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Always Outnumbered (1998)
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Michael Apted
(
Gorillas in the Mist
) directed this Walter Mosley script adaptation of Mosley's short story collection, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned. Ex-con Socrates Fortlow (
Laurence Fishburne
) returns to L.A., looks for work, becomes friends with Right Burke (
Bill Cobbs
), is told he's too old for a construction job, helps youngster Darryl (Daniel Williams), and romances cafe-owner Iula Brown (Natalie Cole). Socrates provides a moral uplift to the neighborhood, while Burke's voiceover narration has a
Sunset Boulevard
twist. The TV movie premiered March 21, 1998 on HBO. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Cast
Maurice Blake
Bill Cobbs
Right Burke
Natalie Cole
Iula Brown
John Cothran, Jr.
Bill Duke
Blackbird Wills
Art Evans
Zaid Farid
Laurence Fishburne
Socrates Fortlow
Dan Martin
Laurie Metcalf
Halley Grimes
Perry Moore
Bill Nunn
Howard M'Shalla
Vonte Sweet
Cicely Tyson
Luvia
Alan Wilder
Anton Crier
John Wesley
Danny Goldring
Norm Wilson
Isaiah Washington
Paula Jai Parker
Kevin Carroll
Greg Bird
Brooke Marie Bridges
Jamaal Carter
Bridgid Coulter
Corina M'Shalla
Regan Forman
Kelvin Garvanne
John Gavigan
David Gramling
Lawrence Hales
Sonya Haynes
Crystal LaPrie
Erika LaVonn
Darren O'Bannon
Sammi Rotibi
Mykel Taylor
Mary-Michelle Trinity
Daniel Williams
Darryl
Jason Young
Production Crew
John Brace
Casting
Linda Lowy
Casting
John Bailey
Cinematographer
Jeffrey Downer
Co-producer
Michael Franti
Composer (Music Score)
Michael Apted
Director
Rick Shaine
Editor
Laurence Fishburne
Executive Producer
Walter Mosley
Executive Producer
Anne-Marie Mackay
Producer
Jonathon Ker
Producer
Keith Brian Burns
Production Designer
Walter Mosley
Screenwriter
Walter Mosley
Short Story Author
Walter Mosley
Short Story Author
Rob Janiger
Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1998
Runtime: 120
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature
Genre
Drama
Produced by
Palomar Pictures International
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