Light It Up (1999)

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R | 1 hr 38 mins | Action, Drama, Thriller, Urban, Teen | Released: 11/10/1999 |Box Office Total: $5.8M

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A neglected high school in Queens, New York. A favorite teacher is suspended. Suddenly, six disparate students--a student council member, a punk rocker, a hustler, a star basketball player, a gangbanger and a gifted artist--are bound together in a battle none of them ever imagined they would fight. The students barricade themselves inside the school. As the police, media and eyes of the country zero in on the sensational crisis, the students realize for the first time in their young lives that their voices might actually be heard. The question then becomes, "What do they have to say?" What quickly escalated from a simple protest to a hostage situation takes a startling turn as the students stand their ground and make a statement. After a lifetime of injustice over which they've had no control, the students use their negotiating power to ask not for money, nor to gain immunity, but to demand their right to receive a decent education.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
11/10/1999

Studio	Credit
Fox 2000	Studio
Director	Credit
Craig Bolotin	Director
David A Starke	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Usher	Lester Dewitt
Forest Whitaker	Officer Dante Jackson
Rosario Dawson	Stephanie Williams
Robert Ri'chard	Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone
Judd Nelson	Ken Knowles
Fredro Starr	Rodney J Templeton
Sara Gilbert	Lynn Sabitini
Clifton Collins Jr	Robert 'Rivers' Tremont
Glynn Turman	Principal Armstrong
Vic Polizos	Captain Monroe
Vanessa Williams	Audrey McDonald
Gaddiel Otero	Arturo Orosco
Frank Dominelli	Sargeant Tortino
Reggie Theus	Intel Officer No 1
Jennifer Say Gan	Intel Officer No 2
Kevin Morrow	Boy
Kevin Robert Kelly	O'Connor
LaTaunya Bounds	Bridget
Erica Hubbard	Girl No 1
Melissa Gonzalez	Girl No 2
Patrick Nugent	Police Officer Kelly
Sharif Atkins	Gunman
Stephen R Key	Rookie Cop
Eric Avilis	Vernon
Shawn Isom	Staggler No 1
Deborah J Crable	WPIX Anchor
Amy Landecker	Reporter No 2
Rengin Altay	NY Post Reporter No 3
Sam Samuelson	NY Post Reporter No 4
Rhomeyn Johnson	Spotter
Llou Johnson	Radio DJ
Daren Flam	Cop
Rick Johnson	Paul Miller
Erick Garcia	Armondo
Olumiji Olawumi	Student Council Secretary
Dan De Casual	Mr Miller
Serena Altschul	Herself
Liza Cruzat	MTV Employee
Sabrina Dames Crutchfield	BET Reporter
Charles Brougham	Team Leader
Eddie Fernandez	Tactical Cop No 2
Donna Hanover	Fox News Anchor
Tara Hickey	Secretary
Darlene Komar	Principal Armstrong's Secretary
Velma Austin Massey	Lester's Mom
Robert Minor	Lester's Dad
Marvin Nelson	S.W.A.T. Team Member
Eriq F Prince	Security Officer
Gary Anthony Ramsay	News Anchor No 1
Dale Rivera	Security Guard
Sue Simmons	WNBC Anchor
Adam G	Cop No 2
Leshay Tomlinson	Student
Production Credits	Credit
David A Starke	Co-Executive Producer
Bridget D Davis	Co-Producer
Tracey Edmonds	Producer
Kenneth Edmonds (Babyface)	Executive Producer
Helena Echegoyan	Co-Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Edmonds Entertainment	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
20th Century Fox Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Fox Films, Ltd.	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Writer	Credit
Craig Bolotin	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Sheilah Sullivan	Production Accountant
James Theodore Nettnin	Accountant - accountant clerk
Merrilee Dale	Assistant Production Accountant
Xavier Dale	Assistant Accountant - accounting production assistant
Andrea L Larsen	Assistant Production Accountant
Cheryl McHugh	Production Accountant
Reina Sullivan Alexander	Assistant Accountant - accounting production assistant
Art Department	Credit
Ron Grenko	Set Dresser
David Conaghan ('Conman')	Lead Person - leadman
Lawrence G Paull	Production Designer
Melissa Nusbaum	Art Department Coordinator
Karen Fletcher Trujillo	Art Director
Kurt Sharp	Set Designer
Paul Bianco	Swing Gang
