Description
HOODLUM stars
Laurence Fishburne in a powerful performance as Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, the notorious Harlem gangster of the 1930s. Director
Bill Duke mixes a sumptuous visual style with a message of black empowerment. Bumpy gets out of prison and goes to work for the Harlem numbers powerhouse known as Madam Queen (
Cicely Tyson), bringing him into conflict with the psychopathic Dutch Schultz (
Tim Roth), who is trying to take over the numbers racket in Harlem. As the blood flows through Harlem streets, those around Bumpy begin to question his methods-- and his morals.
Details
Release Date: Tue 5 Jan 2010
Catalogue Number: 906995
Rating: 

- Costume Designer: Richard Bruno
- Director: Bill Duke
- Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Editor: Harry Keramidas
- Producers: Chris Brancato, Bill Duke, Paul Eckstein, Laurence Fishburne III, Larry Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne, Frank Mancuso, Helen Sugland
- Production Designers: Charles Bennett, Charles C. Bennett
- Screenwriter: Chris Brancato
- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Discs: 1
- Format: NTSC
- Layers: 2
- Release Year: 1997
- Running Time: 130 minutes
Availability
Pre-order now for Tue 5 Jan 2010 release. Despatch to customer occurs at a minimum of 1 working day after release date (release dates are subject to change).