Slam

Name: Slam
Director: Marc Levin
Released: 1998
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone, Lawrence Wilson, Beau Sia

1998 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 2,508 VOTES · DIR. Marc Levin

Overview

Raymond Joshua, a young black performance poet, is arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge in a Washington, D.C. jail. Although the confining prison walls do little to shield him from danger, it is within those walls that Raymond establishes his identity, strength, and voice and meets a prison gang leader and a prison writing teacher, Lauren Bell. Bell inspires Raymond to use the power of creative expression to free himself from the struggles and demise of the Black male as another victim of the judicial system.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,384 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:40 Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Can't nobody get me.

00:06:02 I just want to remember something.

00:10:33 Let's go, man.

00:15:58 - What's wrong with me? - China dog.

00:19:14 blow the whistle on whoever you want to blow it on, in order to get out.

00:23:17 Door three. One gate.

00:28:09 What's up, partner?

00:32:14 That nigga brings me some shit, too. I ain't saying you're sweet

00:35:14 If I got to push the steel in the motherfucking nigga.

00:40:18 I want everybody high.

00:44:09 You are out of place. Let's go.

00:47:45 The name of my little piece is, uh, "Why."

00:50:56 That's the only way to go now.

00:54:31 You never know. You never know, you know?

01:00:06 Where you been at for a couple of days?

01:03:17 that tried to kill me, man, and tried to kill you?

01:07:16 Oh, okay. You gonna kick a piece later?

01:10:31 I still have to try to get back into prison to do my job...

01:15:17 I mean, yesterday, I woke up in a fucking prison.

01:18:10 Where do you think I was, huh? When you were the fucking slave

01:22:03 and then I crunch and munch the cone.

01:26:07 You can give birth to an excuse so easily

01:29:57 Medusa, I am.

500:00:00 in the District of Columbia.

Cast & Characters

Saul Williams Ray Joshua Sonja Sohn Lauren Bell Bonz Malone Hopha Lawrence Wilson Big Mike Beau Sia Jimmy Huang Andre Taylor China Momolu Stewart Bay (Jail Rapper) Ron Jones Do Wop Cop Reamer Shedrick Do Wop Cop Allan E. Lucas Chief C.O.

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,384

Dialogue density13.8 lines / min

First line00:02:40

Final line500:00:00

Production Record

DirectorMarc Levin

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,508