Original Gangstas (1996)
1h 39m
Running Time
May 10, 1996Release Date
Plot.
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created the Rebels, returns to Gary to be with his father and, with a little help from his friends, to destroy the Rebels his way.
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Cast & Crew.
Fred Williamson
John Bookman
Jim Brown
Jake Trevor
Pam Grier
Laurie Thompson
Paul Winfield
Reverend Dorsey
Isabel Sanford
Gracie Bookman
Oscar Brown Jr.
Marvin Bookman
Richard Roundtree
Slick
Ron O'Neal
Bubba
Christopher B. Duncan
Spyro
Dru Down
Kayo
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Damien
Shyheim Franklin
Dink
Larry Cohen
Director
Robert Forster
Detective Slatten
Aubrey K. Rattan
Writer
Charles Napier
Mayor
Wings Hauser
Michael Casey
Vladimir Horunzhy
Composer
Carlos González
Cinematographer
Carlos González
Cinematographer
Frank Pesce
Detective Waits
Godfrey
Marcus
Peter B. Ellis
Editor
Tim Rhoze
Blood
David Kern
Editor
Craig Campobasso
CastingDirector
Seraiah Carol
Thelma Jones
Dawn Stern
Princess
Elayne Barbara Ceder
ProductionDesigner
Timothy Lewis
Kenny Thompson
Linda Bright Clay
Lisa Bookman
Kevin Watson
Bobby
Anthony Snowden
Doctor
Nick Edenetti
TV Announcer
Jacqueline Swike
TV News Reporter
Kimberly Shufford
Lady in Gym
Idella Haywood
2nd Lady in Gym
Raymond Taylor
Boy Left in Street
Scarface
Rebel Guard at Party
Bushwick Bill
Party Cigar Smoker
Dani Girl
Dancer at Party
Luniz
Customers at Thelma's Cafe
The Chi-Lites
The Chi-Lites
Bishop Don Magic Juan
Big Brother (uncredited)
Yukmouth
Customer at Thelma's Cafe (uncredited)
Numskull
Customer at Thelma's Cafe (uncredited)
Jim Fitzpatrick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ralph Osborn
Dialogue Editor
Joe Earle
Sound Effects Editor
Dennis Gray
Dialogue Editor
James Hebenstreit
ADR Editor
Myron Nettinga
Sound Effects Editor
Scott Ganary
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mitch Gettleman
Sound Effects Editor
Greg Steele
ADR Mixer
J. Byron Smith
Sound Mixer
Eric Erickson
Foley Editor
Nancy Parker
Foley Artist
Kenneth L. Johnson
Sound Effects Editor
Tami Treadwell
ADR Recordist
Steve Pederson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Keenan Wyatt
Boom Operator
Richard Taylor
Supervising Sound Editor
Benjamin Beardwood
Dialogue Editor
Alyson Dee Moore
Foley Artist
David Hankins
Foley Editor
Lisa Moffie
Costume Design
Bob Shelley
Special Effects
Wolf Schmidt
Executive Producer
Linda Williamson
Line Producer
Aaron Holden
Set Decoration
Bob Minor
Stunt Coordinator
Connie Kallos
Key Makeup Artist / Key Hair Stylist
Tony Brubaker
Utility Stunts
Darren Bond
Utility Stunts
Gerard 'Gus' Williams
Utility Stunts
Joe Caballero
Utility Stunts
Ousaun Elam
Utility Stunts
Bobby Stuart
Utility Stunts
Dwayne McGee
Utility Stunts
Brian W. Boyd
Second Assistant Director
Scott Jager
Location Manager
Tim Christenson
Second Second Assistant Director
Forrest L. Futrell
First Assistant Director
Paul Kurta
Second Unit Director
Linda Leifer
Script Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 10, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingR
Budget$4,800,000
Box Office$3,014,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
gangster
vigilante
blaxploitation
shootout
b movie
drive by shooting
gang violence
hand to hand combat
Wiki.
Original Gangstas is a 1996 action-gangster film filmed and set in urban Gary, Indiana starring Blaxploitation film stars such as Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Jim Brown, and Richard Roundtree. It is the final film directed by Larry Cohen before his death in 2019, though he continued to write screenplays through 2010.
The film details the deteriorating state of an impoverished Gary neighborhood terrorized by a street gang called the Rebels. When the gang murders a local boy, it prompts the emergence of several individuals who grew up in the neighborhood: the original members of the Rebels.
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