Gridlock'd is a 1997 crime dramedy starring Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, and Thandie Newton. It was the directorial debut of Vondie Curtis-Hall, who also wrote the story and screenplay. The film's opening was relatively low, despite critical acclaim; its opening weekend netted only $2,678,372 and it finished with a little over $5.5 million. The film paid tribute to star Tupac Shakur, who had been murdered several months prior to the film's release. Set in Detroit, Gridlock'd centers around heroin addicts Spoon , Stretch and Cookie . They are all in a band together in the spoken word genre. They... go by the name of Eight Mile Road, with Cookie on the vocals, Spoon on the bass guitar , and Stretch on the piano. Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their habit after Cookie overdoses on her first hit. Throughout a disastrous day, the two addicts dodge police and local criminals while struggling with an apathetic government bureaucracy that thwarts their entrance into a rehabilitation program.
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| Release date: | January 29, 1997 |
| Directed by: | Vondie Curtis-Hall |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 91 Minutes |
| Producer: | Michael Bennett, Damian Jones, Paul Webster |
| Editor: | Christopher Koefoed |
| Music by: | Stewart Copeland |
| Cinematography: | Bill Pope |
| Screenplay by: | Vondie Curtis-Hall |
| Estimated budget: | $5,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |