| Product Summary | | Publisher: Foxvideo | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00024543000419 | | Buy.com Sku: 40129514 | | Item#: V3VYNJ | | Category Keywords: Hostages | Rating:  |
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| | | They don't want to be heroes...they just want to be heard.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Spanish, Original, Trailers
Light It Up is a gripping story about six misunderstood inner-city students trying to cope where there's little hope. In his dazzling leading-role debut, Usher Raymond (Billboard's "Star Of The Year") plays Lester, the troubled teen who has finally been pushed to his limit. Taking matters into their own hands, Lester and his friends hold a police officer (Forest Whitaker) hostage and barricade themselves inside the school. Negotiator Audrey McDonald (Vanessa L. Williams) struggles to maintain peace while tensions simmer inside. As the crisis builds, "The Lincoln Six" discover talents they didn't know they had as their fight to expose dismal classroom conditions gains national attention. Starring "a cast of gifted newcomers" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times), this powerful and uplifting film lit up audiences around the nation.
"...superb performances!" USA Today
"Taut, tense and terrific!" Bill Bregoli, Westwood One
Editor's Note
The topical story of a group of high school students who form a protest when they become fed up with their school's poor conditions. After a shot is accidentally fired and a police officer is wounded, the resulting stand-off results in a media frenzy that pits the dirt-digging media against the well-intentioned students. Bolotin's script impressively ignores the racial stereotyping that other films in this genre tend to wear like bad costumes, and the assembled cast of young faces keeps the film engaging throughout.
| Features | English Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | Widescreen Version | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | English Dolby Surround | | Music Videos: Master P "Light It Up" And Ja Rule "How Many Wanna" | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Featurette |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 1/11/2005 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1999 | | Catalog ID: 2000041 | | UPC: 00024543000419 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Image Award (2000) | | | Robert Ri'chard, Nominee, Outstanding Young Actor/Actress | | | Rosario Dawson, Nominee, Outstanding Actress In A Motion Picture | | | Vanessa L. Williams, Nominee, Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...A tough little hostage thriller with crackling dialogue, surprising intelligence and an emotional wallop..." 11/10/1999 p.3DJames Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
...the temptation will be to pigeonhole Light It Up with all the other urban high school movies, but it deserves better than that. [Writer/Director Craig] Bolotin, his cast, and his crew have invested this motion picture with more than a flash of purpose and promise.
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