Redemption - The Stan "Tookie" Williams Story
by Vondie Curtis-Hall
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Actor: Brenda Bazinet, Brenden Jefferson, Jamie Foxx, Lee Thompson Young, Lynn WhitfieldDirector: Vondie Curtis-Hall
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Redemption - The Stan "Tookie" Williams Story
DVD Review: Pathetic Attempt to Glorify a Killer
Summary: 2 Stars
Hollywood places Stanley "Tookie" Williams on a pedestal and raises him to Heaven. They gloss over the violence and murders committed by Williams, and focus solely on his book-writing achievements and his quest to save the children. Hollywood portrays him as a victim of injustice, not only from society, but from prison officials as well. The correction officers are almost subliminally shown as dark, evil and uneducated characters who pale in William's "light" and wisdom. He is the perpetrator of peace, the savior of innocent gang kids, and a lover and follower of God. Pathetic, to say the least.
The perceived message is that Tookie redeemed himself through his writings. The question remains, from whom did he find that redemption, and how? Are we to believe that his books cancel out his killing spree?
The horror of William's crimes make this a very difficult movie to like. If you can separate Tookie's deeds from Jamie Fox's portrayal of the man, and Hollywood's attempt to conceal the crimes of this mass murderer while demonizing society at the same time, you may enjoy the movie. I could not, and I did not.
DVD Review: Hard hitting reality drama
Summary: 5 Stars
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!DVD Review: Didn't meet my expectations
Summary: 3 Stars
2.5 stars. Nice try, but I wasn't buying Jamie as Tookie. I know the filmmakers are trying to convince the audience that Mr. Williams had paid his debt to society or that he had redeemed himself through his movement to reverse what he'd created. And I believe he did-in a way. But there must be justice for the dead. That's as far as I'm gonna go with that since the point is moot now that Mr. Williams has been executed. As for production, this film felt a little choppy as far as direction and editing. And frankly, there were times when things came across as corny or campy. Overall, I wasn't all that impressed.DVD Review: Stanley - death row inmate
Summary: 4 Stars
I've watch this movie redemption about Stanley Tookie Williams, and I must say the movie isn't half interesting as his book Blue rage black redemptions, this movie dosn't tell half of what happen while incarserated and they use Jamie Foxx voice in the movie to doub his (Stanley Williams) voice from the movie to a actual interview with Amy in an CNN interview shortly before his death. I don't think that was fair regardless of what he did, he did the timing behind bars and he deserve to be heard with his natrual voice, not Jamie Foxx, please buy the book it move touching and natural.
DVD Review: IT WAS O.K.!!!!!
Summary: 3 Stars
THIS MOVIE WAS O.K. SO MANY PEOPLE TOLD ME TO GET THIS MOVIE. SO I DECIDED TO GET IT AND WATCH THIS MOVIE. I WAS EXPECTING A LITTLE BIT MORE. U KNOW SHOWIN WHEN HE WAS ON THE STREETS AND WHEN THE POLICE CAME TO HIS HOUSE TO ARREST HIM, JUST MORE OF WHAT HE WAS DOING BEFORE HE GOT PUT ON DEATHROW. BUT IT WAS GOOD HE REALLY DID CHANGE WHEN HE WAS IN PRISON. BUT ONCE AGAIN I WANTED MORE. AND I DIDNT LIKE THE WAY IT ENDED. COULD HAVE ENDED A LITTLE BIT BETTER........UR GIRL JENN*****
Description of Redemption - The Stan "Tookie" Williams Story
Jamie Foxx gives a ?career defining? performance (DAILY VARIETY) as Stan ?Tookie? Williams, founder of the notorious Crips street gang in this riveting true story. Awaiting execution on death row, Tookie is now determined to stop the violence he helped create. When he begins a crusade to steer children away from gangs by writing a series of powerful anti-gang books, he earns worldwide critical acclaim, as well as four Nobel Peace Prize nominations.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.'s notorious Crips, fall to death-row inmate, and rise again to Nobel Prize Nominee. Tookie'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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