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Dead Presidents
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6.7On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!
Released: 1995-09-29119 minDir: Albert HughesCrime, Drama, ActionBudget: $10.0MBox office: $24.1M
Cast
- Larenz Tate as Anthony Curtis
- Keith David as Kirby
- Chris Tucker as Skip
- Freddy Rodríguez as Jose
- Rose Jackson as Juanita Benson
- N'Bushe Wright as Delilah Benson
Themes
- new york city
- vietnam
- drug abuse
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- war veteran
- 1970s
- minister
- male friendship
- redemption
- loss of virginity
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
25,879 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
47%
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- hood film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Vietnam War
- Screenwriter
- Hughes brothers
- Cast member
- Clifton Powell
- Composer
- Danny Elfman
- Producer
- Michael Bennett
- Production company
- Hollywood Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Lisa Rinzler
- Narrative location
- Brooklyn
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 681413
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-01-01
- title
- Dead Presidents
- distributed by
- Disney+
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- jungle
- review score
- 5.8/10
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