Baby Boy (DVD, 2005) (German)

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BABY BOY is the powerful urban drama directed by John Singleton (Shaft and Boyz N the Hood) starring rap music superstars TYRESE GIBSON and SNOOP DOGG (Half Baked, I Got the Hook Up). With knockout performances from VING RHAMES (Mission: Impossible II, Pulp Fiction, Con Air) and A.J. Johnson (Friday House Party, The Players Club), BABY BOY is a tough, honest and unflinching look at modern urban life. Jody (Gibson) is a 20-year-old African American in South Central L.A. who is trying to live large but doesn't have a job. He's got two babies by two different women and still lives at home with his mother (Johnson). Growing up is tough on Jody, but a series of events involving his mother's new boyfriend Melvin (Rhames), his girfriend Yvette (Taraji P.

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Product Information

The story of a twenty year old African American man struggling to face up to his commitments.

Product Identifiers

ProducerJohn Singleton, Dwight Williams
EAN5050582350029
eBay Product ID (ePID)3949863

Product Key Features

ActorOmar Gooding, Ving Rhames, Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg, Tamara Laseon Bass, Taraji P. Henson
Film/TV TitleBaby Boy
DirectorJohn Singleton
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageArabic\Bulgarian\Croatian\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\German\Greek\Hebrew\Hindi\Hungarian\Icelandic\Norwegian\Polish\Swedish\Turkish
Run Time124 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2005
FormatDVD
FeaturesCommentary By John Singleton\Deleted And Alternate Scenes\Outtakes And Bloopers\The Making Of Featurette\Featurette The Kiki And Boo Show\Music Videos\Filmographies\Theatrical Trailer, Widescreen, With Subtitles
GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1
Certificate18
ComposerDavid Arnold
Production DesignerKeith Brian Burns
Additional InformationDirector John Singleton (BOYZ IN THE HOOD, SHAFT) revisits to South Central L.A. with BABY BOY. Former Calvin Klein model Tyrese Gibson stars as Jody, a smooth-talking but immature black male who has children from two different women. One of them, Yvette (Taraji P. Henson), wants him to be faithful and move in with her, but Jody prefers his room at Mom's (A.J. Johnson) house, and his life of aimless womanizing and hanging out with neighborhood pal Sweet Pea (Omar Gooding). However, this childhood paradise seems about to destruct with the arrival of Mom's new ex-con boyfriend, Melvin (Ving Rhames). And when a dangerous former lover of Yvette's (Snoop Doggy Dogg in a nicely unsympathetic performance) gets out of jail and moves back in, the stage is set for Jody to either stand up like a man, or die in the attempt.<BR>Singleton tells the story in a series of vibrant vignettes, and though he supplies plenty of crowd-pleasing sex and violence, the focus remains on his characters. A rich score of old and new rap and R&B gives the film a nice boost, and Rhames is superb as the aging former thug trying to find happiness with Jody's mom.
ReviewsLos Angeles Times - ...Compelling....BABY BOY is heartfelt and personal..., Total Film - ...There are good performances throughout the cast..., The News Of The World - Powerful performances... involving and hard-hitting., Variety - ...The characters are vibrant....Singleton's writing is skillful enough to make them come engagingly to life..., New York Times - ...BABY BOY earns credibility for its insights by moving beyond image and rhetoric....[Snoop Dogg's] performance is sly, menacing and disarmingly funny..., Rolling Stone - ...BABY BOY leaves you shaken....[Gibson and Snoop Dogg] give the film the power and potency of rap..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Singleton's achievement is that he stages each moment with such an intricate and painful sense of what's going on inside Jody..., USA Today - "...It lives, breathes and switches moods from humor to despair better than any American release this year..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
ScreenwriterJohn Singleton
Costume DesignerRuth E. Carter
Dubbing LanguagesGerman
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
EditorBruce Cannon
Movie/TV TitleBaby Boy
Director of PhotographyCharles Mills

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  • Baby Boy Grows up

    Love this film whether I watch it now or in years to come. A definite coming of age.

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  • Quite good

    Not bad for money

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  • Babyboy

    If you ant seen it it's a must to watch

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  • Very entertaining movie black America

    Amazing film from the 90s.

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  • Prompt and reliable.

    Prompt and reliable.

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  • Not a full movie

    There where long parts cut out of the movie

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  • Good

    Good

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