Whiteboyz (1999)
They dreamed of the ghetto...But they woke up in Iowa.
In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and Trevor. He talks Black slang, he dresses Black. He's also a wannabe pusher, selling flour as cocaine. And while he talks about "keeping it real," he hardly notices real life around him: his father's been laid off, his mother uses Food Stamps, his girlfriend is pregnant, James may be psychotic, one of his friends (one of the town's few Black kids) is preparing for college, and, on a trip to Chicago to try to buy drugs, the cops shoot real bullets. What will it take for Flip to get real?
Director: Marc Levin
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Runtime: 92 min
Release Date: September 10, 1999
Cast
- Danny Hoch - Flip
- Piper Perabo - Sara
- Dr. Dre - Don Flip Crew #1
- Fat Joe - Don Flip Crew #2
- Eugene Byrd - Khalid
- Dash Mihok - James
- Mark Webber - Trevor
- William N. Mayberry - Foreman
- Eric Rivas Quiroga - Traitor
- Snoop Dogg - Self
Screenplay
- Garth Belcon (Screenplay)
- Marc Levin (Screenplay)
- Richard Stratton (Screenplay)
- Garth Belcon (Story)
- Danny Hoch (Story)
Cinematography: Mark Benjamin
Production: Bac Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Country: France, United States of America
Language: English
Original Language: en
Trailer
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Whiteboyz about?
- In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and Trevor. He talks Black slang, he dresses Black. He's also a wannabe pusher, selling flour as cocaine. And while he talks about "keeping it real," he hardly notices real life around him: his father's been laid off, his mother uses Food Stamps, his girlfriend is pregnant, James may be psychotic, one of his friends (one of the town's few Black kids) is preparing for college, and, on a trip to Chicago to try to buy drugs, the cops shoot real bullets. What will it take for Flip to get real?
- Who directed Whiteboyz?
- Whiteboyz was directed by Marc Levin.
- Who stars in Whiteboyz?
- Whiteboyz stars Danny Hoch, Piper Perabo, Dr. Dre, Fat Joe, Eugene Byrd, Dash Mihok.
- How long is Whiteboyz?
- Whiteboyz has a runtime of 1h 32m (92 minutes).
- What genre is Whiteboyz?
- Whiteboyz is a Comedy, Drama, Music film.
- Where was Whiteboyz produced?
- Whiteboyz was produced in France, United States of America.