Hustle & Flow (Widescreen Edition) | 
| Director: Craig Brewer
Actors: Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  111 reviews
Sales Rank: 7062
Format: Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: PARD345654D
UPC: 097363456544
EAN: 0097363456544
ASIN: B000BITUWU
Theatrical Release Date: July 22, 2005
Release Date: January 10, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
A HARD-LIVING MEMPHIS HUSTLER HAS DREAMS OF BECOMING THE NEXT RAP SUPERSTAR IN THIS GRITTY & INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF STRUGGLE & REDEMPATION ON LIFE'S MEAN STREETS.
Amazon.com
The idea of a soulful pimp as the hero of a movie will strike some viewers as objectionable and perhaps even repellent, but Terrence Dashon Howard's complex and fierce performance will challenge such easy moral decisions. DJay (Howard, Crash, The Best Man) hustles a small stable of whores, including corn-rowed Nola (Taryn Manning, A Lot Like Love). When he learns that former local rapper turned superstar named Skinny Black (real life rapper Ludacris) is coming back to town for the 4th of July, DJay teams up with a frustrated sound engineer (Anthony Anderson, Kangaroo Jack) and a geeky musician (DJ Qualls, Road Trip) to put together a demo tape that he hopes will be his ticket to fame and fortune. What's most impressive about Hustle & Flow is that it doesn't oversell its hero. DJay's aspirations are more economic than poetic--he's not out to create art, he just wants a better life. This lack of pretension allows the movie to capture a genuine sense of how creativity can improve people's lives, which surprises DJay as much as anyone. The movie's other strength is a keen eye for social behavior, in particular the ways in which DJay manipulates everyone around him. Howard, who's almost always stood out in every movie he's made, plays these scenes with what can only be called smooth desperation. The entire cast gives substantial performances, but it's Howard who drives the movie irresistibly forward. --Bret Fetzer
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| Customer Reviews: Read 106 more reviews...
 Great Movie June 9, 2009
Cassandra Boyd (Euless, TX)
Great movie. Don't be thrown by the beginning, or the cover- it's a sweet story of hardships and success.
Hustle and FLow Is a 4.5/5 Star Movie Very Insperational May 24, 2009
alex fryling (erie pa)
When it comes to inspirational movies this one has to rank up there for me. Hustle and Flow could be the everyday story of people living in poverty. It does not mean you have to be a pimp but you could be coming through a bad situation and trying to make it better. This movie to me proves why Terrance Howard should get more roles in movies acting. At least in a main role. He shows true emotion and it makes you feel like you're in his shoes and your rooting for him to do better in life. All the acting in this movie is good and I believe it really gives the hip hop community a positive aspect instead of always being looked down upon. The one thing I wish the movie would have changed is it could have been longer. I feel the movie was moving great and then after Terrance Howard got arrested the movie almost ended not right there but you had the feeling the movie should have kept on going. Besides the time of the movie this is a great movie and I always watch it when I am looking for something to inspire me. Great movie and ill say its 4.5/5 Stars check this movie out.
 it's hard out there for a pimp... May 6, 2009
a_poet_grows_in_brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York)
don't bother. for what you could spend to rent or buy this, you can go to any ghetto and watch this stuff for free...i think terrance is an excellent actor and deserves an oscar, but i'm glad he didn't win it for this one...this story is slow and tedious...i used to date a girl who had little patience for bad movies...she would leave a film after the first 15 or 20 minutes if she wasn't feeling it...i'm the same way....most of the women in this movie look like the bottom of a barrel....and the film looks and feels cheap...i watched this on mtv (remember them? they once aired something called music videos) for free and i still felt cheated...
one of my nieces told me she couldn't understand why they hyped film so much...it just goes to show you packaging is more important than the product....
hustle flow March 24, 2009
Johnny Hurt (california)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
a real life event film terrance howard is amazing would compare terrance howard to a young marlon brando period.
 Bad Review January 11, 2009
danmor9
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased new DVD on 9/08 as a Christmas gift for friend. Friend called to let me know his present did not work in his DVD player. I tried in both of my DVD players, and it did not read DVD. Will never buy DVD's on internet again.
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