Moore started off with bit roles from shows such as tyler perrys house of. Shameik moore, tony revolori, kiersey clemons, kimberly elise. The official poster for open road films upcoming movie dope in theaters june 2015 starring zoe kravitz. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being. This article analyses the 2015 music video for the song dope by south korean kpop boyband bts, which had attracted over 200 million youtube views by mid2017. A geek into 90s rap finds himself in an adventure involving. Good selection, though this could have been an obviously even better soundtrack. But the real keyword for rick famuyiwas breakout sundance comedy is on the. The film was produced by forest whitaker and nina yang bonglovi and directed by rick famuyiwa whos done movies such as the wood, brown sugar, and talk to me. The movie centers on highly intelligent black high school senior malcolm shameik moore and his two friends, multiracial jib tony revolori and lesbian diggy. Dope, a slang word for a euphoriaproducing drug, particularly.
The film was also executive produced by pharrell williams and coexecutive produced by sean combs. Honestly, did not want to give the digital soundtrack five stars. And make beyond the trailer your first stop for entertainment news on youtube today. Dope features three friends malcolm shameik moore, diggy kiersey clemons and jib tony revolori leading a carefree life. Dope mixes some great old school hip hop, some young and engaging actors with a lot of comedy and some serious themes in the background. Highschool senior malcolm shameik moore and his friends jib tony revolori and diggy kiersey clemons bond over 90s hiphop culture. Dope alternates between satirizing these films, fetishizing them, paying homage to them, and ripping them off. Three friends find themselves in possession of narcotics in a lightly satirical risky businessstyle caper. They go to school in inglewood and are enjoying their senior year. Dope, or 1,2dioleoylsnglycero3phosphoethanolamine, a phospholipiddiscrete optimized protein energy, a method of assessing homology models in protein structure prediction. Dope opens by showing the dictionarystyle definitions of the movies titleessentially drugs, dumbass, and cool.
Famuyiwa, forest whitaker, nina yang bongiovi, rick famuyiwa. Trailers for dope and other movies in the hood dope is an answer to, a repudiation of, a reconciliation with the streetwise black cinema of the early 1990s, films like juice, boyz. Dope soundtrack list movie 2015 tracklist listen to full soundtrack songs, the playlist of all of the songs played in the movie, trailers songs, what songs and who sings them, including end credits. Shameik moore celebrity profile check out the latest shameik moore photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Dope is a film that you find yourself longing to like, but the strain of. A critical hit and audience favorite out of the sundance film festival. You go in expecting one thing, and come out of it getting something far from what you wanted. Their most notable works include youtubemtv personality todrick hall, rupaul, brandy, tamar braxton, korean boyband shinee and their work on the grammy. Dope is a smart, fun, film that exploits and explodes conventions of comingofage movies, inthehood comedies and dramas, and throws in a satisfying risky business plot twist ending. Tig is a 2015 documentary film directed by kristina goolsby and ashley york with additional directing and writing by jennifer arnold and starring tig notaro. June 19, 2015 below you can view the complete dope soundtrack list, album tracklist. Things go awry when he and his friends go to a party, meet up. Shameik moore born may 4, 1995 is an american actor, singer, dancer, and rapper. Forest whitaker stars in and narrates the sundance festival hit dope, which.
Dope is a 2015 american comedydrama comingofage film written and directed by rick famuyiwa and produced by forest whitaker and nina yang bongiovi. Filled with great performances, dope is flat out enjoyable to watch. With shameik moore, tony revolori, kiersey clemons, kimberly elise. It stars shameik moore, tony revolori, kiersey clemons, kimberly elise, chanel iman, lakeith stanfield, blake anderson, zoe kravitz, and asap rocky. Dope revisits the hood, with joy and wit the new york. For a film marketed as comedy, it also treads uneasily into violence. Besides some classics tracks, there were other newer artist tracks that could have been easily added. All three are nerds, listening to old school hip hop, playing in a punk band, getting picked on by the hood kids, and for malcolm, hoping to go to college.
A coming of age comedydrama for the post hip hop generation. By far the most ive laughed in a theater so far this year. Some great tracks in the 2015 film, but not on the actual soundtrack. Watch hd or streaming movie download movie at instructions to download full movie. We contend that such kpop music videos draw on established genre conventions to.
A critical hit and audience favorite out of the sundance film festival, in dope, malcolm shameik moore is carefully surviving life in a tough. Dope is an answer to, a repudiation of, a reconciliation with the streetwise black cinema of the early 1990s, films like juice, boyz n the hood, menace ii society and more. Dope on dvd october, 2015 starring zoe kravitz, forest whitaker, blake anderson, tony revolori. Camera crews follow smugglers, users and law enforcement agencies across indiana, the caribbean, detroit and atlanta. People are gorily shot, and theres one jawdropping, unfunny shot of a bloodspattered gameboy thats played for laughs. This certified fresh nominee for the best foreign language film oscar centers on a young bedouin who guides a british soldier across inhospitable terrain to find a water hole in the desert. Dope est une comedie dramatique americaine ecrite et realisee par rick famuyiwa en 2015. Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in the bottoms, a tough neighborhood in inglewood, ca filled gangsters and drugs dealers, while juggling his senior year of college. Dopamine, also colloquially called dope, a hormone in the human brain that causes pleasure.
The film was also executive produced by pharrell williams and coexecutive produced by sean. Dope is easily one of the most interesting and by far unique films of the last few years. Edgy, hilarious and, thus far, best film of the year great performances, a killer soundtrack and 90s vibe make this a mustsee. The film is about malcolm, played by shameik moore, a fairly straightedge teen interested in 90s hiphop and getting into college. It has the feeling of a traditional heist film but with teenage protagonists of color.
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