Colors (film)
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| + | '''''Colors''''' is a 1988 American [[police procedural]] [[action film|action]] [[crime film]] starring [[Sean Penn]] and [[Robert Duvall]], and directed by [[Dennis Hopper]]. The film takes place in the gang ridden neighborhoods of 1980s' [[South Central Los Angeles]], [[East Los Angeles (region)|East Los Angeles]] and the [[LAPD Rampart Division]], and centers on Bob Hodges (Duvall), an experienced [[Los Angeles Police Department]] [[Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums|CRASH]] officer, and his [[rookie]] partner, Danny McGavin (Penn), who try to stop the [[gang violence]] between the [[Bloods]], the [[Crips]], and Hispanic street gangs. ''Colors'' relaunched Hopper as a director 19 years after ''[[Easy Rider]]'', and inspired discussion over its depiction of gang life and gang violence. | ||
| + | ==Track listing== | ||
| - | The '''American crack epidemic''' was a surge of [[crack cocaine]] use in major cities across the [[United States]] between early 1980s and the early 1990s. This resulted in a number of social consequences, such as increasing crime and violence in American [[inner city]] neighborhoods, as well as a resulting backlash in the form of [[Law and order (politics)|tough on crime]] policies. | + | | all_writing = |
| - | + | | extra_column = Producer(s) | |
| - | + | | title1 = [[Colors (Ice-T song)|Colors]] | |
| - | ==Influence on popular culture== | + | | note1 = performed by [[Ice-T]] |
| - | + | | length1 = 4:25 | |
| - | ===In documentary films=== | + | | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Afrika Islam|C. Glenn]]|[[Ice-T|T. Marrow]]}} |
| - | *''[[High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell]]'' (1995) | + | | extra1 = {{hlist|[[Afrika Islam]]|[[Ice-T]]}} |
| - | *''[[Cocaine Cowboys]]'' (2006) | + | | title2 = Six Gun (44Mag Mix) |
| - | *''[[Crackheads Gone Wild]]'' (2006) | + | | note2 = performed by The Decadent Dub Team |
| - | *''[[American Drug War: The Last White Hope]]'' (2007) | + | | length2 = 4:57 |
| - | *''[[Freakonomics (film)|Freakonomics]]'' (2010) | + | | writer2 = {{hlist|D. Williams|J. Liles|P. Quigg}} |
| - | *''[[Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation]]'' (2011) | + | | extra2 = Decadent Dub Team |
| - | *''[[The Seven Five]]'' (2014) | + | | title3 = Let the Rhythm Run |
| - | *''[[Freeway: Crack in the System]]'' (2015) | + | | note3 = performed by [[Salt-n-Pepa]] |
| - | + | | length3 = 3:22 | |
| - | ===In documentary serials=== | + | | writer3 = {{hlist|[[Hurby Azor|H. Azor]]}} |
| - | *''[[Drugs, Inc.]]'' (2010–present) | + | | extra3 = [[Hurby Luv Bug]] |
| - | + | | title4 = Raw | |
| - | ===In film=== | + | | note4 = performed by [[Big Daddy Kane]] |
| - | *''[[Death Wish 4: The Crackdown]]'' (1987) | + | | length4 = 4:06 |
| - | *''[[Colors (film)|Colors]]'' (1988) | + | | writer4 = {{hlist|[[Big Daddy Kane|A. Hardy]]|[[Marley Marl|M. Williams]]}} |
| - | *''[[King of New York]]'' (1990) | + | | extra4 = [[Marley Marl]] |
| - | *''[[Boyz n the Hood]]'' (1991) | + | | title5 = Paid in Full ([[Coldcut]] Remix) |
| - | *''[[New Jack City]]'' (1991) | + | | note5 = performed by [[Eric B. & Rakim]] |
| - | *''[[Jungle Fever]]'' (1991) | + | | length5 = 7:07 |
| - | *''[[Deep Cover]]'' (1992) | + | | writer5 = {{hlist|E. Barrier|[[Rakim|W. Griffin]]}} |
| - | *''[[Menace II Society]]'' (1993) | + | | extra5 = [[Eric B. & Rakim]] |
| - | *''[[Above the Rim]]'' (1994) | + | | title6 = Butcher Shop |
| - | *''[[Dead Presidents]]'' (1995) | + | | note6 = performed by [[Kool G Rap]] |
| - | *''[[Training Day]]'' (2001) | + | | length6 = 3:44 |
| - | *''[[Dark Blue (film)|Dark Blue]]'' (2002) | + | | writer6 = {{hlist|M. WIlliams|[[Kool G Rap|N. Wilson]]}} |
| - | *''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film)|Get Rich or Die Tryin']]'' (2005) | + | | extra6 = Marley Marl |
| - | *''[[Notorious (2009 film)|Notorious]]'' (2009) | + | | title7 = Mad Mad World |
| - | *''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'' (2016) | + | | note7 = performed by [[The 7A3]] |
| - | *''[[Snowfall (TV series)|Snowfall]]'' (2017) | + | | length7 = 4:48 |
| - | + | | writer7 = {{hlist|B. Bouldin|J. Rivers|S. Bouldin}} | |
