Public Enemy Movies
Filmmaker Mike Hill profiles one of the skateboarding world's most revolutionary figures in this documentary tracing the life and career of World Industries founder Steve Rocco. Founded in 1989, World Industries made waves throughout the skateboarding industry by ambushing the corporate world to re-write the rules of the game and usher in a refreshing new era of companies that were owned and operated by skaters. While many thought it could never be done, Rocco accomplished the formidable feat with a little help from such talented friends as Rodney Mullen, Jason Lee, Mark Gonzalez, Natas Kaupas, Spike Jonze, and Jeff Tremaine. A cultural revolution that changed the public perception of skateboarding from that of a passing teenage fad to a thriving anti-authoritarian counterculture, the rise of World Industries ultimately resulted in the creation of some of the most unlikely cult heroes in contemporary sports. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Steve Rocco
- 2005
This documentary contains footage of some of the most accomplished extreme riders of their time including Bobbie Bourdon, Jeff Lenosky, Wade Simmons, and Kyle Strait, showing off in different locations throughout the world. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul Basagotia, Darren Berrcloth, (more)
A band of friends endure much suffering while trying to achieve their dreams of becoming music superstars. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 2001
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One of the first rap groups to "get political," Public Enemy is considered to be one of the genre's original ground-breakers. On this concert presentation from Image Entertainment, the group performs "Public Enemy #1,", "911 Is a Joke," "He Got Game," "Give It Up," "Don't Believe the Hype," "Rebel Without a Pause," "By the Time I Get to Arizona," "Fight the Power," and "Bring the Noise." Released in 2001, the program runs 85 minutes. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Public Enemy
- 2000
And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos collects a dozen music videos that all helped define one of the most popular music forms in the last two decades of the twentieth century. Included are such seminal clips as Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton," House of Pain's "Jump Around," and Arrested Development's "Tennesse." ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Denzel Washington and writer-director Spike Lee team for the third time with this contemporary basketball drama focusing on a promising athlete, the son of a convict-father. Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington) has been in prison for six years when tough prison-warden Wyatt (Ned Beatty) tells him that he's getting a temporary parole with the promise of a commuted sentence. However, there's a trade-off -- Jake must talk his son, Jesus Shuttlesworth (NBA star Ray Allen of the Milwaukee Bucks), the top-ranked high-school basketball player in the country, into signing with the governor's alma mater, Big State. A flashback makes it clear that Jesus' mother (Lonette McKee was accidentally killed by Jake during a violent family fight. After Jake went to prison, the resentful Jesus was left alone to raise his sister Mary (Zelda Harris). Now several colleges are offering Jesus scholarships, and montages satirize the manner in which young athletes are wooed by educators and coaches across the country. However, Jake will soon be back behind bars if he can't get Jesus to sign with Big State within the week. Meanwhile, the greed of other family members begins to surface. John Turturro is seen in a cameo as Coach Billy Sunday, and several real-life coaches can also be spotted in this movie. Music by Aaron Copland (1900-1990) with songs by Public Enemy. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, (more)
- 1995
This video series profiles success stories of rock and roll artists who have risen from obscurity to popular acclaim. This segment features the work of such pop artists as Madonna, Michael Jackson, N.W.A., and Run-DMC. There is a look at the phenomenal career of Madonna. Her business savy and shrewd assessment of America's sexual mores have made her fabulously wealthy. Poking fun at the vestiges of Puritanic culture in America by singing suggestive lyrics and wearing outlandishly provocative clothes, she has won the admiration of some, the ire of others. Her iconoclastic attitude towards sexual repression has turned her into an icon herself. Michael Jackson, too, is portrayed in the film as a visionary, as well as a great entertainer. His androgynous appearance and forays into the outer limits of plastic surgery tell volumes about American culture and its future. ~ Rose of Sharon Winter, All Movie Guide
- 1992
This video from the Fox television rap music show Pump It Up! includes musical numbers that were cut out of the original program. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1991
This 1991 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Michael Jordan and features musical guest Public Enemy. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Jordan, Public Enemy, (more)
The band Anthrax once set out on a genre-bending tour with the rap act Public Enemy. This documentary captures a performance from that tour, an evening that included renditions of "Parasite," "Anti-Social," and "I'm the Man." ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1987
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There's never been another mainstream rap group as simultaneously political and entertaining as Public Enemy, and now fans can watch as Chuck D., Flavor Flav, Terminator X and the S1-W crew take their rousing stage set to European shores to spread the word in this performance taken from the 1987 Def Jam tour. Taken from a time when the Berlin Wall still stood, Reagan was still president, and Nelson Mandela was locked up behind bars in South Africa, this performance from London's Hammersmith Odeon catches the legendary rap outfit in their absolute prime. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
