Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release: 11/10/1999(USA)
Release Date: 03/06/2001
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS2.0
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox

Noted R&B artist and producer Kenneth (Babyface) Edmonds served as executive producer for this tough urban drama. After a shooting incident in a neglected inner-city school leaves a police officer wounded, a group of students holds the cop hostage, in a desperate effort to force improvements to their school. The cast includes another R&B hitmaker, Usher, as well as Forest Whitaker, Vanessa L. Williams, and Rosario Dawson.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Usher Raymond - Lester Dewitt
Forest Whitaker - Officer Dante Jackson
Rosario Dawson - Stephanie Williams
Robert Ri'chard - Zacharias "Ziggy" Malone
Judd Nelson - Ken Knowles
Fredro Starr - Rodney J. Templeton
Sara Gilbert - Lynn Sabatini
Clifton Collins, Jr. - Robert "Rivers" Tremont
Glynn E. Turman - Principal Armstrong
Vic Polizos - Captain Monroe
Vanessa Williams - Audrey McDonald

Production:
Craig Bolotin - Director
Tracey E. Edmonds - Producer
Helena Echegoyen Bridget D. Davis - Co Producer
Harry Gregson-Williams - Composer
Wendy Greene Bricmont - Editor
Craig Bolotin - Screen Writer
Tricia Schneider Kurt Sharp - Set Designer
Karen Fletcher-Trujillo - Art Director
Robi Reed-Humes - Casting
Elliot Davis - Cinematographer
Salvador Perez - Costume Designer
David Starke - Executive Producer
Kenneth Edmonds - Executive Producer
Rick Johnson - First Assistant Director
Michael McQuarn - Musical Direction/Supervision
Lawrence G. Paull - Production Designer
Chris Minkler - Sound/Sound Designer
James Bolt - Sound/Sound Designer
Gina Marie Ome - Costume/Wardrobe

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