Gridlock'd with Tim Roth: DVD Cover

    Gridlock'd Cast: Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur, Thandie Newton, Charles Fleischer

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    • DVD Release Date: 11/05/2002
    • Original Release: 1997
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 18,354

    Viewer Rating: (3 ratings)

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    Standard and widescreen versions; English, French dubbed and Spanish subtitled; Interactive menus; Biographies

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    Side #1 -- STANDARD
    0. Chapters
    1. Opening Logos [:14]
    2. Main Title [2:48]
    3. Cookie [:07]
    4. Emergency [1:52]
    5. D Reper [6:12]
    6. Kickin' [3:45]
    7. Temporary Medicaid [4:29]
    8. Mud Gets Dusted [6:55]
    9. By the Skin of Their Teeth [1:13]
    10. First and Jefferson [6:46]
    11. A Couple of Nice Guys [1:21]
    12. Getting Off the Streets [4:41]
    13. Ohio 5-0 [3:37]
    14. Hot Pursuit [1:44]
    15. X Marks the Spot [2:37]
    16. Wait For the Beep [1:54]
    17. End Credits [1:31]
    Side #2 -- WIDESCREEN
    0. Chapters
    1. Opening Logos [:14]
    2. Main Title [2:48]
    3. Cookie [:12]
    4. Emergency [1:47]
    5. D Reper [6:12]
    6. Kickin' [3:45]
    7. Temporary Medicaid [4:34]
    8. Mud Gets Dusted [6:51]
    9. By the Skin of Their Teeth [1:13]
    10. First and Jefferson [6:46]
    11. A Couple of Nice Guys [1:04]
    12. A Quick Bite [4:58]
    13. Getting Off the Streets [3:44]
    14. Ohio 5-0 [1:37]
    15. Hot Pursuit [2:36]
    16. X Marks the Spot [1:54]
    17. Wait For the Beep [1:31]
    18. End Credits [4:43]

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    Editorial Reviews

    In this hard-edged drama with a strong undercurrent of dark comedy, Stretch (Tim Roth) and Spoon (Tupac Shakur) are two friends who share both a passion for music and a dependence on heroin. Stretch and Spoon play in a jazz combo with Cookie (Thandie Newton), and after a New Year's Eve gig, they score drugs and get high together. Cookie lacks her friends' experience with hard drugs and soon ends up in the hospital after a severe overdose. Cookie's brush with death turns out to be a serious reality check for Stretch and Spoon, and they decide that it's time to kick drugs and get clean and sober. But both men know that they can't get off heroin on their own, and therein lies the problem; as they try to navigate a complex maze of social service agencies (who can't help them get treatment because they aren't on welfare), drug treatment facilities (one of which turns them away because they're only equipped to handle alcoholics), and hospitals (where, in order to be admitted as emergency patients, Stretch and Spoon ponder how to go about stabbing each other) in search of a detox program. The two friends begin to wonder if it might simply be easier to stay on drugs than to get healthy. Gridlock'd marked the feature film directorial debut for actor Vondie Curtis Hall, best known for his work on the TV series Chicago Hope; Elizabeth Pena and John Sayles both appear in supporting roles. Rap musician-turned actor Tupac Shakur, who played Spoon, died in a drive-by shooting four months prior to the release of this film. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    August 29, 2008: Tim Roth and Tupac Shakur are a great pair that deserve an Academy Award for their portrayal in this film of dependent heroin addicts. Beautiful showing of how our inner cities have become destructive Third World due to drug infestation and society's apathy towards the problem.

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    June 02, 2002: This film tells an interesting story that is all too true to life. I am a nurse researcher working with women coming out of jail, and have worked closely with women who really do want to quit drugs upon their release from jail, though their efforts most often fade away over time. ''Why get sober if nothing really changes?'' a young woman once asked me. The barriers depicted in this film were right on target with regard to how difficult it is to get into drug rehab--how the way we structure entre into rehab guarantees failure for most of those who try. However, the film also depicts the narcissism typical of addicts--in their world, it's only about themselves, their drugs, and how they can get more. When that narcissism is interrupted, and addicts attempt to make it happen, our failure as a society is that we don't capitalize on this new (and too often fleeting) intentionality. In addition, this is one of the few films that considers addicts in a wider context. As each of the main characters participate in presenting Tupac's music with its haunting lyrics at the end of the film, we are reminded that just because someone is an addict doesn't mean their talents go away, or their ability to connect with other humans goes away. I loved this film for its story, the quality of the acting, and it's dead-on depiction of the reality of drug addiction and the community structures that act as barriers to rehab. This film has a lot to teach those health sciences professionals and bureaucrats as well), who purport to develop programs to help members of our community overcome addiction. If we want addicts to stop using, and free their families and communities from the collateral consequences of their addictions, we must establish programs that addicts can actually access. When we don't, as the film dramatically depicts, nothing really does change.

    This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen / Pan & Scan / Dolby 5.1 / Stereo edition.