Movie
Straight Outta Compton
Overview
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-08-11
- Runtime
- 147 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Broken Chair Flickz, Universal Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Cube Vision, Crucial Films, Circle of Confusion, Will Packer Productions, Xenon Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Ice Cube
- Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre
- Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E
- Neil Brown Jr. as DJ Yella
- Aldis Hodge as MC Ren
- Paul Giamatti as Jerry Heller
- R. Marcos Taylor as Suge Knight
- LaKeith Stanfield as Snoop Dogg
- Carra Patterson as Tomica
- Elena Goode as Nicole
- Alexandra Shipp as Kim
- Tate Ellington as Bryan Turner
Crew
- F. Gary Gray - Director
- Andrea Berloff - Screenplay
- Jonathan Herman - Screenplay
- Alan Wenkus - Story
- S. Leigh Savidge - Story
- Andrea Berloff - Story
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