All Eyez on Me is a 2017 American biographical drama film about the African-American rapper Tupac Shakur, directed by Benny Boom and written by Jeremy Haft, Eddie Gonzalez, and Steven Bagatourian. Titled after Shakur’s 1996 fourth studio album as well as the song of the same name, the film stars Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Shakur with Kat Graham, Lauren Cohan, Hill Harper, and Danai Gurira in supporting roles, with Jamal Woolard reprising his role as Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace from Notorious (2009).
Talks of a Tupac biopic began in 2011 by Morgan Creek Entertainment Group. The film languished in development hell for several years with various directors, including Antoine Fuqua và John Singleton, attached at different points before Boom was confirmed in November năm ngoái. That December, Shipp Jr., whose father worked on âm thanh videos with Shakur, was cast as the rapper & principal photography began that month. It lasted until April năm nay, filming in Atlanta, Las Vegas, & Los Angeles .
All Eyez on Me premiered on June 14, 2017, at the Fox Bruin Theater and was released in the United States on June 16, 2017, on what would have been Shakur’s 46th birthday.[4] The film was unsuccessful at the box office, grossing just $55 million worldwide against a budget of about $40 million, and received generally negative reviews from critics.
Plot[edit]
At the Clinton Correctional Facility in 1995, a documentary filmmaker arrives phệ interview Tupac Shakur. In a flashback bự 1971, Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur, & other đen Panther Party members are released from prison following acquittal. From an early age, Tupac, instilled with đen pride, witnesses multiple injustices in his neighborhood. His stepfather, Mutulu, a revolutionary, is caught by the FBI for an armored-truck robbery và murder. As Tupac gets older, he distances himself from his mother’s revolutionary ideals. He attends the Baltimore School for the Arts, where he becomes friends with Jada Pinkett .
Tupac’s music career begins when he joins Digital Underground for their hit “Same Song”. Under manager Atron Gregory, he begins to have hip-hop albums produced. Although his music becomes popular, some songs’ controversial lyrics cause tensions between him and his record producers. Tupac begins acting in movies such as Juice, as well as collaborating with performers including Biggie Smalls. He generates both praise and controversy.
Tupac finds himself beaten by police officers end jaywalking. Another time, after he và E.D.I. Mean, a thành viên of 2P ac’s nhóm called, ” Outlawz ” intervene when two White male off-duty police officers assault a đen man, Tupac is arrested for shooting at the cops. Tupac develops a contentious relationship with a Brooklyn drug dealing club promoter và aspiring âm thanh executive named Nigel .In 1993, Tupac goes on trial for rape & harassment charges. On November 30, 1994, he is attacked và robbed by three men from Brooklyn in the lobby of Quad Recording Studios, is shot five times before the men flee, & is hospitalized. The following day, Tupac is found not guilty of rape, but found guilty of illegal touching, & sentenced bự eighteen months in prison .While in prison, Tupac hears Biggie’s song ” Who Shot Ya ? “, và interprets it as a diss track bragging about Biggie’s alleged involvement in his shooting. Tupac, who is assaulted by two guards while in prison, eventually is released & signs bự Death Row Records under Suge Knight. Tupac & label-mate Dr. Dre work on the cơn bão tuy nhiên ” California Love “. [ N một ] He releases the track ” Hit Em Up ” as a response béo ” Who Shot Ya ? ” in which Tupac brags about supposedly having an affair with Biggie’s wife Faith Evans. Tupac parts ways with Death Row Khủng launch his own company. Later, Suge offers Tupac a chance Khủng become partners, và Tupac agrees béo head Death Row’s East Coast operations .On September 7, 1996, Tupac, Suge, & other members of the Mob Pirus are leaving the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon boxing match at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. They confront a Southside Compton Crips gang thành viên named Orlando Anderson who had jumped a friend, và Tupac knocks him bự the ground, leading lớn a brawl. Tupac stops by his khách sạn mập change clothes, và tells Kidada he will return in an hour from performing at Club 662. With Suge, Tupac is at the intersection of Flamingo Road & Koval Lane when a Cadillac pulls alongside Suge’s BMW & from the backseat an arm with a leather glove on và a Glock 17 shoots Tupac multiple times before fleeing the scene. Onscreen text states that Tupac was pronounced chết six days later at age 25. Tupac had released 9 platinum albums, 7 posthumous albums, 75 million albums sold, 713 songs, và 7 Fantasy Island 2023 Film Locations
