Storyline There are places you don't go at night, places even the cops avoid. Where ganglaw rules and terror reigns. Tenements and tower blocks, concrete slums and subways. This is Enemy Territory. Towering above the ghetto, stands one block, taller than the rest, cut off from the outside world and ruled by the most feared gang of all...The Vampires. Two men are trapped at the top of the building. The only escape is down. But The Vampires are in the basement and they're coming up the stairs. The lifts are out of order and darkness is falling....
"Street Smart" (1987) is a cult classic crime drama featuring Morgan Freeman and Christopher Reeve. Freeman is the supporting lead character in the movie as he plays the antagonist and narcissistic pimp, Fast Black. Before this movie, Freeman's most notable work was in the hit 1970s show, "The Electic Company." Freeman won an Academy for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, which helped propel his career to the next level in becoming an A-list star. But, then, there is Christopher Reeves, mostly known for his role as Superman. In this movie, he plays a struggling magazine reporter that creates an imaginary story about a pimp to save his career.
However, while Reeve leads the film, mostly Freeman and Kathy Baker make it memorable. This movie is one of those films where the supporting lead characters take over every scene. The movie could have done better at the box office if Cannon Production had done better with marketing. Even today, many people still find out about this underground cult flick that makes you see Freeman differently. Roger Irving III produced the film's soundtrack, featuring legendary jazz musician Miles Davis.
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Writer: David Freeman
Starring Morgan Freeman, Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Erik King, Mimi Rogers, Anna Maria Horsford, Jay Patterson, Andre Gregory
Storyline A New York magazine reporter on the verge of losing his job, Jonathan Fisher (Christopher Reeve), fabricates a story about prostitution that reignites his career and brings unwanted attention to a powerful pimp, Fast Black (Morgan Freeman). The police, believing the story is true, feel closer to putting the notorious pimp behind bars. But, as pressure mounts for Fisher to reveal the identity of the lead in his story, he's unaware that Fast Black has plans of his own for the writer who's jeopardized his business in the gritty, urban drama Street Smart.
Storyline Dorian Harewood stars as real-life Texas engineer Lenell Geter, who in
1982 was accused of armed robbery. Beyond the fact that both he and the
suspect are African-American, Geter looks nothing at all like the actual
robber; still, he is identified as the culprit in a police lineup.
Despite the testimony of six character witnesses, all of whom were with
Geter at the time of the robbery, he is sentenced to life imprisonment.
He very likely would have remained in prison had not the CBS
investigative series 60 Minutes told Geter's story to millions of
viewers.
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