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| Roemello Skuggs has seen a lot of pain and tragedy in his life; his mother overdosed on heroin when he was just a child, his father was seriously shot by a vengeful drug lord, and his brother Raynathan has followed in their parents' footsteps, both taking and dealing narcotics. Roemello wants out of this dangerous and destructive world...but somehow events keep conspiring to pull him back in. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wesley Snipes (Roemello Skuggs), Khandi Alexander (Ella Skuggs), DeVaughn Nixon (Raynathan, Age 11), Marquise Wilson (Roemello, Age 10), O.L. Duke (Tutty), Clarence Williams III (A.R. Skuggs), Abe Vigoda (Gus Molino), Anthony Thomas (Worker), Michael Wright (Raynathan Skuggs), John Pittman (Lucky), Steve Harris (Ricky Goggles), Michael Guess (Y.G.), Kimberly Russell (Chantal), Theresa Randle (Melissa), Abdul Mutakabbir (Bouncer), Yusaf Ramadan (Bouncer), Karl Johnson (Bouncer), Andre Lamal (Martin David), Dule Hill (Roemello Skuggs, Age 17), Sam Gordon (Raynathan, Age 18), Larry Joshua (Harry Molino), Raymond Serra (Sal Marconi), Frank Ferrara (Sal's Bodyguard), Donald Adeosun Faison (Kymie Damiels), Bryan Clark (Dean), Lord Michael Banks (Nigerian), Alex A. Brown (Nigerian), Joe Dallesandro (Tony Adamo), Ernie Hudson (Lolly Jonas), Nick Corello (Coco). | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| RELEASE DATE: February 25th, 1994 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $5.7 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $18.2 million (USA) - Screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper drew on the experiences of his childhood friends from Harlem to produce the script. |
DIRECTOR: Leon Ichaso. WRITER: Barry Michael Cooper. PRODUCERS: Greg Brown, Rudy Langlais and Steven R. McGlothen. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Terence Blanchard. DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox |
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| "As a message movie, Sugar Hill is perhaps no better or worse than most. It can be credited for striving to be more, but striving is not the same thing as being. Snipes deserves a better vehicle than this, but then, one suspects he picked it off the sho." -- Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | |||||||||||||||||||||
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