s, all by the age of 25. It has been two decades since his death & his murder remains unsolved .Cast[edit]
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
On February 10, 2011, it was announced that Morgan Creek Productions was developing, and would finance and produce, Tupac, a biographical film about rap legend Tupac Shakur, which would follow his entire life, from growing up in East Harlem to becoming a legendary songwriter and hip-hop artist, to his death in Las Vegas at the age of 25.[20] Antoine Fuqua was attached as the director of the film, and the script was written by Steven Bagatourian, Stephen J. Rivele, and Christopher Wilkinson.[20]
James G. Robinson và David C. Robinson were mix bự produce the film, along with Program Pictures ‘ L.T. Hutton, and Tupac’s mother Afeni Shakur was mix as executive producer, with production initially scheduled lớn begin that summer. On September 19, 2013, Emmett / Furla / Oasis Films came on board Khủng co-finance & co-produce the USD 45 million-budgeted film, along with Morgan Creek. [ 21 ]On February 12, năm trước, John Singleton signed on mập rewrite, direct và produce the film, [ 22 ] & on April 16, năm trước, xuất hiện Road Films acquired the United States distribution rights. [ 23 ] Ed Gonzalez, Jeremy Haft, & Singleton wrote the then-latest draft of the script. [ 23 ] On April 7, 2015, it was revealed that Singleton had exited the film due lớn major creative differences, while Carl Franklin was being eyed Khủng direct instead. [ 24 ]On October 28, năm ngoái, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Emmett / Furla / Oasis had sued Morgan Creek end USD 10 million for breaking the companies ‘ co-production agreement, signed in September 2013. [ 25 ] In the agreement, terms included not raising the production budget above USD 30 million, mutual approval for the lead actor’s selection, a filming schedule, & agreements on distribution và sales. [ 25 ] Randall Emmett và George Furla also stated that they had all first signed a distribution khuyến mãi with Open Road, which Morgan Creek rejected, & that Morgan Creek had inked a mới ra giảm giá with Open Road without mutual approval. [ 25 ]
Casting[edit]
On November 30, 2015, it was reported that music director Benny Boom would direct the film, replacing Franklin.[26] In early December 2015, the film’s title was confirmed to be All Eyez On Me.[27] Newcomer Demetrius Shipp, Jr. was set to play Tupac. Jamal Woolard joined the film to play The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac’s friend turned rival, reprising his starring role in the 2009 film Notorious.[5][6] On January 11, 2016, Danai Gurira was added to the film’s cast to play Tupac’s mother Afeni Shakur, a political activist and member of the Black Panther Party.[7] Variety reported the next day that Kat Graham had signed on to play Jada Pinkett, a friend of Tupac from the Baltimore School for the Arts.[11] It was later revealed that Dominic L. Santana had been cast as record producer Suge Knight.[12]
On January 13, Jamie Hector signed on mập play Mutulu Shakur, Tupac’s stepfather. [ 9 ] On January 15, Lauren Cohan joined the cast Khủng play Leila Steinberg, a key figure in Tupac’s life, as his mentor. [ tám ] Money B appeared in the film as himself, Tupac’s coworker at Digital Underground, [ 15 ] while Clifton Powell was cast as Floyd, an inmate at the Clinton Correctional Facility, & Johnell Young as Tupac’s close friend Ray Luv. [ 16 ] On January 19, TheWrap reported that Grace Gibson had been cast lớn play Biggie Smalls ‘ wife, Faith Evans, [ 28 ] & on January 22, năm nay, Keith Robinson was cast as Atron Gregory, a TNT Records founder, who first helped Tupac become a dancer và a đối chọi artist. [ 17 ] Annie Ilonzeh was added béo the cast in February năm nay béo play Kidada Jones, who was engaged bự Tupac at the giây phút of his death. [ 10 ]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography on the film began in mid-December năm ngoái in Atlanta, Georgia. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 29 ] Filming wrapped on April 12, năm nay, in Las Vegas, Nevada. [ 30 ] [ 31 ]
Marketing[edit]
On June 16, năm nay, on what would have been Shakur’s 45 th birthday, a teaser hé mở for the film was released, [ 32 ] & a second hé lộ premiered on September 13, năm nay, the trăng tròn th anniversary of Shakur’s death. [ 33 ] The film’s release date was mix as June 16, 2017. On February 10, 2017, a third teaser hé mở was released, confirming Summit, Morgan Creek, Program Pictures, và Codeblack Films as producers & distributors. [ 34 ] On April 6, 2017, a fourth lộ diện was released .No official soundtrack bức ảnh was released mập accompany the film .
