Prison Song (film)
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| Prison Song | |
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| File:Prisonsongdvdcover.jpg Prison Song DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Darnell Martin |
| Written by | Q-Tip Darnell Martin |
| Produced by | Robert De Niro Brad Epstein Jane Rosenthal |
| Starring | Q-Tip Mary J. Blige Harold Perrineau Fat Joe |
Release date | 2001 |
| Language | English |
- For the song by System of a Down, see Prison Song (song)
Prison Song is a 2001 United States prison film about a boy brought up in group homes with a gift of art.
Overview
The film centres around a character named Elijah (Q-Tip), who is an adolescent at the story’s outset. His mother (Mary J. Blige) is a hard-working woman who’s spent the last several years attending night school – with the eventual goal of becoming a lawyer. But given that she’s from a lower class area, she’s having a tough time finding employment as a legal secretary. Her boyfriend, Cee (Harold Perrineau), is supportive and has a genuine bond with Elijah – but later is incarcerated after assaulting an officer, serving twenty-five to life term for having three consecutive charges. Not only that, Elijah himself finds himself incarcerated at a juvenile correctional facility for a prank played on a police officer, which enrages her mother because she wasn't able to get him back. She loses her cool and ends up in a mental institution. The film picks up years later, and Elijah is now a sensitive adult with dreams of becoming an artist. He’s offered a spot at a prestigious art school, but is unable to afford the tuition. Much to the chagrin of Cee, who’s still in prison, Elijah considers a foray into the world of drug dealing. Though he eventually decides against that route, he winds up in jail for accidentally killing one of his foster brothers (Fat Joe) by pushing him on to the subway tracks. It’s there that Elijah is faced with a prison term of fifteen to life and endures hardships throughout his prison sentence.
Trivia
The Film was originally intended to be a full-fledged musical, but this tested poorly with audiences, so most of the musical numbers - except the most essential to the story - were cut. This helps explain the mysterious appearance of Elvis Costello in two roles in which he does very little.
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