Patricia Schneider	Set Decorator
Matthew Tufano	Set Dresser
Helmer Clausson	Swing Gang
Dave Utah Doemland	Swing Gang
Jeff Duerwachter ('Ponyboy')	Swing Gang
Wayne Lurz	Swing Gang
Timmy Timmy McGee ('Tough-Guy')	Swing Gang
Joe Melichar	Swing Gang
Benjamin Mootry	Swing Gang
Steve Nold ('Ironman')	Swing Gang
Casting	Credit
Robi Reed	Casting
Donna R Harrison	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Regina Prokop	Extras Casting
Darlene R Komar	Extras Casting Assistant
Sharon D King	Casting
Yolanda Hunt	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Heather White	Extras Casting Assistant
Boinski ('Big Jim')	Extras Casting - extras casting coordinator
Rick Tellone	Extras Casting - extras casting coordinator
Cydney McCurdy	Casting Associate
A Doran Reed	Casting Associate
Marvin Nelson	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Will R Gatlin	Craft Service - craft service coordinator
Donna Oaks	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Darius Gatlin	Craft Service - craft service assistant
DeAndre Gatlin	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Dave Hansen	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Karen Sahm	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Frank Taylor	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Tiffany Taylor	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Tim Toth	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Mark Weidling	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Pete Picchietti	Camera Assistant - camera production assistant
Kevin P Boyd	Video Playback - 24-frame video playback
Elliot Davis	Director of Photography
Jim Miller	Lighting Technician
Pedro Neel Garcia	Video Assist/Playback - camera intern/video assistant
Gerrit Dangremond	Camera Operator - camera operator/Stedicam operator
Kelly J Krotine	Camera - film loader
Greg Jackson	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Chuck Hodes	Photography - still photographer
Dennis McNeill	Color Timer - lab color timer
T S Hale	Camera - camera remote technician
Andrew Smith	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Steven R Wojcik	Camera Operator
Richard Sobin	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 1st assistant
Rob Rownd	Video Playback - 24-frame video playback
Alan Thatcher	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Donald C Carlson	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Paul A Cascio	Camera Assistant - assisistant camera (2nd Unit)
Michelle M Mann	Camera - camera remote technician
Dan Urbain	Camera - camera remote technician
Steven Silverstein	Camera Assistant - assisistant camera (2nd Unit)
Richard Sobin	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Colin Slaby	Camera Assistant - assisistant camera (2nd Unit)
Music	Credit
Roosevelt Harrell	Song - songs
Ladd McIntosh	Orchestrations - score orchestrations
Gavin Greenaway	Music Conductor - score conductor
AZ	Song Performer
Michael McQuarn	Music Supervisor
Harry Gregson-Williams	Music
Richard Whitfield	Music Editor
Beanie Sigel	Song Performer
Jack Smalley	Orchestrations - score orchestrations
Dwight Grant	Song
Steve Jablonsky	Music - music programmer
Anthony Cruz	Song
Amil Whitehead	Song Performer
Bink	Song - song producer
Sol9	Song Performer
OutKast	Song Performer
Amil Whitehead	Song
Slimm Cutta-Calhoun	Song Performer
Tonya Johnston	Song
Earl Simmons (DMX)	Song Performer
Chris Bartlett	Song
Jeffrey Atkins (Ja Rule)	Song Performer
Jim McGregor	Song
Stephani Bennett	Song
Blaze	Song Performer
Fredro	Song Performer
Scott P Schreer	Song
NSync	Song Performer
Andre Benjamin	Song
Master P	Song Performer
Antwan Patton (Big Boi)	Song
David Sheats	Song
No Limit All Stars	Song Performer
Brian Loving	Song
Earthtone III	Song - song prducer
E Simmons	Song
A Fields	Song
P Killer Trackz	Song - song producer
Jeffrey Atkins (Ja Rule)	Song
Irving Lorenzo	Song
Richard Wilson	Song
Ivn Gotti	Song - song producer
Ivn Gotti	Song - song producer
Ian David Kelly	Song
Fred Scruggs	Song
Al Cayne	Song
Mike Chapman	Song
Holly Knight	Song
Al Cayne	Song - song producer
