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Directed by | Ernest R. Dickerson |
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Story by | Ernest R. Dickerson |
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Cinematography | Larry Banks |
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Music by | Hank Shocklee and The Bomb Squad |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Countries | United States Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $5 million[1] |
Box office | $20.1 million[2] |
Juice is a 1992 American crime drama thriller film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, and written by Dickerson and Gerard Brown. It stars Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine Hopkins and Khalil Kain. The film touches on the lives of four black youths growing up in Harlem, following their day-to-day activities, their struggles with police harassment, rival neighborhood gangs and their families.[3]
The film is the writing and directing debut of Dickerson, and features Epps, Shakur and Kain in their acting debuts. The film was shot in New York City, mainly in the Harlem area, in 1991.[4]