Fresh (film)
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| Fresh | |
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 The movie poster for Fresh. |
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| Directed by | Boaz Yakin |
| Produced by | Lawrence Bender Randy Ostrow |
| Written by | Boaz Yakin |
| Starring | Sean Nelson Giancarlo Esposito Samuel L. Jackson |
| Music by | Stewart Copeland |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | August 24, 1994 |
| Running time | 114 min. |
| Language | English |
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Fresh (1994) is the debut film of writer and director Boaz Yakin.
Set in the violent and gang-ridden projects of New York City, Fresh tells the story of Michael, nicknamed Fresh (portrayed by Sean Nelson), a 12-year old kid running drugs for the local drug lords, notably Esteban (Giancarlo Esposito). Inspired by the chess lessons of his father, an alcoholic speed-chess master (Samuel L. Jackson), Fresh devises and executes a brilliant plan to extricate himself and his drug addicted sister (N'Bushe Wright) from their hopeless lives (during the film, where Fresh was threatened to be sent to a group home after his best friend is murdered, is where he began to execute his plan).
Marketed at the time as a hip hop 'hood film, Fresh went relatively unnoticed by the public, but won critical acclaim for being an intense and poetic drama working on different levels. It is both an emotional coming of age story and a realistic portrayal of the dangerous life in the projects - while at the same time the whole film can be seen as a metaphorical chess game. Fresh was produced by Lawrence Bender (seen in a cameo appearance), who at the time was riding the wave of success of Reservoir Dogs. It was scored by ex-member of The Police Stewart Copeland.
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