Light It Up (1999)
1h 39m
Running Time
November 4, 1999Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Vanessa Williams
Audrey McDonald
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 Sabatini
Clifton Collins Jr.
Robert 'Rivers' Tremont
Glynn Turman
Principal Allan Armstrong
Vic Polizos
Capt. Monroe
Dale Rivera
Security Guard (Bob)
Craig Bolotin
Director
Sue Simmons
WNBC Anchor
LeShay N. Tomlinson
Student
Tracey Edmonds
Producer
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Details.
Release DateNovember 4, 1999
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingR
Budget$13,000,000
Box Office$5,985,690
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Wiki.
Light It Up is a 1999 film starring an ensemble cast that consists of R&B singer/actor Usher Raymond (in his first leading role), Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson, and Vanessa L. Williams. The film was written and directed by Craig Bolotin, and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and his wife Tracy Edmonds.
The film follows five teenage high school seniors and one sophomore, who hold a wounded police officer hostage and barricade themselves inside the school.