tucker alongside Nia Long, Tiny "Zeus" Lister Jr., Regina King, Anna Maria Horsford, Bernie Mac, and John Witherspoon. The film follows Craig Jones (Cube) and Smokey (Tucker), two unemployed friends who face troubles after becoming indebted to a drug dealer while also contending with the neighborhood bully in South Central Los Angeles.
Plot
Craig Jones, a recently fired and unemployed slacker living in South Central Los Angeles, spends Friday with his best friend Smokey, a small-time drug peddler. The pair smoke a brokered consignment of marijuana, which Smokey was tasked to sell for his drug supplier, Big Worm.
More details
| author | Ice Cube |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | F. Gary Gray |
| editor | John Carter |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | addiction beat best friend break in bully cannabis car driving drive drive-by shooting drug addict drug rehabilitation even force fourth wall hear kill looking at the camera marijuana rehabilitation shoot shootout slacker smoke south central los angeles south los angeles steal unemployed |
| musicBy | Frank Fitzpatrick |
| producer | Patricia Charbonnet |
| publisher | American Film Institute New Line Cinema |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | buddy comedy hood independent musical stoner |