Dead Presidents (1995)
- Directed by
- Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
- Genre
- drama film, heist film, crime film, neo-noir, hood film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 333 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man from the Bronx goes to fight in the Vietnam War. When he returns home, he struggles to find work and support his family so he turns to robbery.
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What happens
Dead Presidents is a 1995 American crime film co-written, produced and directed by the Hughes Brothers. The film chronicles the life of Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate), focusing on his teenage years as a high school graduate and his experiences during the Vietnam War as a Recon Marine. As he returns to his hometown in The Bronx, Curtis finds himself struggling to support himself and his family, eventually turning to a life of crime. Dead Presidents is based partly on the real-life experiences of Haywood T. Kirkland (aka Ari S. Merretazon), whose true story was detailed in the book Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans by Wallace Terry. Certain characters from the film are based on real acquaintances of Kirkland, who served time in prison after committing robbery in facepaint. The film is also loosely based on several incidents involving the Black Liberation Army, notably the Brink's armored truck robbery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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