Sucker Free City
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| Sucker Free City | |
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 The DVD cover for Sucker Free City. |
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| Directed by | Spike Lee |
| Produced by | Spike Lee Alex Tse |
| Written by | Alex Tse |
| Starring | Ben Crowley Ken Leung Anthony Mackie |
| Music by | Terence Blanchard |
| Distributed by | Showtime Network |
| Release date(s) | September 16, 2004 |
| Running time | 113 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Sucker Free City is a 2004 film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at white, black, and Asian gangs in the city of San Francisco and the conflicts they encounter with each other. The film was first released in 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival and subsequently was released on television through the Showtime Network. The film was meant to be a pilot for a TV series, as seen by the two hour run-time, but the series never began production so it was released as a film.
[edit] Synopsis
The film primarily follows three young men's lives. These young men are drawn into lives of crime to survive in the city. Nick (Crowley) uses his job in a mail room to commit credit card fraud and deals drugs on the side. K-Luv (Mackie) is a member of the "V-Dubs" ("Visitacion Valley Mafia"), an African-American street gang. Lincoln (Leung) is a rising figure in the Chinese mafia. The three characters inevitably interact with each other. Gentrification forces Nick's family to move out of their home in the Mission District into Hunter's Point where they are harassed by the V-Dubs. K-Luv's side business of selling bootleg compact discs leads to alliances with both Nick and Lincoln.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Ben Crowley | Nick Wade |
| Anthony Mackie | K-Luv (Keith) |
| Ken Leung | Lincoln Ma |
| Darris Love | Sleepy |
| Laura Allen | Samantha Wade |
| T.V. Carpio | Angela Tsing |
| Kathy Baker | Cleo Wade |
| James Hong | Kwok |
| Lamont Bentley | Ahmir |
| Omari Hardwick | Dante Ponce |
| Marguerite Moreau | Jessica Epstein |
| Judy Pace | Mama June |
| Emilio Rivera | Detective Zepada |
| John Savage | Anderson Wade |
| Malieek Straughter | Leon |
| Jim Brown | Don Strickland |
| Chi Moui Lo | Tuk |
| Milo Stokes | Lil' O |
| Andrew Anderson | Fernando |
| J.T. The Bigga Figga | Killa Ski |
[edit] External Links
Sucker Free City at the Internet Movie Database
SF Chronicle article on the making of 1: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/08/DD179055.DTL
SF Chronicle article in the making of 2: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/09/DD129708.DTL
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