Film
Light It Up
1999 · 1h 39m · Drama · Thriller
- IMDb
- 6.0
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 40%
- Metacritic
- 43
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Overview
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
Cast
Usher
Lester Dewitt
Vanessa Williams
Audrey McDonald
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 Sabatini
Clifton Collins Jr.
Robert 'Rivers' Tremont
Glynn Turman
Principal Allan Armstrong
Vic Polizos
Capt. Monroe
Dale Rivera
Security Guard (Bob)
Sue Simmons
WNBC Anchor
LeShay N. Tomlinson
Student
Adam Gifford
Cop #2
Eriq F. Prince
Security Officer
Crew
- Craig BolotinWriter · Director
- Tracey EdmondsProducer
- BabyfaceExecutive Producer
- Elliot DavisDirector of Photography
- Harry Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Wendy Greene BricmontEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 4, 1999
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $13,000,000
- Revenue
- $5,985,690
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
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