New Jack City (1991)


New Jack City
Release Date17 January 1991
Budget$8,000,000
US Box Office$48,000,000
TaglineThey're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.
GenreCrime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsGrant's Tomb - 122th Street & Riverside Drive, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassCrime Drama, Urban Drama, Gangster Film
MoodTough Guys
ThemesDrug Trade, Going Undercover, Street Gangs, Inner City Blues
TonesGritty, Menacing, Bleak, Tense, Forceful
TagsAfrican American, Drug Lord, Gangster, Informer, Partner, Police, Power Struggle

New Jack City is a 1991 crime film starring Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson, and Chris Rock. Snipes stars as Nino Brown, a rising drug dealer and crime lord in New York City during the crack epidemic. Ice-T plays a detective who vows to stop Nino's criminal activity by going undercover to work for Nino's gang.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Nino Brown

Scotty Appleton

Gee Money

Pookie

Selina Thomas

Duh Duh Duh Man

Old Man

Kareem Akbar

Nick Peretti

Frankie Needles

Reverend Oates

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Prosecuting Attorney Hawkins

Police Commissioner

Don Armeteo

Fab 5 Freddy
Master of Ceremonies

Clebert Ford
Frazier

Laverne Hart
Prom Queen

Fat Smitty

Gregg Smrz
Biff

Erica McFarquhar
Teacher

Singer at Wedding

Max Rabinowitz
Gigantor

Woman in Hallway

Manuel E. Santiago
Judge

Ben Gotlieb
Prosecuting Attorney

Thelma Louise Carter
Reporter

Linda Froehlich
Reporter

Tiger Frederick
Basketball Player

Rynel Johnson
Basketball Player

Recovering Addict

Recovering Addict

Paul Raczkowski
Recovering Addict

Erik Kilpatrick
Recovering Addict

Harold Baines
Kid on Stoop

Sekou Campbell
Kid on Stoop

David Michael Golson
Kid on Stoop

Garvin Holder
Kid on Stoop

Kid on Stoop

Bobby Stancil
Kid on Stoop

New Year's Eve Band -

New Year's Eve Band -

Damien Hall
New Year's Eve Band -

Rodney Benford
Singers - Spring -

John Harreld
Singers - Spring -

Allen McNeil
Singers - Spring -

Steve Russell
Singers - Spring -

Reggie Warren
Singers - Spring -

Singers - Winter -

Singers - Winter -

Marc Gordon
Singers - Winter -

Courtroom Spectator

Lia Chang
Scotty's Girl

Larry M. Cherry
Barber

Toni Ann Johnson
Girl In The Window

Cinti Laird
Brides Maid of Honor at wedding reception

Director

Writer

Thomas Lee Wright
,

Barry Michael Cooper

Producer

James Bigwood
associate producer

Suzanne Broderick
associate producer

Fab 5 Freddy
associate producer

Preston L. Holmes
co-producer

George Jackson
producer

Doug McHenry
producer

Dwight Williams
associate producer

Original Music

Michel Colombier
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Cinematographer

Francis Kenny

Editor

Steven Kemper
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Casting Director

Pat Golden
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John McCabe
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Production Designer

Charles C. Bennett
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Art Director

Laura Brock
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Barbra Matis
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Set Decorator

Elaine O'Donnell
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Costume Designer

Bernard Johnson
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Makeup Department

Larry M. Cherry
hair stylist

Tim Davis
special makeup effects artist

Diane Hammond
makeup artist

Aaron F. Quarles
hair stylist

Ellie Winslow
assistant makeup artist

Yuseff
hair stylist: Ice T

Production Manager

Preston L. Holmes
unit production manager

Brent Owens
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Marlene Arvan
second second assistant director

