Hustle & Flow
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Craig Brewer
Paula Jai Parker
Charles Pitts
Claude Phillips
Clarence Mabon
Taryn Manning
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
DJay, a streetwise Memphis hustler tries to find a voice and realize his long-buried dreams. Though DJay has always had a way with words, that gift has long been misused; this philosopher-hustler lives a dead-end life at the fringes of society. Anything more feels out of reach. Still, DJay wonders what happened to all the big dreams he had for his life. A chance encounter with an old friend, Key, a sound engineer who has always wanted to make it in the music business, spurs DJay: if he's ever going to make his mark, it has to happen now. He begins to write down his freestyle raps--his flow--and the two team up with Shelby, a church musician with a beat machine, to lay down bass-thumping crunk tracks. DJay's metamorphosis affects his entire house, as the women in his life--Shug and Nola--find ways to contribute to the creative process. With the impending visit to Memphis of hometown platinum-selling rapper Skinny Black, DJay has to make one last hustle if he's ever going to flow.
Director
Craig Brewer
Cast
Paula Jai Parker
Charles Pitts
Claude Phillips
Clarence Mabon
Taryn Manning
William Engram
John Still
Terrence Howard
D.j. Qualls
Jordan Houston
Jay Munn
Kelvin Birrus
Terrence Brown
Bobby Sandimanie
Michael Hooks
Josey Scott
Latasha Texas
Anthony Anderson
Jennifer Bynum Green
Taraji P. Henson
Marvell Thomas
Paul Buchignani
Free Sol
Deborah Manning Thomas
Willie Hall
Derrick Williams
Ben Cauley
Marc Franklin
Tc Sharpe
Al Kapone
Elise Neal
Tracy Davis
James M Harper
Dj Paul
Lindsey Roberts
Hector Diaz
Jackie Johnson
Brandon Seiferth
Jerome Toles
Tiran D Boyland
H Renee Cogar
Kirk Smothers
Mark Goodfellow
Erica Miller
Helen Bowman
Isaac Hayes
Crew
Terra Abroms
Minerva Adams
Gregory Allain
Stephanie Allain
Bert Anderson
Tony Arnaud
Rob Aycock
Bobbi Banks
Homer Banks
Randy Earl Banks
Gregg Barbanell
Cassandra Barbour
Nancy Barker
Kevin Barnes
Richard Barron
Paul Berolzheimer
Randall Terrence Bishop
Andy Black
Nalia Black
Nathan Black
Mesmery Blake
David Booth
David Bostic
Jayson Boyd
Yvette Boykins
Craig Brewer
Peter Budd
Alicia Burnette
Keith Brian Burns
Jennifer Bynum Green
Jerry Callaghan
Michael Camello
Bill Carrier
Michael Casper
Betty Chin
Tom Clark
Alisa Colley
Darian Corley
Dayle Corley
Dan Cornwall
Divine Cox
Mark Crayton
Arthur B Crutcher
John Daro
Bob Davis
Kyle Davis
India Dean
Cameron Deaver
Anthony Dent
Tyra D Dixon
Will Drummond
Lucius Dunmaris
Ezra Dweck
Rusty Edmonson
Jim Eichner
Van Ellis
Adriana Evans
Adriana Evans
Tracy S. Facelli
Rick Ferreira
Ray Filippazzo
Stephanie Flack
Dale Fowler
Donny Fowler
Billy Fox
Marc Franklin
Jason Freeman
Jason Freeman
Chris Friebus
Aquil Fudge
Ellen Gannon
Bill Gerard
Donna Giles
Hailey Giles
Marlon Goodwin
Christian Gordon
Webster Gradney
Christopher Gray
Frank Gray
Matthew Gray
Al Green
Al Green
Buddy Guy
Paul Hackner
Erin Hagee
Steve Hall
Carl Hampton
Emil Clayton Hampton
Sueann Han
Crystal Hancox
Kimberly Hardin
Barbara Harris
Tip Harris
Tip Harris
Torrance Hatch
Chris Hayden
Van A. Hayden
Gregory A. Hedgepath
Taraji P. Henson
Mitch Herron
Candace Higgins
Christen Hill
Steven Hines
Preston L. Holmes
Jordan Houston
Terrence Howard
Rachel Hurley
Willie Hutch
Willie Hutch
Luther Ingram
Ben Ishmael
William Ivery
Jerry Jackson
Raymond Jackson
Zac Jackson
Brian W Jennings
Michelle Lesley Johnson
Greg Jones
Mike Jones
Mike Jones
Richard Jones
Nathaniel Josey
Al Kapone
Al Kapone
Stan Keitt
Richard Kerekes
Junior Kimbrough
Susan Kurtz
Paul Lavoie
Akeem Lawal
Sims Lawson
Daniel Leahy
Mark Lemhouse
Mark Lemhouse
Ryan Leslie
Deaara Lewis
Rashana Lincoln
Theodore Long
Rick Lopez
David Paul Lord
Craig Love
Sydney Lunn
Clarence Mabon
Chris Malone
Alexa Marino
Sean Marshall
Del Martin
Forrest D Martin
Matt Martone
Max Maxwell
Lee Mclemore
James Mcmillan
Jessica Mcmurray
Paige Mcphee
David Mcrell
Les Meek
Dan Mendoza
Sean Merrett
Josh Miller
Kenny Miller
Mario Mims
Jesse Moorefield
Dr. Lee T Myers
Chris Navarro
Calvin Newborn
Calvin Newborn
Meriwether Nichols
John Nicolard
Eric Oden
Dj Paul
James A Penny
Spencer Pharr
James Phillips
Jason Piatt
Ilene Pickus
Aldo Porras
Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell
Julian Purdy
Darryl Richardson
Jacob Riehle
Kellie Robinson
Maya Robinson
David Rosenblatt
David Rosenthal
Shie Rozow
Sandi Russom
Shaun S. Sanghani
Bill Schultz
Jonathan Scott
Andy Seacrest
Laura Sevier
Omar Simmons
Paul A Simmons
John Singleton
Paul Slayton
Frank Smathers
Premro Smith
Irma Sotelo
Alan Spearman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Song
Award Nominations
Best Actor
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2005 award for Best Male Breakthrough Performance (Terrence Howard) and co-winner of the 2005 award for Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking by the National Board of Review (NBR).
Winner of the 2005 Satellite Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy (Terrence Howard) by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Dramatic Feature at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
Released in United States Summer July 22, 2005
Released in United States on Video January 10, 2005
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States January 2005
Released in United States June 2005
Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 19-November 3, 2005.
Shown at IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival June 16-26, 2005.
Paramount Pictures and MTV Films acquired worldwide distribution rights at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival for a reported sum of $9 million. Paramount will partner with MTV Films for the worldwide rights to Brewer's film and will finance two other $3.5 million movies to be produced by John Singleton.
Local Memphis rappers Three 6 Mafia and Al Capone wrote and produced tracks for the film.
Ludacris will executive produce the soundtrack and release it under his label.
Project features music known as crunk, or Southern hip-hop.
Released in United States Summer July 22, 2005
Released in United States on Video January 10, 2005
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 19-November 3, 2005.)
Released in United States January 2005 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Dramatic Competition) January 20-30, 2005.)
Released in United States June 2005 (Shown at IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival June 16-26, 2005.)
Winner of the 2005 award for Best Breakthrough Performance (Terrence Howard) by the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).
