Original Gangstas (DVD, 2000) 
Original Gangstas (DVD, 2000)

 
Original Gangstas (DVD, 2000)

Leading Role: Fred Williamson
Director: Larry Cohen
Rating: Rated R
Release Date: Jan 2000
Format: DVD
UPC: 027616799524
Product ID: EPID3297395
Description: When their old neighborhood in Gary, Indiana, falls prey to an epidemic of gang violence, the now-middle-aged founders of the gang return to clean up the streets. An action film tempered by a conscience, this film stars several icons of...
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Movie Description
When their old neighborhood in Gary, Indiana, falls prey to an epidemic of gang violence, the now-middle-aged founders of the gang return to clean up the streets. An action film tempered by a conscience, this film stars several icons of the 1970's Blaxploitation era.

Credits
Cast:Charles Napier, Dru Down, Isabel Sanford, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree

Notes
DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Pan & Scan - 1.33
Letterboxed
Single Layer
Audio:
   Dolby Digital Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
   Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
   Interactive Menus
   Scene Access
Additional Products:
   Collectible Behind-the-Scenes Booklet, Released theatrically in the USA May 10, 1996.

Produced by Fred Williamson's Po' Boy Productions.

Color by Deluxe, in DTS sound.

Additional cast: Eddie Bo Smith Jr. (Damien), Shyheim Franklin (Dink), Bushwick Bill (Party Cigar Smoker), Luniz (Customers at Thelma's Cafe).

Additional credits: Aaron Holden (set decorator), Lisa Moffie (costume design), J. Byron Smith (sound), Forrest Futrell (assistant director)

Also included are 3 music videos from the film's soundtrack:
    "The World is a Ghetto" by the Geto Boys
    "Inner City Blues" by Ideal
    "The War is On" by Almighty RSO

The soundtrack also features the music of Luniz, E-40 & The Click, Junior Mafia, Mobb Deep, MC Ren, and H-Town.

Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.

Copyright 1996 Orion Pictures Corporation.

Editorial Reviews
"...[A] contemporary shoot-'em-up with a conscience....OG works as an action flick, but also as an effective lament for a lost generation..." -- Rating: B+
Tucker

"...A solid action entry....Satisfying..."
Variety - Leonard Klady (05/13/1996)

"...[The film] speaks eloquently....Plenty of sense underlies ORIGINAL GANGSTAS..."
New York Times - Lawrence Van Gelder (05/11/1996)

"...There is nostalgic glee in seeing these stars..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Avis L. Weathersbee (05/14/1996)

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