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 ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 1997 | Running Time: 91 minutes
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Vondie Curtis-Hall's corrosive film about two strung-out jazz musicians attempting to kick their heroin habit has some fascinating insights into that process but is thrown off course by its uncertain tone. Late rap idol Tupac Shakur and Tim Roth star as the musicians who decide to kick heroin after witnessing the overdose of a singer friend Thandie Newton. The director attempts to crossbreed a horrific vision of the lives of these two characters with a gallows humor about their predicament, but ...more
- Tim Roth - Stretch
- Tupac Shakur - Spoon
- Thandie Newton - Cookie
- Charles Fleischer - Mr. Woodson
- Howard Hesseman - Blind Man
- Ron Cummins - man in ER
- William Long, Jr. - right wing TV show host
- Rusty Schwimmer - nurse
- Venessia Valentino - woman in ER
- Tracy Vilar - screaming woman
- Lucy Liu - Cee-Cee
- Richmond Arquette - resident doctor
- Debra Wilson - medical woman
- James Shanta - patrolmam
- Ted Field - Executive Producer
- Scott Kroopf - Executive Producer
- Stan Lathan - Executive Producer
- Russell Simmons - Executive Producer
- Paul Webster - Producer
- Erica Huggins - Producer
- Damian Jones - Producer
- Vondie Curtis-Hall - Screenwriter
- Scott Plauche - Art Director
- Robi Reed-Humes - Casting
- Renee Reeser - Consultant/advisor
- Eddee Kolos - Coordinator
- Michael Bennett - Co-producer
- Steven Siebert - Co-producer













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