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Directed by | Vin Diesel |
Written by | Vin Diesel |
Produced by | Gordon Bijelonic Vin Diesel T.J. Mancini Jean Claude Nedelic Robert Panaro John Sale Stephen Schmidt Jill Silverthorne George Zakk Robert Bigelow |
Starring | Vin Diesel Suzanne Lanza Joey Dedio F. Valentino Morales Mike Epps T.K. Kirkland Darnell Williams |
Cinematography | Andrew Dunn |
Music by | Julius Robinson |
Distributed by | First Look International |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $47,000 (approx.)[1] |
Strays is a 1997 American drama film written, directed by, and starring Vin Diesel. It follows a drug dealer and hustler who is fed up with the repetitious lifestyle he leads and begins looking for meaning in his life. It marked Diesel's feature film directing debut and takes a hard look at his own adolescence and upbringing in New York City. The film premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.[2]