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Gridlock'd(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-01-29
67%
220 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
Life is a traffic jam.
Overview:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $5,000,000.00
Revenue: $5,600,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Def Pictures
Dragon Pictures
Movie: Gridlock'd
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tupac Shakur
Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore
Tim Roth
Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland
Thandiwe Newton
Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
Charles Fleischer
Mr. Woodson
Howard Hesseman
Blind Man
Vondie Curtis-Hall
D-Reper
John Sayles
Cop #1
Lucy Liu
Cee-cee
Bokeem Woodbine
Mud (uncredited)
Kasi Lemmons
Madonna
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