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Set It Off (1996)






Stony, Cleo, Tisean and Frankie have been through a lot together while growing up in the projects of Los Angeles. They've been scammed by sleazy employers, slammed by heartless boyfriends, and slapped around by neighborhood cops. No matter how tough the going got--when one found herself in trouble, she had three life-long friends backing her up. Now comes the ultimate test. A tragic chain of events has brought these inseparable companions closer than ever. With their world in turmoil and their backs against the wall, they decide to seize their fortune--literally. Virtually overnight, the women spiral into an uncharacteristic world of crime. Targeting the banks of LA, the quartet rob the city's most vulnerable financial institutions. Flush with cash, they discover that easy money can inch them towards their elusive goal of escaping from the projects. But with the police hot on their trail, breaking out of prison may be easier than busting free from the 'hood.

Set It Off  (1996) 

Set It Off is a 1996 drama film directed by F. Gary Gray, and stars Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise, as four close friends from Los Angeles who decide to plan and execute a bank robbery. They decide to do so for different reasons, although all four want better for themselves and their families than the opportunities available to them than in the racist and post-industrial Los Angeles.

Fox, Latifah, Elise, and Smith

Set It Off is a crime thriller about four African-American women bank robbers from a housing project in Los Angeles, California.

Ever since her parents' death, Stony (Jada Pinkett Smith) has had to act as a parent to her little brother Stevie (Chaz Lamar Shepard). She works in various capacities to make a future for him at UCLA. When her brother gets shot and killed by police officers in a case of mistaken identity, Stony gets disillusioned with her life, deciding to join with her friends to rob a bank.

Cleo (Queen Latifah) is a lesbian who wants nothing more than to customize her classic car. As demonstrated in the movie, she has refined car-stealing skills. She seems to be the only character motivated solely by greed.

Tisean (Kimberly Elise) is a painfully shy single mother to her son Jajuan, struggling to make ends meet. Tisean couldn't afford a babysitter and brings her son to work, which results in an accident occurring where her son swallows something poisonous. As a result, the child is taken away by protective services until Tisean can afford to hire a babysitter. This situation propels Tisean into a situation in which she is willing to join the bank robbers.

Frankie (Vivica A. Fox) is the stylish bank teller who gets fired unjustly and ends up working with the other three at a janitorial service owned by irritating boss Luther (Thomas Jefferson Byrd). Frankie was fired because she knew one of the bank robbers in a previous bank robbery and was suspected of collusion (although she was not actually involved), and she felt this was unjust.

With Frankie upset from her unjust firing, Stony angry from the wrongful killing of her brother, and Tisean losing her baby to the child protective services, the four friends are motivated to rob a bank themselves. Looking for thrills, Cleo attains firearms from Black Sam (Dr. Dre), and they pull off their first job without a hitch. Their success starts a trend and they rob other banks in the area, all the while being investigated by Detective Strode (John C. McGinley). In a romantic subplot, Stony finds romance with wealthy Harvard-educated Keith (Blair Underwood) before the violent chase-scene ending. Tisean is the first out of the gang to die. She is gunned down during a robbery, when a police officer tells her to put a bag down. As she does, she is shot. Cleo is the next to die; she is in her car and is shot by several police officers while trying to drive away. Frankie is the last to be killed. This happens when she has the chance to turn herself in but instead decides to try and run through the crowd of police officers surrounding her who fire their weapons. Stony, the surviving member of the bank robbers, grabs the bag of money, spoils from the ultimate robbery, and goes on a bus to Mexico, where she cuts off her locks and begins a new life.

Celebrating after bank robbery

[edit] Awards & nominations

1997 Acapulco Black Film Festival

• Best Director — F. Gary Gray (won)
• Best Actress — Queen Latifah (won)
• Best Soundtrack (won)

1997 Independent Spirit Awards

• Best Supporting Female — Queen Latifah (nominated)

1997 NAACP Image Awards

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture — Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smitth (nominated)
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture — Blair Underwood (nominated)

[edit] Trivia

• Kimberly Elise was discovered by producer Dale Pollock at a restaurant where she waitressed at the start of her career.^{[citation needed]}

• The film inspired several real-life bank robberies that mimicked the bank robbery that took place in the movie. The controversy's extra media publicity helped generate more income for the film.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• Set It Off at the Internet Movie Database

Categories: Articles with unsourced statements since February 2007 | All articles with unsourced statements | 1996 films | Action films | Adventure films | Crime films | Drama films | Films directed by F. Gary Gray | Heist films | Hood films






貼一篇今天寫的網誌






昨天從輔大旁聽電影課

回到家


發現芹菜爸爸又主動買了北海道鮮奶給老娘喝

真的是非常的感動




最近老娘常常覺得

夫妻要每天相處在一起

真的是很不容易




眼看著身旁的家庭

一個又接一個的破碎

真的是觸目驚心

慘不忍睹




其實

我們也無法知道

明天會如何




明明

昨天還信誓旦旦說愛我們天長地久的愛人

為什麼今天可以「說翻臉就翻臉」？

為什麼今天可以「說不愛就不愛」？



重點是

沒有任何人欠我們任何事




當事件發生時

我們只能選擇勇敢去面對

我們只能選擇勇敢去接受

我們只能選擇勇敢去放手





結論就是


謝謝上帝照顧我們家

攜手23年的老夫老妻

仍然願意繼續相愛下去

仍然願意繼續為下一個23年繼續努力


AMEN!






