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Gridlock'd

Year:

1997

Duration:

91 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

IMDB rate:

Director:

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1997-01-29

Filming Locations: Lacy Street Production Center - 2630 Lacy Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $3,603,049 (USA) (2 February 1997)

Gross: $5,479,037 (USA) (23 February 1997)

Cast

Actor

Character

James Pickens Jr.

Tupac Shakur

Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore

Tim Roth

Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland

Thandie Newton

Barbara 'Cookie' Cook

Charles Fleischer

Mr. Woodson

Howard Hesseman

Blind Man

John Sayles

Cop #1

Eric Payne

Cop #2

Tom Towles

D-Reper's Henchman

Tom Wright

Koolaid

James Shanta

Patrolman #1

Jim O'Malley

Patrolman #2

George Poulos

Chuck

Debbie Zaricor

Clerk

Mik Scriba

Officer #1

Lucy Liu

Cee-Cee

Richmond Arquette

Resident Doctor

Billie Neal

Medicaid Woman #1

Debra Wilson

Medicaid Woman #2

Rusty Schwimmer

Medicaid Nurse

Elizabeth Anne Dickinson

Admissions Person

Joey Dente

Vendor

Darryl Jones

Panhandler

Jasen Govine

Medicaid Security Guard

Tim Truby

Man with Directions

Venessia Valentino

Woman in ER

Ron Cummins

Man in ER

Brad Spencer

Paramedic #1

Rory J. Shoaf

Paramedic #2

Tracy Vilar

Screaming Woman

Roslyn McKinney

Female Clerk

Roderick Garr

Welfare Security Guard

William Long Jr.

Right Wing TV Show Host

Mark Ericson

Bill the Anchor Man

Tonia Rowe

Woman on TV

Lynn Blades

Alexia Cruz

Kasi Lemmons

Madonna

Henry Hunter Hall

Child

Vondie Curtis-Hall

D-Reper

Louis E. Rosas

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Claudia Vazquez

Fourth Supporting (uncredited)

Bokeem Woodbine

Mud (uncredited)

Coffee Wright

Welfare recipient (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Vondie Curtis-Hall originally offered the part of Spoon to Laurence Fishburne. But Curtis-Hall could not afford Fishburne's salary. The part was also offered to Don Cheadle and Forest Whitaker.

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According to producer Damian Jones, Tupac Shakur was also making music videos and recording music every day after filming. The producers convinced Shakur to cut back on his musical activities because his exhaustion was affecting his performance.

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According to Bokeem Woodbine, Tupac Shakur asked Lucy Liu for a date but she turned him down.

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Goofs

Supposed to be Detroit but in one outdoor scene you can see the outline of mountains in the background.

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Supposed to be Detroit, but every license plate is "Ohio".

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When main characters are in the diner for "breakfast", the TV news broadcast from the kitchen shows the announcer doing station identification as "KMT" ... they're supposed to be in Detroit, east of the Mississippi River, where station IDs start with a "W" ... stations west of the Mississippi start w/ a "K".

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Quotes

Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland: I'm thinking about getting a penis implant.

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Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore: [on the phone, trying to get an ambulance for Cookie] Hello? There's a woman been shot - a white woman. Okay? There's a whole bunch of black people out here, shooting and burning cars, talking about revolution. You better send some motherfuckers out here!

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Supervisor: Let me see if you understand this, my man. Rules are rules. Am I supposed to change 'em because you sitting across there screaming? Take a look at you. You fucking walk in here after, five, ten, however many years, and because today is the day you decide to kick, the whole fucking world is supposed to stop? Is that it? We all have been waiting for the day that you come through that door and tell us you no longer wanted to be a fucking dope fiend? Right? Get the fuck away from my desk.

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