Director`s Commentary
Exclusive Documentary : "Friendly Fire : Making of an Urban Legend"
Deleted Scenes
Music Videos : "Growin'Up in the Hood" by Compton's Most Wanted
and "Just Ask Me To" By Tevin Campbell
Director and Cast Filmographies

John Singleton, at the age of 23, was nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Original Screenplay for his debut film, Boyz N the Hood. The film stars
Laurence Fishburne, Angela Basset, Ice Cube, and Academy Award-
winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. in his first starring role in a feature film.
Gooding plays Tre Styles, a teenager growing up in South Central Los
Angeles. His father, Furious (Fishburne), is divorced and living away from
Tre and his mother (Basset), but he`s still involved in Tre`s upbringing,
teaching him the values of right and wrong and responsibility. Meanwhile,
Tre`s childhood buddies Ricky (Morris Chestnut) and Doughboy (Ice Cube)
are living their lives in terms of the epidemic of violence and poverty that has
plagued their neighborhood. Ricky, a talented football player, strives to get a
full athletic scholarship to college. If only his SAT scores were higher.
Doughboy lives a life full of crime but still remains true to his friends. The
obstacles that these three young men come across result in dire
consequences, devastatingly avoidable and inevitable at the same time.
Boyz N the Hood is a landmark film beyond its commercial success,
presenting a portrait of South Central in the late `80s and early `90s as
painted by Singleton (who grew up in that neighborhood), achieving
accuracy and dramatic resonance in this story of at-risk youth.