Dead Presidents |  | Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Actors: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodríguez, Rose Jackson
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 3833
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NC-17
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 119 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: DISD14258D
ISBN: 1558908390
UPC: 071795100039
EAN: 9781558908390
ASIN: 1558908390
Theatrical Release Date: October 4, 1995
Release Date: May 20, 1998
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Product Description
ANTHONY CURTIS DECIDES TO ENLIST IN THE MARINE CORPS. HIS BUDDIES SKIP AND JOSE SOON JOIN HIM. ANTHONY RETURNS HOME TO FIND HIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN TURMOIL AND HIS PROSPECTS FOR EMPLOYMENT BLEAK. HE TEAMS WITH OF COUPLE OF HIS FELLOW VETERANS TO PLAN AN ARMORED CAR HEIST.
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Twin brother codirectors Albert and Alan Hughes planned their first film, the 1991 ghetto crime drama Menace II Society as a response to John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood, which they considered wimpy and moralistic. They set their sights on The Deer Hunter in this ambitious follow-up, and they just about pull it off. Larenz Tate (from Why Do Fools Fall in Love) plays Anthony Curtis, an open-hearted African American teenager who gets shipped out to Vietnam with several of his pals, witnesses unspeakable horrors, and then struggles to readjust to civilian life. The evolving textures of life in a declining inner-city neighborhood over a period of a decade are seamlessly evoked, and there's enough nuanced character development and personal interaction for a seven-hour miniseries. Still in their early 20s, the Hughes brothers are already poised and masterful moviemakers; they cover an enormous amount of historical and emotional ground, and every twist and turn is crystal clear. They betray their inexperience only at the very end, in an elaborately staged heist sequence that, while stunningly executed, feels a bit desperate, as if they were reaching blindly for a big payoff. Chris Tucker (Rush Hour) has a startling supporting role as a kid who becomes junkie during the war, and never quite recovers. --David Chute
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Dead Presidents January 24, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Anthony Curtis is a bright 18 year old from the Bronx who, in 1968, is stepping into manhood. Choosing not to immediately enroll in college, Anthony decides to leave his mentor Kirby, girlfriend Juanita Benson and her sister Delilah, to enlist in the Marine Corps. His buddy Skip and friend Jose soon join him. It is 1972 when Anthony returns to his neighborhood, only to discover that he is not treated as a hero. Though for a while he manages a part-time job in a butcher's shop, Anthony, with his girlfriend Juanita, who bore his daughter shortly after he enlisted, is living in an infested South Bronx apartment, barely making ends meet. Afforded little respect, and eventually unemployed and desperate, Anthony feels he has no alternative but to take part in a scheme to obtain some "dead presidents" a slang term for cash. He believes that one well executed score will secure a chance at a better life for himself, for his daughter and for the people of his community. This is well-crafted and well-made movie. Sit back and be prepared to watch a good moment in filmaking.
 " I don't think I want any of this dirty money." January 21, 2010
G. H. D. lll (Plainfield, NJ)
Not just one of the best movies but also Dead Presidents has the one of the best soundtracks. I love this money very much and there was a theme to this movie and that is ADJUSTMENT. Anthony had to adjust to the changes in has city after coming home from the amry, he had to adjust to his daughter and adjust to lossing his job. Skip adjust to the army by doing drugs to claim his mind and adjust to keep his life in order. Jose had to adjust to all his kids and having to adjust life after the army. They all had to adjust their plan at the end of the movie but it ended up bad for all three friends.
#1 movie October 22, 2009
Natasha L. Ogren (Sarasota, Fl)
this was purchased for my son who loves this movie and much time searching for this product at several locations online and in stores I couldn't have found a better deal or a better seller to purchase this from and most important it made my son happy.
3 stars out of 4 December 18, 2008
One-Line Film Reviews (Easton, MD)
The Bottom Line:
Though the plot doesn't always work, especially around the caper scenes, Dead Presidents is an effective and worthy look at what happens when men come back from war into a society that doesn't know quite what to do with them.
A great follow up to Meance II Society April 1, 2008
Derrick Dunn (Woodbridge,VA)
The Hughes Brothers did the impossible for some directors avoided the sophmore slump. Dead Presidents is a ghetto classic about violence and a heist. Larenz Tate is good in the lead role and Chris Tucker is funny as always. This movie is very deep and thought provking and it's a shame The Hughes Brothers haven't done a movie since From Hell. After their sucess with American Pimp I thought for sure they'd take on Pimp by Iceberg Silm. Never the less still a good film.
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