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| Hustle & Flow |
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Opening Date: Friday, July 22, 2005
Rated: R (for sex and drug content, pervasive language and some violence)
Length: 114 minutes
Studio: Paramount Classics
| | Hustle & Flow - Synopsis |
The redemptive story of a streetwise Memphis hustler trying to find his voice and realize his long-buried dreams. Though DJay, a streetwise Memphis pimp, 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. 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 on
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