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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse Movie Release: 1991 DVD Release: 10/07/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 23 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 1 Genres: Drama, Crime Drama, Coming-of-Age, Urban Drama

Matty Rich's Straight out of Brooklyn is an unflinching portrait of an African-American family struggling to survive in a Brooklyn housing project. The family's oldest son (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) decides that the easiest way to get his family out of the projects is by robbing a local drug dealer, but that plan turns disastrous when the pusher and his gang track the boy and his family down. Rich was only 19 years old at the time he wrote and directed Straight out of Brooklyn (he also appears as Larry in the film). ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. - Dennis Brown
George T. Odom - Ray Brown
Ann D. Sanders - Frankie Brown
Barbara Sanon - Carolyn Brown
Reana E. Drummond - Shirley

This downbeat urban drama gets a simple presentation for its release on DVD. Straight Out of Brooklyn has been given a widescreen transfer at its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which has also been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The original English-language soundtrack and an alternate track dubbed in Spanish are both mastered in Dolby Digital Mono; the disc also includes optional subtitles in English, Spanish, and French. The original theatrical trailer has been added as a bonus. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide