Here’s a very Red Band trailer for STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, due in theaters August 14. It’s directed by F. Gary Gray, who brought us the Samuel L. Jackson/Kevin Spacey thriller THE NEGOTIATOR a while back, Vin Diesel’s A MAN APART, and the 2003 version of THE ITALIAN JOB.
The picture, on which Dr. Dre and Ice Cube are producers, is described thusly by the press release accompanying this trailer...
In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.
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Glen Oliver
“Merrick”
