{"product_id":"redemption-the-stan-tookie-williams-story-1","title":"Redemption - The Stan \"Tookie\" Williams Story","description":"Amazon.com\n\nIn the annals of acting, 2004 will be remembered as a banner year for Jamie Foxx. Before his acclaimed turns in Collateral, alongside Tom Cruise, and Ray, the Ray Charles biopic, he produced and starred in this made-for-cable movie about former gangbanger Stan \"Tookie\" Williams. Directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Vondie Curtis Hall (Gridlock'd), Redemption tracks Tookie's rise as co-founder of L.A.’s notorious Crips, fall to death-row inmate, and rise again to Nobel Prize Nominee. Tookie’s reminiscences to journalist Barbara Becnel (Lynn Whitfield), while he is on death row, frame the story. Virtually unrecognizable from his days on In Living Color, a buffed-up, dreadlocked Foxx gives an effectively low-key performance, while Whitfield also shines in a less rewarding role. Redemption may not have the grandeur of Malcolm X or The Hurricane--and Tookie's transformation from man of violence to man of peace happens too quickly--but his story is just as inspirational. --Kathleen C. Fennessy\n\nProduct Description\n\nBased on the true story of Crips street gang founder Stan \"Tookie\" Williams.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0002B14UC\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0002B14UC.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Jamie Foxx|Lynn Whitfield|Lee Thompson Young|Brenden Jefferson|Brenda Bazinet|Wes Williams|Greg Ellwand|CCH Pounder|Barbara Barnes-Hopkins|Tom Barnett|Karl Campbell|Joseph Pierre|Vondie Curtis-Hall|J.T. Allen\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41457637621818,"sku":"DBV.B0002B14UC.A","price":7.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0002B14UC-0.jpg?v=1781124024","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/redemption-the-stan-tookie-williams-story-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}