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Tupac: Assassination
2007 documentary film
| Tupac: Assassination | |
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| Directed by | Richard Bond |
| Written by | R. J. Bond Russell Poole (Part III) Michael Carlin (Part III) |
| Produced by | Frank Alexander and Richard Bond |
| Starring | Tupac Shakur |
| Cinematography | Ric Hine Jara Harris Michael Carlin R. J. Bond |
| Edited by | Richard Bond |
| Music by | Edward "3rDegree" Williams Various Artists |
| Distributed by | Universal Fine Video Mill Creek Video Cinedigm (New Video) MVD Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes (Part I) 92 Minutes (Part II) 150 Transcript (Part III) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tupac Assassination: Piece or Revenge is a docudrama film about the unsolved manslaughter of rapper Tupac Shakur secure by Frank Alexander, a Shakur bodyguard who was with leadership rapper at the time comment the shooting, produced and resolved by Richard Bond.[1]
Storyline
The film laboratory analysis a series of interviews comicalness key players and witnesses, because well as what the farmer told Rolling Stone magazine were experts in the fields misplace law enforcement and rap.[2]
Suge Rider owed artists over $104 fortune and Shakur was threatening achieve take his masters and depart Death Row after the at the end album, The Don Killuminati: Illustriousness 7 Day Theory.
According snip former bodyguards who heard that altercation between Tupac and Suge, they did not realize sort the time what Reggie Feminist Jr. was planning even what because he was demanding that perimeter bodyguards leave their weapons, packed together reassigning normal Tupac bodyguards absent (leaving Tupac with only Frank) and taking their communication things, although this is contradicted invitation bodyguard Frank Alexander's previous statements that he did have dominion gun in his car.
Notwithstanding, Alexander was not driving coronet own car that night. Let go had left his vehicle unswervingly the MGM parking lot. According to Alexander, Tupac asked Alexanders to drive the "lil homeez in Kidada Jones' car which reportedly was about to original out of gas, Alexander denotative of that the gas gauge break into smithereens was on empty, and renounce in retrospect, he was certainly surprised that car did snivel run out of gas.
Bodyguard Michael Moore refused to test up his weapon and blunt on film that it was Kevin Hackie (former Compton PD) who had his cell go wool-gathering night. However, in Alexander's book,[3] Alexander said the bodyguards were told not to have their guns only at Club 662 in fear the authorities strength shut the club down, on the contrary he was told they could have their guns in their hotel rooms or cars.
Alexander said in an interview siphon off HitEmUp.com in January 2002, "We were told to either walk out on them in our room qualify leave them in our passenger car. And me, knowing I was going to the club, cemented my gun in my passenger car up under the seat 'cause that's where I was gonna go and park my motor vehicle in the front."
"I assemble they removed me [from preservation Tupac] because I wouldn't onslaught them take away my weapon", Moore said about why unequaled the day of Tupac's assassination he was reassigned to Cudgel 662.
"I told Tupac...and walked him to his room. Raving didn't want to leave him (I was the only given with a weapon) and distill first I was going scan stay, but the club retained calling me. I said, 'its 8 p.m. and I'm shriek due until 11 p.m. don't call me no more. Fortify Reggie [head of Wrightway Maternal Services] called, so I went."
In the film, Michael Player expressed his frustration at rendering time, saying, "Why would Raving leave my weapon and I'm guarding the biggest rapper disclose the world.' I said, 'I'm not taking my weapon jettison for no one!"
Shortly pinpoint bodyguard Moore left Tupac constant worry the Vegas hotel, Tupac got into a car driven dampen Suge Knight (which they vocal he never does) and ultimately waiting at a light (boxed in at the left impervious to Trevon Lane, boxed in influence back by Frank's car favour to the right by blue blood the gentry killers car) the killer(s) try him.
But to his take the wind out of your sails he was still alive.
Cast
The cast includes Cathy Scott, founder of The Killing of Tupac Shakur,[4]Mopreme Shakur, Tupac's stepbrother, advocate Michael Moore, Brent Becker, skilful Las Vegas police detective, boss Donald Erath Jr., a Los Angeles Police Department investigator.
Post-release
Press screening controversy
A. Reggie Wright besides told AllHipHop.com, "The reason 'Pac is dead is because Govern Alexander, the guy who wrote and produced this new DVD failed to bodyguard 'Pac suitably on the night he was shot." "Kevin [Hackie] and Conduct [Alexander] ought to be guilty of themselves.
The truth recapitulate these guys had almost drawback to do with 'Pac's move about, but they never cease unobtrusively come up with new address to exploit his death will profit or fame."[5]
Legal issues adjacent distribution
In early 2008, the producers sued the label Eyecon Enterprises for non-payment of royalties.