| - | ===In video games=== | + | | extra7 = {{hlist|Johnny Rivers|Mark Wolfson <small>(co.)</small>}} |
| - | *''[[Narc (video game)|Narc]] (1988) | + | | title8 = Go on, Girl |
| - | *''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] (2002) | + | | note8 = performed by [[Roxanne Shanté]] |
| - | *''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' (2004) | + | | length8 = 3:03 |
| - | *''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] (2006) | + | | writer8 = A. Hardy |
| - | *''[[Scarface: Money. Power. Respect.]]'' (2006) | + | | extra8 = Marley Marl |
| - | *''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]'' (2006) | + | | title9 = A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste |
| - | *''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' (2008) | + | | note9 = performed by [[MC Shan]] |
| - | *''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'' (2013) | + | | length9 = 4:28 |
| - | + | | writer9 = {{hlist|M. WIlliams|[[MC Shan|S. Moltke]]}} | |
| - | ===Research books=== | + | | extra9 = Marley Marl |
| - | *''[[Sudhir Venkatesh]]'' (Indian American sociologist scholar and reporter) | + | | title10 = Everywhere I Go (Colors) |
| - | **''[[Freakonomics]]'' (2005) – <small>Chapter: "Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms" </small> | + | | note10 = performed by [[Rick James]] |
| - | **''American Project. The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto'', <small>Harvard University Press, 2000 </small> | + | | length10 = 4:34 |
| - | **''Off the Books. The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor'', <small>Harvard University Press, 2006 </small> | + | | writer10 = [[Rick James|R. James]] |
| - | **''Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets'', <small>Penguin Press, 2008 </small> | + | | extra10 = [[Rick James]] |
| - | **''Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York's Underground Economy'', <small>Penguin Press, 2013 </small> | + | | total_length = 44:51 |
| - | + | }} | |
| - | == See also == | + | |
| - | * [[Cocaine in the United States]] | + | |
| - | * [[Opioid crisis]] | + | |
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Colors is a 1988 American police procedural action crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, and directed by Dennis Hopper. The film takes place in the gang ridden neighborhoods of 1980s' South Central Los Angeles, East Los Angeles and the LAPD Rampart Division, and centers on Bob Hodges (Duvall), an experienced Los Angeles Police Department CRASH officer, and his rookie partner, Danny McGavin (Penn), who try to stop the gang violence between the Bloods, the Crips, and Hispanic street gangs. Colors relaunched Hopper as a director 19 years after Easy Rider, and inspired discussion over its depiction of gang life and gang violence.
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| all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Colors | note1 = performed by Ice-T | length1 = 4:25 | writer1 = Template:Hlist | extra1 = Template:Hlist | title2 = Six Gun (44Mag Mix) | note2 = performed by The Decadent Dub Team | length2 = 4:57 | writer2 = Template:Hlist | extra2 = Decadent Dub Team | title3 = Let the Rhythm Run | note3 = performed by Salt-n-Pepa | length3 = 3:22 | writer3 = Template:Hlist | extra3 = Hurby Luv Bug | title4 = Raw | note4 = performed by Big Daddy Kane | length4 = 4:06 | writer4 = Template:Hlist | extra4 = Marley Marl | title5 = Paid in Full (Coldcut Remix) | note5 = performed by Eric B. & Rakim | length5 = 7:07 | writer5 = Template:Hlist | extra5 = Eric B. & Rakim | title6 = Butcher Shop | note6 = performed by Kool G Rap | length6 = 3:44 | writer6 = Template:Hlist | extra6 = Marley Marl | title7 = Mad Mad World | note7 = performed by The 7A3 | length7 = 4:48 | writer7 = Template:Hlist | extra7 = Template:Hlist | title8 = Go on, Girl | note8 = performed by Roxanne Shanté | length8 = 3:03 | writer8 = A. Hardy | extra8 = Marley Marl | title9 = A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste | note9 = performed by MC Shan | length9 = 4:28 | writer9 = Template:Hlist | extra9 = Marley Marl | title10 = Everywhere I Go (Colors) | note10 = performed by Rick James | length10 = 4:34 | writer10 = R. James | extra10 = Rick James | total_length = 44:51 }}
