Fresh

Name: Fresh
Director: Boaz Yakin
Released: 1994-01-01

1994 American crime film directed by Boaz Yakin

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Released: 1994
Director: Boaz Yakin
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0109842/Retrieved 2016-05-02
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Screenwriter: Boaz Yakin
Producer: Lawrence Bender
Cast: Sean Nelson
, Giancarlo Esposito
, Samuel L. Jackson
, N'Bushe Wright
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Runtime: 109 min
Genre: crime film
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0109842/Retrieved 2016-05-02
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, drama film
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1.ew.com/article/1994/09/16/freshRetrieved 2016-05-02
2.imdb.com/title/tt0109842/Retrieved 2016-05-02
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, hood film
Country of origin: France
, United States

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Fresh is a 1994 American independent crime drama film written and directed by Boaz Yakin in his directorial debut, and produced by Randy Ostrow and Lawrence Bender. It was scored by Stewart Copeland, a member of the Police. The story revolves around a preteen boy named Michael, nicknamed Fresh, who runs drugs for gangsters. Inspired by the chess lessons of his father, an alcoholic speed-chess master, Fresh devises and executes a brilliant plan to extricate himself and his drug-addicted sister from their hopeless lives.

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Director of photography: Adam Holender
Narrative location: New York City
Main subject: chess
Title: Fresh
Color: color
Filmiroda rating: Category III rating certificate id: F/6343/J
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1.Stated in terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx
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FSK film rating: FSK 16
Medierådet rating: Prohibited for children under 16
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1.Stated in Danish Film Database
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CNC film rating (France): no minors under twelve
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 88%(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 40 critic review
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Fresh”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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7.6/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Fresh”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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