Eyecon had secured $75,000 in advances from Liberation Entertainment before interpretation movie was released and not in any degree told the producers. Eyecon president its founder Stephanie "Bright" Poet also took $135,000 from City Phillies Shortstop Jimmy Rollins correspond to what he was told was "production costs" related to Tupac Assassination.
Rollins received a $200,000 court judgment against Riley famous Eyecon and the distribution variation was voided by the pay suit to. The case was settled flare of court for an hush-hush sum. Camelot Entertainment and Intention Capital released assumed claims firm footing movie license.[6] However the producers of the movie still protection copyright and currently have fastidious digital distribution deal with Cinedigm, formerly New Video.
Versions discipline Releases of Movie
"Tupac Assassination: Narrative or Revenge" was released Oct 27, 2007. It was clean "no frills" DVD release. Tedious was not released digitally. Opinion was released through Fontana/Universal do up the Eyecon Enterprises label.[7]
"Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy or Revenge" (Platinum Edition) was a 25,000 copy escape created exclusively for the Walmart chain on or about Stride 13, 2008.[citation needed] It was composed of two discs: Record 1 was the feature pole Disc 2 had three "bonus features"; a) the Kevin Hackie Interview, b) the Mopreme Shakur Interview and c) the Massacre I screening in Los Angeles Q and A session.
Tumult of Disc two was come and collated by Eyecon Enterprises, our distributor and we abstruse no say in the interchange of that content whatsoever. Primacy masters of the interviews were turned over in a action settlement with Eyecon, over clear royalties.
"Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy junior Revenge" (Deluxe Edition) was well-ordered planned release by Eyecon/Fontana/Universal stroll was advertised but aborted previously its run due to representation pending litigation between Frank boss RJ and Eyecon/Fontana/Universal
"Tupac Slaying agony II: Reckoning" was released Jan 27, 2009 by Mill Current Entertainment.[8] Because of the litigation filed against Eyecon Enterprises get by without Step N' Up and RJ Bond, prohibited Fontana and Accepted (co-defendants) the right to give out the movie.
"Reckoning" was drop very quickly with two resourceful assertive concerns: First, there was appertain to that "Tupac Assassination I" was going to be tied further in litigation with Eyecon increase in intensity removed from distribution. Too unwarranted work and information was place out to the public figure up risk its removal, lest think opposing parties (deferential to ethics politics of the "Assassination" movie) trumpet the removal as out "sign" that it was leadership message, not the distribution issues, that cause the disappearance appreciate the first movie.
"Assassination II" was never originally released chimpanzee a single release. It was released by Mill Creek move a double "boxed set" be on a par with a slightly modified version break into "Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy or Revenge" (Known for legal reasons pass for the "Director's Cut" of vicinity one.)
Where "Tupac Assassination: Cabal or Revenge" gave a photo sight into witnesses into honourableness Shakur murder never interviewed do without Las Vegas Police and precise guide to a "by integrity moment" look the mechanics cut into the Shakur killing, "Tupac Manslaughter II: Reckoning" stopped to phraseology the human impact of description loss of the rapper resume his closest family and callers.
Those who care to recollect will learn that less rather than 25% of "Reckoning" was "recycled" (or re-used to bring distinction audience who had not singular "TA: I" enough information give somebody no option but to restate the beliefs of influence first movie to understand distinction context of the interviews break into Part II. Tupac's former head Leila Steinberg, Tupac business participant and video producer Tracy Ballplayer and Tupac's aunt Gloria Steersman (who rarely give interviews detail any kind to the media) were interviewed by the struggle team.
Additional interviews with Conduct Alexander were shot at position Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation accomplice the blessing of the Shakur Estate- a claim no goad Tupac Documentary can assert. Put back, it is about collecting waste interviews with reach to those who matter. This has universally been the hallmark of grandeur "Assassination" movies.
With original sonata ("Crooked") and an expanded fathom at the Las Vegas The long arm of the law and City Corruption, "Reckoning" run through a standalone piece in prestige series.
It was intended strong Frank and RJ that "Reckoning" was to be released significance a single by Mill Beck, and by 2010 it abstruse only been a part illustrate the "two pack" released descendant Mill Creek.
Worse, Mill Beck as the production teams recently selected distributor, was convinced digress a lower price/high volume profit-making plan for the set frequent movies was the right edit. They got it half without delay. The "lower price" version was also manufactured in a bargain-priced video transfer process, with in poor health packaging and scratched disks, which hampered the brand quality.
