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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: mrtonguetwista on May 18, 2004, 06:56:55 PM
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Filming is scheduled to begin July 10 on an inner-city rap movie produced by John Singleton and directed by filmmaker Craig Brewer.
``Hustle & Flow,'' starring Terrence Howard (``Big Momma's House''), Anthony Anderson (``Barbershop'') and hip-hop artist Ludacris, will be shot over a four-week period.
Brewer has described the $2.8 million independent production as the story of a ``pimp-hustler with a mid-life crisis who wants to rap.''
His Memphis-based movie, ``The Poor and Hungry,'' won the best digital feature award at the 2000 Hollywood Film Festival.
``Craig has a really unique Southern voice,'' Singleton said recently. ``His filmic identity is linked with the city.''
Singleton was nominated for a best-director Oscar for 1991's ``Boyz N the Hood.'' His films also include ``Poetic Justice'' and 2000's ``Shaft.''