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Brooklyn Babylon (2001) -- A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.

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5.9/10   158 votes
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Director:
Marc Levin
Writers:
Marc Levin (writer)
Bonz Malone (writer)
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Release Date:
17 August 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music | Romance more
Plot:
A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Tariq Trotter ... Solomon, Member of The Lions
Karen Goberman ... Sara
Bonz Malone ... Scratch

David Vadim ... Judah
Rahzel ... Narrator
Earl Contaste ... Ras Don
Carol Woods ... Cislyn
Slick Rick ... Buddah
Mad Cobra ... Key Bouncer
Camille Cruse ... Cindy
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson ... Member of The Lions
James 'Kamal' Gray ... Member of The Lions
Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard ... Member of The Lions
Kyle 'Scratch' Jones ... Member of The Lions
Mina Bern ... Nanna

Joanne Baron ... Aunt Rose

Olek Krupa ... Uncle Vlad

Daniel Sauli ... Abe (as Daniel Serafini-Sauli)
Steve 'Simcha' Gottlieb ... Sara's Father
Spragga Benz ... Himself
Yossi Piamenta ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alasha Bartley ... Clubgoer
Flo Brown ... Clubgoer

Vernon Campbell ... Bouncer
Tara Duvivier ... Clubgoer

Robert Galinsky ... Fanatic Hassidic Jew
Shawn Gee ... Clubgoer
Derreck D. Johnson ... Clubgoer
Dave Lui ... Clubgoer
Matthew Maysonet ... Clubgoer
Ali Merhi ... Ali AKbar
Eric Raphael ... Clubgoer

Richard Stratton ... Police Officer

Leah Yananton ... Coney Island Girl
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Directed by
Marc Levin 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Marc Levin  writer
Bonz Malone  writer
Pam Widener  writer

Produced by
Joanne Baron .... co-producer
Alex Gibney .... executive producer
Henri M. Kessler .... producer
Bonz Malone .... associate producer
Jake Myers .... co-producer
Rich Nichols .... co-producer
David Peipers .... executive producer
John Sloss .... executive producer
Ezra Swerdlow .... producer
Lisa West .... associate producer
 
Cinematography by
Mark Benjamin 
 
Film Editing by
Emir Lewis 
 
Casting by
Brett Goldstein 
 
Production Design by
Andrea Stanley 
 
Set Decoration by
Chryss Hionis 
 
Makeup Department
Lacey Cope .... assistant makeup artist
Nuria Sitja .... key makeup artist
 
Production Management
Becky Glupczynski .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louis Guerra .... first assistant director
Anura Idupuganti .... second second assistant director
Neil Lewis .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Laura Ballinger .... art director: re-shoots
Gwen Bialic .... art department coordinator
Gary Wattson .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
Michael Baskerville .... sound re-recording mixer
Allan Byer .... sound
Mark DeSimone .... adr mixer
Virginia Storey .... foley artist
Steven Toepell .... supervising sound effects editor
Alfredo Viteri .... boom operator
Karl Wasserman .... boom operator
 
Visual Effects by
Jeff Bruneel .... visual effects editor
Rob Gyorgy .... digital effects artist
Laurie Kerr .... visual effects producer
Chad Malbon .... visual effects coordinator
 
Stunts
Stephanie Finochio .... stunt double
Charles Page .... stunt double
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Casey Campbell .... gaffer
Christopher B. Green .... first assistant camera
Tony Hardmon .... assistant camera
David Harges .... electrician
Steven Kessler .... still photographer
Phillip Todd .... assistant camera
Leah Yananton .... camera intern
 
Casting Department
Winsome Sinclair .... extras casting
 
Editorial Department
Joe Landauer .... assistant editor
Michael Yetter .... negative cutter
 
Other crew
Heath Jacob Baldwin .... production coordinator
Seth Copans .... script supervisor
Maryann C. Fondulas .... assistant accountant
Cliff Fuller .... production office coordinator: second unit
Rachel P. Goldstein .... unit publicist
Darrell Higgs .... set production assistant
Vanessa Hoffman .... set production assistant
Cairi Johnson .... set production assistant
Brian Lamia .... office production assistant: re-shoots
Melissa Lintinger .... auditor
Jim McKinney .... key set production assistant
Jeff Murry .... office production assistant
Christopher B. O'Hara .... key office production assistant
Jennifer Quesenbery .... location scout
Kimberly Shea .... production secretary
Sharif Sherrod .... set production assistant
Markham Sindeband .... set production assistant
Curtis Smith .... key production assistant
Jelmer Steenhuis .... set production assistant
Michael L. Walker .... set production assistant (as Michael Walker)
Hughroy Williams .... set production assistant
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, and for some violence, sexuality and drug use.
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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Finland:K-13 | USA:R | Australia:M
Company:
Bac Films more

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2 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
if it werent for the roots.., 17 June 2001
6/10
Author: The Urban Hillbilly

Truly if it weren't for the great scenes of The Roots making music I wouldn't recommend it. It's not that I totally disliked watching this it's just that I got the feeling that I've seen it all before, and done better. Basically I felt like I was watching Do The Right Thing (a film that I consider Spike Lee's best of the Spike Lee films I've seen) done over again and probably some Jungle Fever mixed in (although I haven't seen that film). The problem with it is that the tone is somber and I didn't get the feeling of tension building as I did while watching Do The Right Thing I just simply knew because the director basically told me that is what I should be feeling. At times it felt overlong but as a whole the film felt really cut down. There was rather bad character developement as the bulk of the film follows Solomon so I didn't really get a chance to get inside the Jewish girl's head. Another factor giving to this feeling of incompleteness was the abrupt ending that only seemed to say that although violence is not the proper way to solve things it will indeed solve things. It gave way to a mixed up sense of morals and left me asking "What happened to..." (fill in almost everybody appearing in the movie). However it is not all a lost cause. Great performances by all were given and as stated above great scenes with The Roots and a nice soundtrack are included. Also appreciated were the parallels to Biblical stories that the film's story followed. It proves that director Marc Levin has his mind set in the right place. Maybe in the future his story telling skills will sharpen.

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