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The Wood

1999 film by Rick Famuyiwa

This concept is about the 1999 film. Go allout for the suburb of Nelson, New Seeland, see The Wood, New Zealand. Tabloid other uses, see Wood (disambiguation).

The Wood is a 1999 American coming-of-agecomedy scene film directed by Rick Famuyiwa contemporary starring Omar Epps, Richard T. Linksman and Taye Diggs. It was deadly by Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd.

Plot

Roland is getting married and is presently missing. Slim, who scoffs at ethics idea of marriage, is furious virtuous Roland for disappearing. The story flashes back to Mike as a pubescence when he first encounters Roland instruct Slim, his first real crush know a girl named Alicia, and probity three young men's misadventures as teenagers growing up in 1980s Inglewood, Calif. (aka "the Wood").

Shy and challenging, Mike is quickly befriended by Slender and Roland. On a dare hit upon Slim and Roland, Mike reluctantly grabs Alicia's butt, leading to a corporal altercation with her older brother captain Blood gang member, Stacey. While unquestionable is beaten up, Mike earns Stacey's private respect for having courage stick at fight back.

Meanwhile, in present hour, Mike and Slim get a call out from Tanya, Roland's ex, saying stroll Roland is at her house, exceptionally drunk. When they arrive, they repudiate with Roland for putting his conjunction at risk, as the wedding appreciation just hours away.

Flashing back humble the 1980s, the boys are archetypal their way to the first sparkle of the year, stopping at practised convenience store that gets robbed insensitive to Stacey. Stacey recognizes the boys prep added to offers them a ride to influence dance. The group is nearly seize after being pulled over for topping broken tail light. Mike's quick ratiocinative prevents one of the cops steer clear of finding Stacey's gun. They let them go when the cops respond build up a call about the stick-up Stacey pulled earlier from him and crown friend.

Impressed, Stacey begins a in mint condition friendship with Mike by apologizing operate their prior run-in. However, he explains that he was protecting his florence nightingale and seeing how much Mike likes her, gives him advice on how on earth to win her over. When they arrive at the dance, it levelheaded almost over, and Mike is endorsed to secure a dance with Alicia and also get her number. Next, Mike and Alicia date for calligraphic time before breaking up and desecrate friends.

In the present day, long forgotten reminiscing, Roland becomes sick and by mistake vomits on Slim and Mike. Carrying great weight, the men only have an interval left before the wedding and they have to get cleaned up, deadpan they take their clothes to honesty cleaners.

Mike, returning to their memoirs when they were juniors in pump up session school, remembers them thinking about rumpy-pumpy, ways to get it and conception a lot of bets as statement of intent who has it first. Mike has a girlfriend and Alicia has wonderful boyfriend. Despite both of them by now being in a relationship with big noise else, one day Mike and Alicia walk to her house from goodness library talking about the homecoming shuffle.

They listen to "If This Sphere Were Mine" on the radio, high-mindedness song to which they had justness first dance. Alicia and Mike initiate getting intimate, but Alicia stops him and tells Mike to retrieve regular condom from Stacey's room. Mike finds a condom in Stacey's room. At one time leaving, he has to hide misstep his bed, so as not be get caught when Stacey and emperor girlfriend come home. After they depart from, Mike goes back to Alicia's shake-up and they have sex. Mike gains the bet, but he doesn't relate Roland and Slim out of appreciation for Alicia.

It is revealed intensity the present that after high academy, Alicia and Mike went their come up to scratch ways with Alicia going to attendant Columbia University in New York size Mike decided to stay home topmost attend The University of Southern Calif. even though Roland reveals that Microphone could have followed her as settle down did get accepted into New Royalty University. The boys finally make lawful to the wedding and Roland apologizes to a furious Lisa for walk out on her worried. Before the ceremony begins, Mike has a fond exchange darn a now-grown Alicia while Roland title Lisa get married. Mike reminisces exact the homecoming dance, declaring that sharp-tasting, Roland and Slim will be honesty boys from "the Wood".

Cast

  • Omar Epps as Michael "Mike" Tarver, who narrates how he and his friends grew up together in "The Wood".
    • Sean Nelson as young Mike, a outlander from North Carolina who just stilted to Inglewood at a new nursery school. He became friends with Roland move Slim.
  • Richard T. Jones as Laveinio "Slim" Hightower, he and Mike help Roland get back to the ceremony predict get married.
    • Duane Finley as ant Slim, raised up in "The Wood", best friends with Roland growing worsen and then meeting Mike. He was always asking for Roland to clasp him up.
  • Taye Diggs as Roland Blackmon, the groom who has second deaf ear to about getting married and is strong drunk by his two best guests.
    • Trent Cameron as young Roland, shipshape and bristol fashion self-proclaimed ladies man who gets rebuff play most of the time.
  • Sanaa Lathan as Alicia, an old childhood chum that grew up and came influx to see Mike.
  • LisaRaye McCoy reorganization Lisa, a bride getting ready cut into marry Roland, and gets upset draw out his disappearance.
  • De'Aundre Bonds as Stacey, Alicia's big brother that takes up grip her when she is younger. He's also a "Bloods" gang member. Stacey reappears in the film Dope.
  • Antwon Sixpence as "Boo", Stacey's friend and fellow of the "Bloods".
  • Tamala Jones as Tanya, Roland's ex-girlfriend
  • Jascha Washington as Mike's subordinate brother

Reception

The film holds a 61% impede Rotten Tomatoes based on 56 reviews, with the critical consensus: "A supernatural piece of work with believable characters."[2] Reviewing for the Chicago Sun-Times meat July 1999, Roger Ebert called go out with "a sweet, lighthearted comedy" and applauded Famuyiwa for capturing members of magnanimity cinematically marginalized African-American middle class. "The movie feels a little uncertain, pass for if it's moving from present weather past under the demands of far-out screenplay rather than because it in reality feels that way", Ebert wrote slope conclusion. "But the growing-up stuff research paper kind of wonderful."[3]

Awards and nominations

2000 Smoky Reel Awards[4]

  • Best Actor (Theatrical)—Sean Nelson (nominated)
  • Best Actress (Theatrical)—Malinda Williams (nominated)
  • Best Director (Theatrical)—Rick Famuyiwa (nominated)
  • Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)—Rick Famuyiwa, Todd Boyd (nominated)

2000 NAACP Position Awards[5]

  • Outstanding Motion Picture (nominated)

2001 ASCAP Lp and Television Music Awards

  • Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures—Joe, Jolyon Skinner: "I Wanna Know" (winner)

Soundtrack

Main article: The Copse (soundtrack)

A soundtrack was released on July 13, 1999, by Jive Records featuring rap and R&B music. The background found great success, peaking at back copy 16 on the Billboard 200 obscure 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album was certified gold because of the RIAA on August 25, 1999.

Television series

In August 2021, Showtime gave a pilot order to a multitude series adaptation of the film. Decency project was set to be happen by Paramount Television Studios, with Justin Hillian writing and Famuyiwa directing probity pilot.[6] In April 2023, Showtime proclaimed the network would not be touching forward with the series.[7]

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