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Redemption - The Stan "Tookie" Williams Story

Jamie Foxx (Actor), Lynn Whitfield (Actor), Vondie Curtis-Hall (Director) Rated:
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Format Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Dubbed, Widescreen, Full Screen, Subtitled See more
Contributor J.T. Allen, Jamie Foxx, Karl Campbell, Joseph Pierre, Wes Williams, Brenda Bazinet, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Lynn Whitfield, Greg Ellwand, Barbara Barnes-Hopkins, CCH Pounder, Lee Thompson Young, Tom Barnett, Brenden Jefferson See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 35 minutes
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Based on the true story of Crips street gang founder Stan "Tookie" Williams.

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In the annals of acting, 2004 will be remembered as a banner year for Jamie Foxx. Before his acclaimed turns in Collateral, alongside Tom Cruise, and Ray, the Ray Charles biopic, he produced and starred in this made-for-cable movie about former gangbanger Stan "Tookie" Williams. Directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Vondie Curtis Hall (Gridlock'd), Redemption tracks Tookie's rise as co-founder of L.A.Â’s notorious Crips, fall to death-row inmate, and rise again to Nobel Prize Nominee. TookieÂ’s reminiscences to journalist Barbara Becnel (Lynn Whitfield), while he is on death row, frame the story. Virtually unrecognizable from his days on In Living Color, a buffed-up, dreadlocked Foxx gives an effectively low-key performance, while Whitfield also shines in a less rewarding role. Redemption may not have the grandeur of Malcolm X or The Hurricane--and Tookie's transformation from man of violence to man of peace happens too quickly--but his story is just as inspirational. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ MFR024543131908#VG
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Vondie Curtis-Hall
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Dubbed, Widescreen, Full Screen, Subtitled
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 35 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ January 6, 2015
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young, Brenden Jefferson, Brenda Bazinet
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified, Spanish (Dolby Surround)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ 20th Century Fox
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0002B14UC
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ J.T. Allen
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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John Green
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic docu-drama
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2007
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This is a fantastic "docu-drama" which captures the essence of the life of Stan "Tookie" Williams, executed by the State of California on December 22, 2005. Williams co-founded the notoriously violent Crips street gang in Los Angeles before eventually being sent to death row over the murders of four people in 1979 (a charge he always denied).

The film, starring Jamie Foxx as Williams, focuses on Tookie's death row experience where he begins to take stock of his negative achievements in life. From there, Tookie embarks on an ambitious project of writing children's books aimed at steering youth clear of gangs. By banking on his street credentials as the world's toughest gangster he catches the attention of youth in a way that parents, teachers and police officers cannot and even brings Crips and Bloods together at peace rallies.

This is a well-acted drama that closely follows real-life events in its study of Tookie's transformation. The film also raises serious questions about Tookie's subsequent execution despite his valiant efforts to right his earlier wrongs, his claim to innocence and his multiple nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. If California would execute this man despite his activism (or because of it...), then who can ever claim to have truly achieved redemption?
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The Movie Guy 602
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect condition
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2023
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When this movie first came out it was a favorite then time went on an I couldn’t find it til I found it on Amazon
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Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars A Moral "Rags-to-Riches" Story that you have NEVER heard of in your life before!
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2013
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I will admit that this is not much as far as a film-quality production, but I GUARANTEE you it is WELL worth your time to watch one of the most amazing stories about a remarkable man that made the most unlikely, 180-degree positive turnarounds in his life that you will have ever heard about in all of history. I know a decent amount of historical facts, but never have I learned about a person that went from one incredible extreme of malicious intent, to a truly benevolent, beautiful human being. Extraordinary.
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Kip Nixon
5.0 out of 5 stars Relevance of Redemption
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016
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I use the book in my Adapted English classroom. After we read the book, I show the movie. It's a nice follow up to the book and opens up discussion about how gangs can influence our lives. I teach in an inter-city school so gangs are a relevant topic to discuss.
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JG
5.0 out of 5 stars To see how God loves people so much as to ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2018
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To see how God loves people so much as to take a man so far off & turn him around & spread peace
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4.0 out of 5 stars STan really touched my heart....he truely redeemed himself.
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2006
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Dispite that he paid for his life of his consiquences, brbut he redeemed himself and help the next man to not followed in his footsteps....I kind of expected more but I realised that this movie was aired before his death. It was a very heart felt movie any anyone should watch this movie to get the feel of what it's like to waste one's life gang banging and had to pay for his hard distructional work living life on death row.

Stanly, we really wasted his life on joining a gang life that wasn't about nothing but distruction. He could had left negative associates alone, which included his dead-beat father who abandoned him (which it caused him to find so-call love in the mean streets). I have learned alot by watching this movie.
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Margaret D. Curtis
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard hitting reality drama
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2008
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Excellent movie showing the hardship of people and how they can affect an entire community and country. Problems within inner city life must be addressed or more individuals will end up in gangs and prison life. There is hope for those who find "redemption" as Stan "Tookie" Williams. Very thought provoking movie! Job well done!
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Rachelina Snyder
5.0 out of 5 stars came in good time, no damage it.
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2019
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good movie. came in good time, no damage it.
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Lesafre Lydia
3.0 out of 5 stars Rédemption film 👍🏽
Reviewed in France on January 22, 2023
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Malheureusement je n’ai pas pu le voir car celui que j’ai acheté n’est pas passé sur toutes les zones DVD dont je dispose (meme américaines)
Mais c’est un film à voir si vous le trouvez. Un homme qui a voulu arrêté la guerre des gangs a Los Angeles et joué par Jamie Foxx
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pat
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2017
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Gd movie n glad i found a copy
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Spike Owen
3.0 out of 5 stars Red Light - Green Light
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2015
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If solely judged on Tookie Williams during his prison years, Redemption is a cracker-jack piece of film. It drives from the heart a sincerity that here was a man, that basically unleashed gangland hell on America, who desperately craved redemption from his prison cell. He strives to do good, to help communities by way of education in book and oration form, but is the film heavily biased towards the redemptive angle? Is the monster side of Williams soft soaped? Sadly yes it is.

We don't need to see continual violence thrust in our faces to know Williams was a very bad egg, but although we see staged flashbacks that break the heart and frighten us, director Vondie Curtis-Hall and writer J.T. Allen are fully committed to garnering empathy for the man. Of course on the flip-side of that, if they showed an abundance of violence perpetrated by Williams, then accusations of glorifying would surely have followed. Yet there has to be a balance, a balance that some film makers do find, but it isn't found here.

Is it a story worth telling? Yes it is, of course, and with a superb and controlled performance by Jamie Foxx in the title role driving it forwards, it remains riveting throughout. However, when the dust settles and the end credits roll, what of the victims families blighted by Williams crimes? How must they have felt seeing Williams having a film made about him? A double edged sword movie for sure, artistically above average? Yes. Morally? Questionable. 6/10
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Kester
1.0 out of 5 stars not happy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2014
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Disc doesn't play ,says it's wrong region or some bollocks like that,absolute piss take,paid good money to watch a film I've wanted to watch for a long time and it turns out it doesnt work I hope you can live with yoirselves because you have near enough ruined my life and I'm beginning to lose trust in Amazon/the sellers on it!!
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Mrs. D. Moncrieff
3.0 out of 5 stars Has an Impact but lets not forget why He's in there.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2014
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A brilliant Movie played perfectly by Jamie Foxx,but its preaching along with its feeling that We should feel sorry for this Man (Who obviously is sorry for the things He's done) does pulls away from the dispicable things Tookie did to put Himself where he is in the First place.
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