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When their friend Cookie o.d.'s, best buddies and musicians Spoon (Tupac Shakur) and Stretch (Tim Roth) decide it's time to kick their drug habit by putting themselves into detox. But they soon discover that the road to rehab is paved with reams of social service red tape. Spoon and Stretch are just trying to stay alive until they can get treatment.But, between the angry drug dealers, the cops who have mistaken them for murderers, and the people with forms and clipboards, this turns into a task of epic proportions. Thus enfolds their comic adventure to sobriety- a hilarious, action-packed journey from A to Z and back again.
Original Release
01/29/1997
US Release
01/29/1997
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tim Roth | Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland / Stretch |
Tupac Shakur | Spoon / Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore |
Thandiwe Newton | Barbara 'Cookie' Cook / Cookie |
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 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tim Roth | Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland / Stretch |
Tupac Shakur | Spoon / Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore |
Thandiwe Newton | Barbara 'Cookie' Cook / Cookie |
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 |
Richmond Arquette | Resident Doctor |
Billie Neal | Medicaid Woman #1 |
Debra Wilson | Medicaid Woman #2 |
Rusty Schwimmer | Nurse |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ted Field | Executive Producer |
Preston L. Holmes | Executive Producer |
Scott Kroopf | Executive Producer |
Stan Lathan | Executive Producer |
Russell Simmons | Executive Producer |
Michael Bennett | Producer |
Erica Huggins | Producer |
Damian Jones | Producer |
Steven Siebert | Producer |
Paul Webster | Producer |
T.A. Williams | Producer |