New Jersey Drive (1995)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Nick Gomez

Writers:

Nick Gomez (screenplay)
Nick Gomez (story)

Release Date:

19 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

The only things that matters is the ride.

Plot:

Jason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark,New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Reference To Wonder Woman | Ghetto | African American | Vulgarity

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 30

4:20 AM

HBO

Cast

Sharron Corley	...	Jason Petty
Gabriel Casseus	...	Midget
Saul Stein	...	Roscoe
Gwen McGee	...	Rene Petty
Andre Moore	...	Ritchie
Donald Faison	...	Tiny Dime (as Donald Adeosun Faison)
Conrad Meertins Jr.	...	P-Nut
Devin Eggleston	...	Jamal
Koran C. Thomas	...	Ronnie
Michele Morgan	...	Coreen
Samantha Brown	...	Jackie Petty
Christine Baranski	...	Prosecutor
Robert Jason Jackson	...	Lionel Gentry
Roscoe Orman	...	Judge
Heavy D	...	Bo-Kane (as Dwight Errington Myers)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong language and some violence, drugs and drinking.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Trivia:

The city of Newark, New Jersey refused to allow filming in city limits.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jason and Midget are at the supermarket casing the Lexus, there's a shot from outside their vehicle and Midget's window is down. Then the camera pans inside and the window is all the way up.

Quotes:

Jason Petty: You know they shot that kid for no reason.
Rene Petty: Oh you need a reason to get shot nowadays Jason? I don't think so.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Century of Black Cinema (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Old Thing

"New Jersey Drive" keeps it real.

I just wanted to inform anyone who may be interested that the the movie "New Jersey Drive" was my personal favorite off alltime. I admire the work Nick Gomez and Spike Lee put into this masterpiece of a movie. This movie made quite an impression on me because of its realness and its appreciation of detail of life in urban New Jersey. It struck a chord with me, personally, because I grew up with friends like those depicted in the movie. It further made an impression with me because I used to spend time in Teaneck several years ago, so some of the characters were kept "real". At times, this movie seemed like a documentary because you didn't know whether or not these were real events taking place. Although movies like "Boys in the Hood" and "Menace II Society" grab more attention, I personally feel these movies were somewhat "enhanced" to appeal to a broader audience. "New Jersey Drive" was an uncompromising piece of "in your face" reality. Lee and Gomez covered every detail in this urban drama from the music, clothing, slang, and location.Unlike some of the movies I mentioned earlier, the actors performed as if they weren't "actors". Nothing was compromised in order to make good "theater". The only misfortune to come from this movie was the fact that many people "slept" on it. I look forward to more works of art from Nick and Spike in the hopefully near future.