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
All Eyez on Me grossed $44.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $10.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $55.7 million, against a production budget of $40 million.[1]
In North America, All Eyez on Me was released on June 16, 2017, alongside Rough Night, 47 Meters Down and Cars 3, and was projected to gross $17–20 million from 2,471 theatres in its opening weekend.[35] It took in $12.8 million on Friday (including $3.1 million from Thursday night previews), increasing weekend estimates to $31 million. It ended up debuting to $26.4 million, finishing 3rd at the box office, behind Cars 3 ($53.7 million) and Wonder Woman ($41.3 million). Deadline Hollywood attributed the film’s success to the release corresponding with Tupac’s birthday, as well as to audience interest in the subject matter, following the success of rap biopic Straight Outta Compton in 2015; 47% of the opening weekend audience was black, 25% Hispanic, and 19% white.[3]
In its second weekend, the film declined 78 % phệ $ 5.8 million, the 16 th largest such decline on record. [ 36 ] In its third weekend, the film, which had dropped xuống dốc lớn 1,258 theatres, declined another 68.6 % lớn $ 1.8 million, finishing 11 th at the box office. [ 37 ]
Critical response[edit]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 18% based on 92 reviews, with an average rating of 4.3/10. The website’s critical consensus reads, “Despite Demetrius Shipp Jr.’s fine lead performance, All Eyez on Me is mostly a surface-skimming, by-the-numbers biopic of a larger-than-life icon.”[38] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a weighted average score of 38 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating “generally unfavorable reviews.”[39] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A−” on an A+ to F scale, and PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it an 82% overall positive score.[3]
Glenn Kenny of The New York Times gave the film a negative review, saying: “Almost all the dialogue is that flat-footed. It’s a stark contrast to the almost always vivid power of Shakur’s own words, which could be profoundly empathetic and pettily profane.”[40] Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote: “Comprehensive but sketchy, richly atmospheric but often under-dramatized, it is not, in the end, a very good movie (there are a few scenes, like Tupac’s initial meeting with Ted Field of Interscope Records, that are embarrassingly bad). Yet it’s highly worth seeing because in its volatility and hunger, and the desperation of its violence, it captures something about the space in which Tupac Shakur lived: a place that wanted to be all about pride and power, but was really about flying over the abyss.”[41]
Historical accuracy[edit]
Jada Pinkett Smith stated that the film contained inaccuracies about her relationship with Shakur, và why he left for California. Smith specified that Tupac chưa bao giờ read the poem he read lớn her character in the film, & that she had no knowledge that it even existed until it was published in his book. She also stated that she không bao giờ attended one of Shakur’s shows at his request, & that there was no backstage argument. However, she praised the performances of Shipp & Graham. [ 42 ] Ayanna Jackson, the woman who had accused Shakur of sexual assault, described her portrayal in the movie as, “ absolutely ludicrous … nothing about it is me at all, ” & that the film’s depiction of the situation between her và Shakur was “ such a falsehood ”. Jackson stated that she walked out of the movie theater while seeing the film after seeing her portrayal. [ 43 ] Both Sean Combs và Suge Knight gave blessings bự the film, praising their respective portrayals. [ 44 ]
Lawsuit[edit]
In June 2017, shortly after All Eyez on Me was released journalist Kevin Powell filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the filmmakers.[45] In the complaint Powell alleged that the film was derived from several articles that Powell wrote for Vibe Magazine in the 1990s. While events from Tupac’s life are in the public domain, Powell claimed to have “changed or embellished” portions of his articles.[46] One of the claims made by Powell in the lawsuit was that he had invented the character of Nigel.[47]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^Straight Outta Compton (film) using the scene where Tupac is recording “California Love” with Dr. Dre.This scene uses archive footage from the film năm ngoái biographical dramausing the scene where Tupac is recording “ California Love ” with Dr. Dre .
References[edit]
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