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Release Date
• USA: Jul 22, 2005
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 10, 2006
Budget USD 2,800,000
BoxOffice: $22.1M
Official Website:
Hustle & Flow Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for sex and drug content, pervasive language and some violence.
Running Time
0 hours, 1 minute
Country USA
Production Companies
Crunk Pictures, Homegrown Pictures, MTV Films, New Deal Productions
Studio Paramount Classics
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Prostitution
Tagline: Everybody gotta have a dream.
Plot: A gritty fairy tale of dreams deferred, HUSTLE & FLOW infuses the torpor of the Memphis ghetto with electric tension. Terrence Howard delivers the performance of a lifetime as DJay, a pimp and drug dealer eking out an existence with his three whores, one of whom, Shug (Taraji P. Henson, HOLLA), is hugely pregnant. Nola (Taryn Manning, 8 MILE) turns tricks from the backseat of DJay's beater, while Lexus (Paula Jai Parker, LOVE CHRONICLES), the hustler's high-maintenance girlfriend, strips in a cellar-like club. DJay's dissatisfaction is increasing as he senses that life has nothing more in store for him, but a chance encounter with an old school friend, Key (Anthony Anderson, KING'S RANSOM), reignites his musical aspirations. Key is a small-time recording artist, and DJay, armed with a notebook full of lyrics, pays him a visit at home, much to the displeasure of Key's prim and proper wife (Elise Neal, PLAYA'S BALL). Initially dubious, Key agrees to partner with DJay after hearing his stuff, and the two build a makeshift recording studio in DJay's back room, enlisting the aid of a skinny white boy (DJ Qualls) with an unlikely talent on the drum machine. There unfolds the triumphant meat of the story, where, against all odds--and after a few bouts of infighting--everyone pitches in
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| Directed by |
Craig Brewer
The Poor and Hungry, Black Snake Moan, Pressure |
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Craig Brewer
Pressure, Water's Edge, Step in the Name of Love |
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Crash, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Lil' Pimp |
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South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, Escape from New York, Robin Hood: Men in Tights |
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