New Jack City (1991, VHS) 
New Jack City (1991, VHS)
Leading Role: Wesley Snipes
Release Date: Aug 1991
Format: VHS
UPC: 085391619239
Product ID: EPID3166204
Description: Nino Brown is an American success story - with a twist. He's young, handsome, smart, rich, successful and prominent in his community. But Nino is a big-time drug baron and head of a street gang and two cops are out to take him down.
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Movie Description
Nino Brown is an American success story - with a twist. He's young, handsome, smart, rich, successful and prominent in his community. But Nino is a big-time drug baron and head of a street gang and two cops are out to take him down.

Credits
Cast:Chris Rock, Ice T, Judd Nelson, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Michele, Tracy Camila Johns, Vanessa Williams, Wesley Snipes

Details
Sound:Stereo Sound

Notes
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Censors.

Estimated budget of $8.5 million.

Shot on location in Harlem and the Bronx, New York, in Technicolor.

Began shooting April 16, 1990; completed shooting June 6, 1990.
Released in North America March 8, 1991. Released on video August 7, 1991. Rereleased in New York City for a special run at the Joseph Papp Public Theater September 6-19, 1991.

Directorial debut for actor Mario Van Peebles, the son of actor and pioneering black director Melvin Van Peebles.

A $40 million dollar law suit was filed in New York Supreme Court in June 17, 1991 by Kurt Anthony against Wesley Snipes and the films producers. Anthony, an actor and screenwriter, claimed that Snipes lifted the idea for the film directly from a screenplay entitled "Innocent Blood" that Anthony had written and shown to Snipes.

Shown at Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah January 17-27, 1991. According to Variety, the film was presented as a "last-minute 'special preview' to stimulate dialog[ue] about drug issues before its March release." Also shown at Filmfest Munich (International Program) June 1991 and International Taormina Film Festival July 21-28, 1991.

Editorial Reviews
"...[Van Peebles directs with] energy and flash....Played commandingly by [Snipes]..."
New York Times - p.C15 - Janet Maslin

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