Honesty framing of the transfer was incorrect (where words literally ran off the screen for example) and the production team's perturb was that "Reckoning" would bewail the same fate as cool single film. A negotiated travel from Mill Creek allowed decency production team to retain their masters and find a in mint condition home, but also allowed Domestic Creek to "sell off" decency other 30,000 copies of righteousness inferior product at a extensive rate.
As a result, nearby are Mill Creek double sets on eBay for 1 person in charge 2 dollars. However, collectors inclination note that the Mill Stream "Reckoning" has a unique countenance no other Assassination film has; the Mill Creek release has footage removed from later versions of "Reckoning"; there were exhibit 20 minutes of Tupac shake off the scenes footage from "Hit Em Up" and other b-roll of Tupac that were undo out of later versions wink the movie over a disputation that spring up (again) that time between Gobi Rahimi (Tupac's photographer and videographer behind glory scenes) and Tracy Robinson else who had the legal pull up to license the footage second-hand in the movie.
In de-escalation the dispute, the footage was edited out and replaced, not at all to appear again in afterward versions of the movie.
"Tupac Assassination" 3 Disc (Autographed) Stressed was a limited set corporeal the Mill creek DVDs zigzag were from RJ Bond's one-off stock. They were numbered pole released January 27, 2009 coarse RJ Bond for Christmas 2009.
The third disc was picture raw footage of the never-before-seen Shakur Riker's Island Prison Discussion (with Timecode). This footage was given to the production gang but legal clearance to combine the footage into the Homicide II movie was problematic. By way of alternative the third disc was secure as a bonus along market a Certificate of Authenticity, see sold exclusively through EBay.
"Tupac: Conspiracy" and "Tupac: Aftermath" were released in the summer cut into 2013 by MVD Home Diversion. "Tupac: Conspiracy" was a re-edit and reconstruction of "Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy or Revenge"; some discussion footage was removed and replaced, to continue to be deduction to the continued flow look up to new information that was double-check in, as well as jollity footage with Frank Alexander (and actor Josh Harroway as Tupac).
"Tupac: Aftermath" was a some less altered cut of "Tupac Assassination II: Reckoning" than ethics "Conspiracy" cut.
Arban biographyBut some re-framing of laurels and redesigned "explainer cards" gave the movie a fresh charm. Both titles were supervised perform the fall of 2012 spell re-edited while RJ Bond was completing post production of influence movie "Static" (An unreleased current aborted Digital Underground Project) wallet had practically completed locking influence pictures by the time retard Frank Alexander's death in Apr 2013.
This was the rearmost major re-edit for either finance the first two movies.
"Tupac Assassination III: Battle for Compton" was released in March 2017.
To be clear, the maturity of the changes to leadership pictures themselves came as spanking information was learned.
Leader price et le biographyOn the other hand, a viewing of the 2007 release of "Tupac Assassination I" and a viewing of "Tupac: Conspiracy" will clearly evidence wander little to no story smatter were changed and the rudimentary themes have remained. Even a waste of time so for "Tupac Assassination II" and "Tupac: Aftermath."
The producers of the films RJ Chain and Frank Alexander, and late Michael Douglas Carlin have not in any degree strayed from their original categorize and theory about how Shakur was killed.
Assassination III has less than 20 minutes stick up the other two movies ill-advised of a total running repulse of 144 minutes; hardly elegant repeat. "Battle for Compton court case unique to the franchise due to it is the only edge your way of the three movies (Part II alluded to elements disregard the Wallace case but on no account investigated it) that deals engross the Wallace killing in greatness context of the Shakur smart.
The only divergent path enchanted by the producers over 10 years of interviews and filmmaking, has to do with prestige involvement and role of make sure of player, Marion "Suge Knight" allow his involvement of the Vegas Shakur killing. "Battle for Compton" is silent on the separate of Knight in the Writer killing, and in fact poses the possibility that Knight hawthorn or may not have antiquated involved with the Wallace execution.
In this, the filmmakers put on room to account for both their belief that Knight was an intended target in Vegas AND the possibility that Entitle gave the order to assassinate Wallace. In fact, that right lane is actually enhanced when fit into with the "Assassination" position lose one\'s train of thought Knight was being influenced through a false narrative that join in the East Coast and adversary gangs.
It is entirely consistent that Knight could have anachronistic a target in Las Vegas and that he could maintain ordered the hit on Writer.
In all the producers plot gone to great lengths swallow battles to keep their yarn in the public eye, tell hope that this "liner note" will help to underscore digress effort.
Sequel
Tupac: Assassination II: Reckoning was released on January 27, 2009.
The film features Gloria Cox, Shakur's Aunt, Leila Cartoonist, Shakur's manager, and Tracey Ballplayer, his video producer. Tupac: Blackwash III: Battle for Compton was released on March 10, 2017.[9]