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2001

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Baby boy [videorecording (DVD)] / Columbia Pictures presents ; a New Deal production ; written, produced and directed by John Singleton.
Edition:	Special edition.
Publisher, Date:	Culver City, CA : Columbia Pictures Industries : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2001] ©2001
Description:	1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet ([4] pages) : illustrations ; 19 cm) digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital 2.0 NTSC video file DVD video region 1
Contents:	Womb -- Yvette -- Peanut -- Mama's friend Melvin -- Jody's nightmare -- Stepping out -- Salesman vs. shyster -- Rachel's Beauty Salon -- Daddy's home -- Mama needs fun -- In love with a man -- Guns & butter -- Suspicious woman -- Yvette loves Daddy D -- Unstable creatures -- Collect call from Rodney -- "Call for your Mama." -- Pandora's box -- Honest truth -- Jumped -- Teaching respect -- Weed in Mama's garden -- Leaving home -- "Get off my Mommy." -- Prey prayer -- Drive-by shooting -- What goes around ... -- Baby Boy grows up.
Summary:	Jody doesn't have or want a job, because he lives with his mother Juanita in South Central L.A. Her new boyfriend Melvin is an ex-convict, ''original gangster," and landscaper. Jody views Melvin's arrival with suspicion--the last time Juanita had a boyfriend, she threw out his brother Ray. Jody has a son with Yvette and a girl with Peanut, and along with his friend Sweetpea, he is just trying to live large. He wants to be a good daddy, but first he will have to learn some hard lessons about living, loving, and surviving.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Rated R.
Subjects:	African American families -- California -- Los Angeles. African Americans -- Social conditions -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Father and child -- Drama. Mothers and sons -- Drama. African American families. African Americans -- Social conditions. Father and child. Man-woman relationships. Mothers and sons. California -- Los Angeles.
Genre:	Feature films. Coming-of-age films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Films for the hearing impaired. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Fiction films. Films for the hearing impaired. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Coming-of-age films.
Other Author:	Singleton, John, 1968- screenwriter, film producer, film director. Tyrese, actor. Gooding, Omar, 1976- actor. Johnson, A. J., 1963- actor. Henson, Taraji P., actor. Snoop Dogg, 1972- actor. Rhames, Ving, 1961- actor. Bass, Tamara LaSeon, 1978- actor. Mills, Charles (Charles Elliott), director of photography. Burns, Keith Brian, production designer. Cannon, Bruce, editor of moving image work. Carter, Ruthe, costume designer. Arnold, David, 1962- composer. Columbia Pictures, presenter. New Deal Productions, production company. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
Notes:	Special features: John Singleton commentary [audio feature]; Cinemax Making-of special [featurette]; Storyboard comparisons; Deleted & altered scenes; Outtakes & bloopers; "The Kiki & Boo Show"; Music video "Just a Baby Boy"; Music video "Baby Mama"; TV spots; Theatrical trailers; Filmographies [text feature]. Director of photography, Charles E. Mills ; film editor, Bruce Cannon ; music by David Arnold ; production designer, Keith Brian Burns ; costume designer, Ruth Carter. Tyrese Gibson (Jody), Omar Gooding (Sweetpea), A.J. Johnson (Juanita), Taraji P. Henson (Yvette), Snoop Dogg (Rodney), Tamara LeSeon Bass (Peanut), Ving Rhames (Melvin). DVD, Region 1, NTSC, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo surround, widescreen presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1. In English or French, with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, or Thai; closed-captioned in English. Locarno Internation Film Festival: 2001, Special Mention - For its innovative concept and ensemble acting (John Singleton (director), Tyrese Gibson, Taraji P. Henson, Omar Gooding, Tamara LaSeon Bass, Candy Ann Brown, A.J. Johnson, Ving Rhames, Angell Conwell, Kareem J. Grimes, Tracey Cherelle Jones, Kaylan Bolton).
ISBN:	0767867106 9780767867108
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