Kenneth Edmonds (Babyface)	Song
Carlos Stephens	Song
Master P	Song
Cory Miller	Song
Michael J Tyler	Song
Vyshonn Miller	Song
Carlos Stephens	Song - song producer
Physical Effects	Credit
Rick LeFevour	Stunt Coordinator
Jerome Haywood	Stunts
James Fierro	Stunt Coordinator
Richard Lexsee	Stunts
Tom Lowell	Stunt Coordinator
Stacy Logan	Stunts
Daniel Maldonado	Stunts
Carl Paoli	Stunts
Bob Stuart	Stunts
Larry C Tankson	Stunts
Jeff Corveau	Stunts
Craig Meier	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Stefan Nikolov	Assistant Location Manager
Vail Romeyn	Production Coordinator
Darren Wiseman	Location Scout
Dru Anne Carlson	Script Supervisor
Rick R Johnson	Assistant Director
Karen F McCarthy	Unit Production Manager
Nancy S Marshall	Assistant Production Coordinator
Timothy Garcia	Location Assistant
Demetra Diamantopoulos	Location Manager
Leslie Anne Engel	Production Coordinator - pre-production coordinator
Mary J Carlson	Script Supervisor
Michael Burmeister	Location Manager
Florence D Speakman	Assistant Production Coordinator
Jon C Scheide	Assistant Director
Rasheed Russell ('Rocky')	Location Assistant
Don Julien	Assistant Director - assistant assistant director
Anne M Berger	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Charles Mueller	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Robert C Carlson	Assistant Director
Makiko Watanabe	Assistant Director
Normann Pokorny	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Scott H C Delsener	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Kevin Howe	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Richard Lederer	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Ernie Malick	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Charleen Richards	ADR Mixer
Scott Paul Warren	Boom Operator
Alicia M Stevenson	Foley Artist
Scott D Smith	Sound Mixer
Donald Sylvester	ADR Editor
John A Larsen	Sound Supervisor
James Bolt	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
David Betancourt	Foley Mixer
David Lucarelli	ADR - ADR recordist
R J Kizer	Foley Editor
Dawn Fintor	Foley Artist
Chris Minkler	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Alan Meyerson	Sound Mixer - score recorder & mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Frank Battaglia	Special Effects Assistant
Don Parsons	Special Effects Coordinator
Rodman Kiser	Special Effects Foreman
Michael Beck	Special Effects Assistant
Charles Del Greco	Special Effects Assistant
George DiSalvo	Special Effects Assistant
Jeffrey Hurt	Special Effects Assistant
Harry P Jackson	Special Effects Assistant
Lester A Johnson	Special Effects Assistant
Kevin M Kenny	Special Effects Assistant
Gina Lazare	Special Effects Assistant
J D McCarthy	Special Effects Assistant
Brian McKinley	Special Effects Assistant
Gerry Mavarrete	Special Effects Assistant
Mike Nichols	Special Effects Assistant
Eric Parsons	Special Effects Assistant
Andrew M Paulo	Special Effects Assistant
Thomas J Rigden	Special Effects Assistant
David Simone	Special Effects Assistant
Glen Weiberg	Special Effects Assistant
Daniel J Yates	Special Effects Assistant
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Denise Wynbrandt	Makeup
Salvador Perez	Costume Designer
Jane Blank	Set Costumer
Donald Joseph Abbinanti	Hairdresser
Lun Yi Hodges	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
N Rozakis Takehara	Costume Supervisor
Suzi Ostos	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up artist
Cheryl Pickenback	Hair Assistant - assistant hairstylist
Neal Martz	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Gloria Coffey-Sharrieff	Costumes - key costumer
John Darmour	Costume Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Chad Erickson	Costumes - costume assistant
James Lacey	Makeup Assistant - make-up assistant
Clifford A Mahaney	Set Costumer
Tara McCarthy	Hair Stylist
Kate Best	Makeup Artist
Gina Marie Ome	Set Costumer
Helen Marchfield	Makeup Assistant - make-up assistant
Stephanie McLemore	Hair Stylist
Devon Patterson	Set Costumer
Eadra Brown	Hair Stylist

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