Tupac: Resurrection

Tupac: Resurrection
Directed byLauren Lazin
Produced byLauren Lazin
Preston Holmes
Karolyn Ali
StarringTupac Shakur
CinematographyJon Else
Edited byRichard Calderon
Music byTupac Shakur
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • January 22, 2003 (2003-01-22) (Sundance)
  • November 14, 2003 (2003-11-14)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$300,000
Box office$7,808,524[1]

Tupac: Resurrection is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and death of rapper Tupac Shakur. The film, directed by Lauren Lazin and released by Paramount Pictures, is narrated by Shakur himself. The film was in theaters from November 14, 2003, to December 21, 2003. As of July 1, 2008 it had earned over $7.8 million, making it the 21st-highest-grossing documentary film in the United States - (in nominal dollars, from 1982 to the present).[2] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 77th Academy Awards.[3] The soundtrack was also commercially successful with selling over 2,000,000 units in US alone. It debuted at no. 2 at the Billboard 200.[4]

Synopsis

Tupac details his childhood, from growing up with a mother addicted to crack to being taken care of by drug dealers on the streets, as well as the type of jobs he had to do to get money. He also talks about his love for poetry, his friendship with Jada, what his lyrics mean, and about the negative resentment the media has had on him. This documentary then details his shooting, his reaction to getting shot, his paranoia after getting shot, and ultimately his death. The documentary ends with Tupac coming to terms with his life and his past, understanding the wrongs that he has done, as well as giving a monologue about stereotypes of Black men, telling Blacks to not give in to stereotypes and to control themselves, and it also shows the impact Tupac has had on the entire world.

Reception

Critical response

Tupac: Resurrection has an approval rating of 78% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 90 reviews, and an average rating of 6.75/10. The website's critical consensus states, "There's no question where the director's loyalty lies in this one-sided tribute; however, Tupac's charisma makes this doc an engaging sit".[5] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

Soundtrack

Main article: Tupac: Resurrection (soundtrack)

An official 14-track soundtrack album was released, although it only contained nine songs that featured in the movie. The following tracks, listed alphabetically by title, are written and/or performed by Tupac and feature in the film:

The following tracks, which Tupac had no input on, are also featured in the film:

  • America The Beautiful
  • All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
  • All That You Have Is Your Soul - Tracy Chapman
  • Black Seeds Keep On Growing
  • Exodus - Bob Marley
  • Humpty Dance - Digital Underground
  • Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye
  • Know The Ledge - Eric B. & Rakim
  • Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
  • Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim
  • Parents Just Don't Understand - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
  • Smooth Operator - Sade
  • Vincent - Don McLean
  • Waiting For You - Tony! Toni! Tone!
  • Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[8] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Tupac: Resurrection".
  2. ^ "Documentary Movies". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  3. ^ "NY Times: Tupac: Resurrection". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  4. ^ "2Pac | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  5. ^ "Tupac: Resurrection". Rotten Tomatoes.
  6. ^ "Tupac: Resurrection". Metacritic.
  7. ^ "British album certifications – 2Pac – Resurrection". British Phonographic Industry.Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Resurrection in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  8. ^ "American album certifications – 2Pac – Resurrection". Recording Industry Association of America.

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