Tupac: Resurrection

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Movie
Original title Tupac: Resurrection
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2003
length 111 minutes
Rod
Director Lauren Lazin
production Lauren Lazin,
Preston Holmes ,
Karolyn Ali
music Tupac Shakur
camera Jon Else
cut Richard Calderon
occupation

Tupac: Resurrection (German Tupac: Wiederauferstehung ) is a documentary from 2003 directed by Lauren Lazin . The biographical film shows the life and death of the rapper Tupac Shakur , who can also be heard as the narrator based on archive material. With a budget of USD 300,000, it grossed USD 7,808,524 at the box office, making it the 36 most successful documentary after adjusting for inflation.

After the film was initially shown at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2003, it was released on November 14, 2003 in the United States.

The film was nominated for an Oscar in the category " Best Documentary " at the 77th Academy Awards.

production

The story told, spoken by Tupac himself, was put together from various interviews.

Publication and awards

The African-American Film Critics Association named the film by placing it at # 8 on their 2003 Top 10 film list. The International Documentary Association nominated him for Best Documentation of the Year. The film was nominated for an Oscar in the category " Best Documentary " at the 2005 Academy Awards. The documentary was nominated for Best Documentary at the Satellite Awards 2004 .

reception

Tupac: Resurrection received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes , the movie has a 78% rating based on 89 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8 / 10.

Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars and wrote that if you assumed someone would never intend to see a documentary about rap music, but have the opportunity for exactly one, then this film would be the one.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tupacresurrection.htm
  2. ^ Documentary Movies. In: boxofficemojo.com. Accessed January 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ A b The Academy Awards 2005. In: oscars.org. Accessed January 30, 2019 .
  4. ^ A b Roger Ebert: Tupac: Resurrection. In: rogerebert.com. November 14, 2003, accessed January 30, 2019 .
  5. Tupac: Resurrection at Rotten Tomatoes (English)Template: Rotten Tomatoes / Maintenance / "imported from" is missing