Light It Up (1999)
1h 39m
Running Time
November 4, 1999Release Date

Plot.
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
Where to Watch.






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Cast & Crew.

Usher
Lester Dewitt

Vanessa Williams
Audrey McDonald

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 Turman
Principal Allan Armstrong

Vic Polizos
Capt. Monroe

Dale Rivera
Security Guard (Bob)

Sue Simmons
WNBC Anchor

LeShay N. Tomlinson
Student

Adam Gifford
Cop #2

Eriq F. Prince
Security Officer
Media.




Details.
Release DateNovember 4, 1999
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingR
Budget$13,000,000
Box Office$5,985,690
Genres
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Wiki.
Light It Up is a 1999 film starring an ensemble cast that consists of R&B singer/actor Usher Raymond (in his first leading role), Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson, and Vanessa L. Williams. The film was written and directed by Craig Bolotin, and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and his wife Tracy Edmonds.
The film follows five teenage high school seniors and one sophomore, who hold a wounded police officer hostage and barricade themselves inside the school.
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