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Directed by | Mario Van Peebles |
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Story by | Thomas Lee Wright |
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Cinematography | Francis Kenny |
Edited by | Steven Kemper |
Music by | Michel Colombier |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $8 million[1] |
Box office | $47.6 million (US)[1] |
New Jack City is a 1991 American crime action film based on an original story by Thomas Lee Wright, written for the screen by Wright together with Barry Michael Cooper, and directed by Mario Van Peebles in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson, Bill Cobbs, Bill Nunn, and Van Peebles. Its plot follows Nino Brown, a drug lord in New York City during the crack epidemic, and Scotty Appleton, an NYPD detective who vows to end Nino's rise to power by going undercover to work for Nino's gang.[2]
New Jack City premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 1991, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 8, 1991.