A Memphis car thief falls in love with one of his victims, an attractive cellist.A Memphis car thief falls in love with one of his victims, an attractive cellist.A Memphis car thief falls in love with one of his victims, an attractive cellist.
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- 5 wins
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- TriviaCraig Brewer: He can be seen in the mirror filming the scene where Harper is working in the strip club.
- Quotes
[Eli and Harper are walking to Amanda's concert at the University of Memphis. Harper begins looking up at the sky]
Harper: This is like a date!
Eli Foote: It ain't like that...
Harper: With a real live girl!
Eli Foote: What are you doing?
Harper: Oh, I was just looking for the flying pigs. Come on, Casanova, let's go get us some culture.
- Crazy creditsThe dedication at the end of the film reads "in loving memory of Walter Brewer 1949 - 1998".
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hustle & Flow (2005)
- SoundtracksHex & Hell
Written by Jason Freeman
Performed by Jason Freeman
Featured review
Pure and Simplistic, Liked it a lot.
Call me crazy, but I really find "The Poor and the Hungry" to be the best Craig Brewer movie to-date. Yes, I know it was shot using little Sony camcorders and edited with pro-sumer type stuff, but it's so gritty, so realistic and so darn good, that I think it might just be one of the best "no budget" films of all time. I could watch this "Digi Flick" (a Brewer term) again and again. The power and elegance of simplicity, the earthy cinematography, the wonderfully controlled acting and fist-rate, unique, storytelling, place P&H high above other Brewer films. Having been to Memphis several times, I thought he did a great job of capturing this somewhat complex, divided and historically relevant city, while telling a heart-felt love story at the same time. Wanted to give this a "7.5" but didn't see an option to do so. If you get a chance to see this moving independent feature, make sure you do.
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- mstarla
- Oct 2, 2009
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- $20,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
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