註：

請看老娘以前的網誌


放手是我們治療傷口的唯一方法啊

請按這裡



好事　就不要拖　拖久　就不好了

請按這裡



傷心的時候

請按這裡
















今天做了一些電影的功課


哈哈哈哈


不是「一些」電影的功課

根本就是「很多」的電影功課嘛




哈哈哈哈

電影的功課一做下去

就欲罷不能啦



實在是太喜歡啦



老娘最愛電影的海報



製作精美的電影海報


根本就是藝術品嘛


真的是美不勝收啊


太美

太美


網路真棒

太多寶藏啦




謝謝上帝

謝謝上帝不斷的把美麗的東西放置在我們的眼睛前面啊

AMEN!






   Will Smith~ 走下銀幕的人生 才是真實的人生


請按這裡





   Jada Pinkett-Smith ~ 無論電影如何炫目 柴米油鹽才是真正的人生啊 


請按這裡




   The Pursuit of Happyness 

請按這裡




   Set It Off (1996)

請按這裡




   Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

請按這裡





   Johnny Depp 

請按這裡






順便也整理了一些東西


芹菜大二上電視製作的作品


請按這裡



哈哈哈哈

電影的功課一做下去

就欲罷不能啦



實在是太喜歡啦







貼一些今天寫下的文字


Jada Pinkett-Smith 















Jada Pinkett-Smith 她的先生就是



The Pursuit of Happyness  (2006) 

當幸福來敲門的男主角  Will Smith

她的兒子就是當幸福來敲門的小男孩  Jaden Smith






Jaden Smith and Will Smith in Columbia Pictures' The Pursuit of Happyness - 2006













我非常非常喜歡他們這對夫妻




老娘常常覺得

電影是假的

離開電影

走下銀幕的人生

才是真實的人生



許多明星的婚姻破裂

就是沒有看破這一點


無論電影如何炫目

柴米油鹽才是真正的人生啊



Jada Pinkett-Smith 是非常棒的太太和媽媽

值得我們女人好好學習啊












Jada Pinkett-Smith and Don Cheadle in Sony Pictures' Reign Over Me - 2007




Gloria the Hippo (voice of Jada Pinkett-Smith) in Dreamworks' Madagascar - 2005





Melman the Giraffe (voice of David Schwimmer), Marty the Zebra (voice of Chris Rock), Alex the Lion (voice of Ben Stiller) and Gloria the Hippo (voice of Jada Pinkett-Smith) in Dreamworks' Madagascar - 2005





Marty the Zebra (voice of Chris Rock), Alex the Lion (voice of Ben Stiller), Gloria the Hippo (voice of Jada Pinkett-Smith) and Melman the Giraffe (voice of David Schwimmer) in Dreamworks' Madagascar - 2005





Marty the Zebra (voice of Chris Rock), Alex the Lion (voice of Ben Stiller), Gloria the Hippo (voice of Jada Pinkett-Smith) and Melman the Giraffe (voice of David Schwimmer) and a group of plotting penguins are caught in the spotlight in Dreamworks' Madagascar - 2005





Marty the Zebra (voice of Chris Rock) and Gloria the Hippo (voice of Jada Pinkett-Smith) in Dreamworks' Madagascar - 2005





A second teaser poster featuring Niobe (Jada Pinkett-Smith) for Warner Brothers' The Matrix: Reloaded - 2003



Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe and Henry Lennix as Commander Lock in Warner Brothers' The Matrix: Reloaded - 2003




Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobi in Warner Brothers' The Matrix: Revolutions - 2003



Laurence Fishburne and Jada Pinkett Smith in Warner Brothers' The Matrix:








Will Smith and director Gabriele Muccino on the set of Columbia Pictures' The Pursuit of Happyness - 2006




Will Smith and Eva Mendes in Columbia Pictures' Hitch - 2005



Will Smith as Detective Del Spooner and Alan Tudyk as the robot Sonny in 20th Century Fox's I, Robot - 2004





Will Smith is the voice of Oscar in Dreamworks' Shark Tale - 2004.




Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Columbia Pictures' Men in Black II - 2002





Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Columbia's Men in Black II - 2002






Kevin Kline and Will Smith in Warner Brother's Wild Wild West - 1999


Will Smith and Gene Hackman in Touchstone Pictures' Enemy of the State - 1998






Will Smith in Columbia Pictures' Men in Black II - 2002







Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Columbia Pictures' Men in Black - 1997


Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum in 20th Century Fox's Independence Day - 1996


Will Smith and Harry Connick Jr. in 20th Century Fox's Independence Day - 1996





The Pursuit of Happyness