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Rosewood

Year:

1997

Duration:

140 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | History

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

John Singleton

Awards:

3 wins & 10 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1997-02-21

Filming Locations: Florida, USA

Earnings

Budget: $25,000,000

Opening Weekend: $3,154,075 (USA) (23 February 1997)

Gross: $13,104,494 (USA) (4 May 1997)

Cast

Actor

Character

Elise Neal

Jon Voight

John Wright

Ving Rhames

Mann

Don Cheadle

Sylvester Carrier

Bruce McGill

Duke Purdy

Loren Dean

James Taylor

Esther Rolle

Aunt Sarah

Robert Patrick

Lover

Michael Rooker

Sheriff Walker

Catherine Kellner

Fanny Taylor

Akosua Busia

Jewel

Paul Benjamin

James Carrier

Kevin Jackson

Sam Carter

Mark Boone Junior

Poly

Muse Watson

Henry Andrews

Badja Djola

John Bradley

Kathryn Meisle

Mary Wright

Jaimz Woolvett

Deputy Earl

James Edward Coleman II

Arnett

Tristan Hook

Emmett Purdy

Benea Ousley

Philomena

Isabell O'Connor

Emma (as Isabell Monk)

Bridgid Coulter

Gertrude

Gabie Chavis

Minnie

Vanessa Baden

Lee Ruth

Marcus Barrington

Denny

Matthew Davison

Timothy

Brett Rice

William Bryce

Ric Reitz

John Bryce

Ken Sagoes

Big Baby

Phil Moore

Aaron Carrier

Lowell Fenner

Judge Johnson

Andrew 'J.R.' Tarver

Preacher

Harold G. Crawford

Clevus

Marc Macaulay

Bobby

Clarence Thomas

Lemuel

Blaine Farmer

Michael Wright

Valerie Herald

Woman #1

Susan Gallagher

Woman #2

Steven Tyler

Little Ronnie

Danny Hanemann

White Brother

Eldrid Foye

Blackman

Michael Galloway

Cracker #2

Macon McCalman

Gov. Hardee

Tom Schuster

Kid's Redneck Dad

Peggy Sheffield

Mrs. Ellis Walker

Steve Raulerson

Sheriff of Bronson

Henry Laurence

Man #2

Jeff Greer

Cracker (uncredited)

Micah May

Jimmy J. (uncredited)

Matt Mitchell

Man at Baptism (uncredited)

Katie Seeley

Young Girl at Baptism (uncredited)

Wesley Smith

Jason Coombs (uncredited)

Michael Wayne Thomas

Rosewood Townsman (uncredited)

Todd Thompson

Cracker (uncredited)

Kokoa Woodget Aubert

Rosewood Townsperson (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Michael Rooker had previously been in Mississippi Burning (1988), another movie about racism in the South.

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After Wynton Marsalis's score was rejected and he was replaced by John Williams, Marsalis released his score as an album called "Reeltime".

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Though most of the film is based on true events, the film's main character, Mann (Ving Rhames), is mostly a fictional creation. He is likely based upon a report in the week following the massacre by the Chicago Defender newspaper that a soldier named Ted Cole appeared and fought against the lynch mobs. This claim was never repeated nor verified.

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Goofs

In the title sequence, the date is Thursday, December 31, 1922; in reality, that date was a Sunday.

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When Mann asks Sylvester Carrier how he got out of the house, Sylvester's replies, "They carried me..." The audio does not match up with Sylvester's mouth.

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Quotes

Title card: In 1993, 70 years after the massacre, the Florida House Of Representatives granted reparations to the Rosewood families, spearheaded by Philomena's son, Arnett Doctor. The success of the case was due largely to the sworn testimony of several SURVIVORS, who were children at the time of the massacre, and to the deposition of one WHITE citizen who testified on behalf of the victims. Title card: The official death toll of the Rosewood massacre, according to the state of Florida, is eight... two WHITES and six BLACKS. The survivors, a handful of whom are still alive today, place the number anywhere between 40 and 150, nearly all of them AFRICAN AMERICAN. Is this interesting? Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options John Wright: Thank God the Navy don't let in...

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Mann: There ain't enough bullets in the world for all them crackers.

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Aunt Sarah: Nigger is just another word for guilty.

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Faq

Is this movie based on a true story?

Yes. The Rosewood massacre was a violent, racially motivated conflict that took place during the first week of January 1923 in rural Levy County, Florida. At least six blacks and two whites were killed, and the town of Rosewood was abandoned and destroyed.

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