Mark Croll
additional second assistant director

Ed Dessisso
first assistant director: second unit

William Jennings
dga trainee

Jeff Lengyel
second unit director

Ron Mitchell
additional second assistant director

Joseph Ray
second assistant director

Dwight Williams
first assistant director

Art Department

Jeffrey L. Glave
chargeman scenic artist

Bruce Lee Gross
key set dresser

Roberta J. Holinko
art department coordinator

Kevin Ladson
assistant property master

Octavio Molina
property master

Schavaria Reeves
prop intern

Raymond M. Samitz
construction coordinator

Laura Jean West
assistant property master

Byron K. Lovelace
set dresser, props

Sound Department

David W. Alstadter
foley mixer, adr mixer

Bub Asman
sound editor

Bob Brockman
sound mixer

Terry Burke
foley artist

Patrick Cyccone Jr.
rerecording mixer

Robert Deschaine
adr mixer

Robert Fitzgerald
sound editor

Keith Gardner
boom operator

Robert G. Henderson
supervising sound editor

Rosa Howell-Thornhill
cable person

Mike Le Mare
supervising sound editor

Darrin Martin
assistant sound editor

Alan Robert Murray
supervising sound editor

Jayme S. Parker
sound editor

Travis Powers
sound effects editor

Lise Richardson
sound editor

John Rotondi
sound engineer: Y4

Robert L. Sephton
sound editor

Rachel Shaw
assistant sound editor

Janelle Showalter
assistant sound editor

Frank Stettner
production sound mixer

Karola Storr
sound editor

Robert Thirlwell
rerecording mixer

Dan Wallin
rerecording mixer

Brooke H. Ward
assistant sound editor

Marshall Winn
sound editor

Special Effects

Wilfred Caban
special effects coordinator

Steven Kirshoff
special effects supervisor

Denis Zack
special effects technician

Stunts

G.A. Aguilar
stunts

Danny Aiello III
stunts

Bill Anagnos
stunts

David Lamont Batiste
stunts

Paul Bucossi
stunts

Darrell Carey
stunts

Danny Dod
stunts

Norman Douglass
stunts

Andy Duppin
stunts

Roy Farfel
stunts

Lance Guecia
stunts

Don Hewitt
stunts

Jery Hewitt
stunt coordinator

David S. Lomax
stunts

Jalil Jay Lynch
stunts

Harry Madsen
stunts

Don Picard
stunts

Elliot Santiago
stunts

Bruce Smolanoff
stunts

Brian Strickland
stunts

Jeff Ward
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Savas Alatis
assistant camera

Robert M. Andres
key grip

Martin Andrews
rigging gaffer

Ted Churchill
Steadicam operator

Myra-Lee Cohen
second assistant camera

Lamont Crawford
grip trainee

Val DeSalvo
best boy electric

Tom Grunke
underwater photographer

Ed Hershberger
additional camera operator

Charles Houston
gaffer

Gregory Irwin
first assistant camera

Michael Kelem
aerial camera operator

Tom Kudlek
dolly grip

Jacek Laskus
director of photography: second unit

Robert Levi
additional director of photography: second unit

Rick Marroquin
grip

John Newby
camera operator

John Sosenko
camera operator: second unit

Paul Wachter
best boy grip

Joel Warren
still photographer

Tom Zafian
video playback operator

Joan Zierler
first assistant camera: second unit

Casting Department

Eileen Mack Knight
casting: Los Angeles

Monica Swann
casting: Los Angeles

Max Van Peebles
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Jill E. Anderson
assistant wardrobe

George R. Bergeron
assistant to costume designer

Barbara Hause
wardrobe supervisor

Beulah Jones-Black
assistant to costume designer

Jane E. Myers
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Wade Bartlett
assistant editor

J. Kathleen Gibson
first assistant editor

Jeff Gullo
assistant editor

Kevin Stitt
first assistant editor

Ray Watson
color timer

Music Department

George Jackson
music supervisor

Doug McHenry
music supervisor

Carl Zittrer
supervising music editor

music playback

Transportation Department

Francis Connolly Jr.
transportation coordinator

James Patrick Whalen Jr.
transportation captain

Other Crew

Michael Alatriste
production assistant

assistant choreographer

Kimberly Allen
production associate

Ellen Barrie Aaronson
assistant production office coordinator

Brandon Bates
assistant to producer

Michele R. Boissiere
assistant to producers

Parnes Cartwright
location manager

Al Cerullo
helicopter pilot

Phillipa Davis
production office secretary

Lyle Dickey
craft service

R.W. Dixon
location coordinator

Randy Fletcher
production assistant

Barry Ford
technical consultant

Patricia Ann Holmes
production auditor

Valerie Hughes
production assistant

Tina Johnson
assistant to producer

Janice Kambara
production assistant

Eric Klein
parking coordinator

Janet Lonsdale
assistant production auditor

Nadia Ofuatey-Kodjoe
craft service

Traci Proctor
craft service

Kia B. Puriefoy
production assistant

Lillian Pyles
production office coordinator

Dawn Murphy Riley
production office assistant

Paul Roach
assistant: Mr. Van Peebles

Cornelia 'Nini' Rogan
script supervisor

Philip Schnelwar
technical consultant

Douy Swofford
title designer

Rick Washburn
weapons specialist

Dale Watkins
assistant location coordinator

Roni Wheeler
production assistant

Martin Whitfield
production assistant

Grant Reid
location manager: second unit

Production Company

Jacmac Films
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
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Warner Home Video
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Miscellaneous

Pacific Title
titles and opticals

Precision Film Cutting
negative cutting

The Terrie Williams Agency
publicity

Warner Bros. Records
soundtrack






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