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Gridlock'd is a 1997 film starring Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, and Thandie Newton. It was the directorial debut of Vondie Curtis-Hall, who also wrote the story and screenplay. The film's opening was relatively low, despite critical acclaim for its powerful and gritty substance. Opening weekend netted $3,603,049, finishing finally only at $5.5 million. The film paid tribute to star Tupac Shakur who had been murdered several months before the films release.
Heroin addicts Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their habit after their best friend and bandmate, Cookie, overdoses on her first hit. Throughout a disasterous day, the two addicts dodge police and local criminals while struggling with an apathetic government bureaucracy that bars their entrance into a rehabilitation program.
- Tupac Shakur - Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore
- Tim Roth - Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland
- Thandie Newton - Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
- Charles Fleischer - Mr. Woodson
- Howard Hesseman - Blind Man
- James Pickens Jr. - Supervisor
- John Sayles - Cop #1
- Eric Payne - Cop #2
- Tom Towles - D-Reper's Henchman
- Tom Wright - Koolaid
- James Shanta - Patrolman #1
- Jim O'Malley - Patrolman #2
- George Poulos - Chuck
- Debbie Zaricor - Clerk
- Mik Scriba - Officer #1
- Lucy Liu - Cee-Cee (as Lucy Alexis Liu)
- Richmond Arquette - Resident Doctor
- Billie Neal - Medicaid Woman #1
- Debra Wilson - Medicaid Woman #2
- Rusty Schwimmer - Medicaid Nurse
- Elizabeth Peña - Admissions Person (as Elizabeth Anne Dickinson)
- Joey Dente - Vendor
- Darryl Jones - Panhandler
- Jasen Govine - Medicaid Security Guard
- Tim Truby - Man with Directions
- Venessia Valentino - Woman in ER
- Ron Cummins - Man in ER
- Brad Spencer - Paramedic #1
- Rory J. Shoaf - Paramedic #2
- Tracy Vilar - Screaming Woman
- Roslyn McKinney - Female Clerk
- Roderick Garr - Welfare Security Guard
- William Long Jr. - Right Wing TV Show Host
- Mark Ericson - Bill the Anchor Man
- Tonia Rowe - Woman on TV
- Lynn Blades - Alexia Cruz
- Kasi Lemmons - Madonna
- Henry Hunter Hall - Child
- Vondie Curtis-Hall - D-Reper
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- Good time to kick Bad day to pick
- Life's a Traffic jam
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