Loosely based on the true adventures of az alpo, a legendary. Paid in full is based on three friends azie az faison, rich porter, and. The movie exceeded all expectations in terms of its storytelling, script, acting, and drilling things down to the essence of the clothes. Cast mekhi phifer, wood harris, camron, damon dash, and. Still, it worked beautifully for its original target audience, especially those whod read the factual readers digest article upon which it was based. This movie will put you in the middle of that dangerous world of drug use,dealing and dealers. Paid in full takes place in the 1980s and is based on the true stories of famous drug lords alpo, a. Two young friends involved in organized crime and drug dealing find that their. Back in 2016, azie faison sits on the vlad couch to discuss his relationship with alpo and rich porter, the death of rich, and the accuracy of the life depicted in the rocafella films produced.
Simply put this the best movie of its kind i have ever seen. The movie, titled paid in full, was released in 2002, with faison being. Paid in full is a short film about a conversation between two men named joseph and evan which is set in the time leading up to the return of christ. Paid in full was a 2002 movie based on the lives of a few legendary harlem drug dealers, one of whom was played by cam himself, and the others by wood harris and mekhi phifer. The trios reallife exploits would later become important source material for new yorks next generation of hip hop mcs, including the great triumvirate of nas, biggie, and jayz. A young man from harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience. Written by matthew cirulnick and thulani davis, and directed by charles stone iii who made budweisers whassup ads and the witty drumline, paid in full is based on a truelife story, one. This movie is actually azs side of the storyaz is ace played by wood harrisabove the rim, remember the titans, the wire. Movies, games and series that referred gta the movie my own film. It shows the ups and downs of the drug game and is focused mainly on az david sherwin wood harris. A yound man from harlem, is forced to cope with the 1980s street life and builds his own empire only to be faced with many hurdles. Amidst the 1980s drug scene in harlem, a young native harris builds an illegal empire only to have a crisis.
Paid in full 1914 film, a lost 1914 silent film drama. The movie paid in full is based on the lives of these three notorious men. The data is only saved locally on your computer and never transferred to us. Licensed to youtube by merlin idol distribution on behalf of h. Paid in full is a 1950 american drama film directed by william dieterle and written by robert blees and charles schnee. Paid in full christian drama short film hd youtube. They were major players in the new york drug trade. The urban gangster drama is loosely based on the true story of. I saw this one a while back in the end of 2001, and i was very interested as it was the true story of the drug game in the mid eighties. I saw this movie and it really went back to the old school w music from rakim paid in full which is the theme of the movie. Charles stone iii directed the film which is based on three friends azie az faison, rich porter, and alpo martinez and their professional criminal exploits.
Richard porter was an infamous drug kingpin in new york. Based on a true story even though rocafella twisted certain bits,a classic that is timeless an shows what really goes down in the street. An unabashed womans picture thats what they called them back in 1949, paid in full doesnt always play well today, since viewers might be tempted to yell get real, lizabeth. Camron and wood harris camron in paid in full 2002 charles stone iii in paid in full. Paid in full is a 2002 american crime drama film directed by charles stone iii. According to faison, the original version presented to dash was a cautionary antidrugs tale and social commentary on the destruction drugs have wrought on the black community. As we pointed out in the previous installment, it seems the least we can ask of a movie thats based on a true story is that it, you know, be based on a true story we dont expect them to stick with every boring fact, but time and time again we find out that the entire point of the story has been totally fabricated.
His sisters boyfriend, calvin, is a cocaine dealer who tries to lure ace into the. Hotteen vol 1 full movie 4 scenes with young adolescent susves who love lesbian sex, anal and more. Directed by 1 writing credits 4 cast 48 produced by 7 music by 2. I am glad that there is a movie based on the lives of legendary harlem kingpins alpo, az and rich porter coming out. His fiveyear reign as crime boss ended when he was 26. Camron claims dame dash smacked harvey weinstein on the. This movie will also show you the pain,sorrow and false hope of the drug world. At the beginning of the movie, ace is stuck in a dead end job working in a dry cleaners shop.
Watch paid in full 2002 movie trailer instantly, no need to login. Paid in full soundtrack, the soundtrack to the 2002 film. If you like paid in full you might like similar movies belly, baby boy, new jack city, dead presidents, juice. It seemed so real, like it could happen as i was watching the film. Paid in full is based on three friends azie az faison, rich porter, and alpo martinez and their professional. Paid in full sonata arctica song, a 2007 metal song by sonata arctica from the album unia.
Paid in full money making sonny when mitch comes home to find junkie ice hanging out with his brother, he decides its time to kick him out for good. Then i saw it was based on a true story in the end credits. Paid in full 1919 film, a 1919 film based on the 1908 play. Rich porter was actually killed by his friend albert alpo martinez, a puerto rican drug lord, on january 3, 1990 in front of bodega in harlem. Paid in full marks the feature debut of director charles stone iii, who rose to fame after creating budweisers wassup commercials.
He concludes the interview by absolving himself of the persona that had been attached to his name. Paid in full is based on the true story of 1980s harlem cocaine kingpins az ace in the movie, rich porter mitch, and alpo rico, played by the rapper camron. Paid in full is about a young man who rises to the top of the cocaine industry in harlem. With mekhi phifer, wood harris, chi mcbride, kevin carroll.
Parents need to know that paid in full is a 2002 movie based on a true story about the rise and fall of a drug dealer in mid1980s harlem. However, the strong plot point really destroys this image, and shows how short are the empire and power of these nasty criminals. The film stars robert cummings, lizabeth scott, diana lynn, eve arden, ray collins and frank mchugh. Dj thoro sits with camron and he just revealed some shocking info. The title of the film is taken from the 1987 album and 1987 song by eric b. One of the most underrated growingupinthehood movies out there.
1 761 31 1103 1507 156 120 94 182 699 1095 19 1292 393 215 879 62 1431 1013 1248 1028 66 930 210 548 298 1266 788 1176 940 320 427 1424 474 1278 974 1305 716 424 481 451 386 1369 1149 414 731