Life Is Hot in Cracktown
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| Life Is Hot in Cracktown | |
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 Promotional film poster |
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| Directed by | Buddy Giovinazzo |
| Produced by | William Fisch Larry Rattner |
| Written by | Buddy Giovinazzo |
| Starring | Kerry Washington Shannyn Sossamon Brandon Routh Lara Flynn Boyle RZA Victor Rasuk Thomas Ian Nicholas Carly Pope Mark Webber Edoardo Ballerini Ariel Winter |
| Distributed by | Lightning Media |
| Release date(s) | 2009 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Life Is Hot in Cracktown is a 2009 crime drama film based on Buddy Giovinazzo's eponymous 1993 collection of short stories. Giovinazzo directed and wrote the film.
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[edit] Plot
The film intertwines several unsettling stories of people in a neighborhood ravaged by crack cocaine.[1][2]
[edit] Cast
- Evan Ross as Romeo
- Stephanie Lugo as Debbie, Romeo's other
- Shannyn Sossamon as Concetta a woman faced with the challenges of raising her sick child and supporting her husband[2]
- Victor Rasuk as her husband Manny, who runs a drug-infested tenement building[2]
- Lara Flynn Boyle as a cruel prostitute named Betty McBain[2]
- Thomas Ian Nicholas as Chad Wesley a rookie cop[2]
- Vondie Curtis-Hall as street-toughened veteran cop[2]
- Kerry Washington as Marybeth a transsexual prostitute[2]
- Desmond Harrington as Benny a thief and husband of MaryBeth[2]
- Mark Webber as a transgender prostitute and friend of MaryBeth[2]
- Brandon Routh as Sizemore a drug addict[3]
- RZA as a drug dealer named Sammy[4]
- Carly Pope as Stacy
- Tony Plana as an alcoholic man[2]
- Edoardo Ballerini as Chas an abusive boyfriend
- Illeana Douglas[1] as Mommy
- Mayte Garcia as Murietta
- Ariel Winter as Susie
[edit] References
- ^ a b Four Dwell in "Cracktown": www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00007378.html
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Six Immigrating to "Cracktown": www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00007693.html
- ^ Brandon Routh Learns "Life Is Hot in Cracktown": www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00007786.html
- ^ RZA Says ‘Life Is Hot In Cracktown’
