A woman and her boyfriend then approached the filmmaker. He just stared upward in silence. His girlfriend did all the talking. She went on to say how much she loved the film, and that her boyfriend did as well. And how he did it was a story in itself. Boyz , of course, was his story. He already knew, at that point, what he wanted to do with his life.
As with most kids growing up in L. But he also admired Spielberg and Lucas, and later on Truffaut. His room was filled with film reels, books about film, movies, comic books, and clothes scattered about. These guys were talking about shit that I seen. Singleton wrote what he knew, as the phrase goes, and finished the script within three weeks. Ever the comic book nerd, Singleton had an origin story to rival that of any superhero. Singleton already had an agent, and not one from any piddling agency, but CAA, the house that Mike Ovitz built.
The conversation quickly went from the open reader position to Singleton pitching a movie. It then became her mission to read Boyz n the Hood. After two weeks of phone calls, Allain got her hands on the screenplay, and it did not disappoint. A coming-of-age tale set in gang-ridden South Central L. By the end of the script, Allain was in tears.
She was going to make this movie. A meeting was then scheduled between Singleton and Columbia executives, including chairman Frank Price, one of the few studio heads to come from a writing background. Singleton, once again, stated that he would direct the film. He even declined a six-figure offer for the screenplay at one point during the negotiations to prove his resolve. By the end of the meeting, Singleton had won over the room and gotten the directing job.
His last project, Snowfall , was renewed by FX for a fifth season earlier this year. As we celebrate 30 years since the debut of Boys n the Hood , we look back on the stars of the film then and now.
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John Singleton. Steve Nicolaides. Jan 25, Laurence Fishburne Jason 'Furious' Styles. Ice Cube Doughboy Darin. Cuba Gooding Jr. Tre Styles. Nia Long Brandi, Tre's Girlfriend. Morris Chestnut Ricky Baker. Tyra Ferrell Brenda Baker. Angela Bassett Reva Devereaux. Meta King Brandi's Mother. Whitman Mayo The Old Man. Desi A. Baha Jackson Doughboy, Age Donovan McCrary Ricky, Age John Singleton Director.
John Singleton Screenwriter. Steve Nicolaides Producer. Charles Mills Cinematographer. Bruce Cannon Film Editor. Stanley Clarke Original Music. Bruce Bellamy Art Direction. Kathryn Peters Set Decoration.
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