Light It Up (1999)

Are you the No. 1 fan of Light It Up? Create your own Fan Site on Hollywood.com. Click here!

R | 1 hr 38 mins | Action, Drama, Thriller, Urban | Released: 11/10/1999 |Box Office Total: $5.8M

Hollywood.com Says

My Friends Say

Hollywood Users Say

Favorites

Write a Review

Rate Movie

	Showtimes & Tickets

	Trailers & Clips

	Photos

	Review

	Cast Interviews

	Premiere Video

	Official Site

	Meet Fans

	Fan Sites

	Forums

	Get a Poster at

Synopsis:

A neglected high school in Queens, New York. A favorite teacher is suspended. Suddenly, six disparate students--a student council member, a punk rocker, a hustler, a star basketball player, a gangbanger and a gifted artist--are bound together in a battle none of them ever imagined they would fight. The students barricade themselves inside the school. As the police, media and eyes of the country zero in on the sensational crisis, the students realize for the first time in their young lives that their voices might actually be heard. The question then becomes, "What do they have to say?" What quickly escalated from a simple protest to a hostage situation takes a startling turn as the students stand their ground and make a statement. After a lifetime of injustice over which they've had no control, the students use their negotiating power to ask not for money, nor to gain immunity, but to demand their right to receive a decent education.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
11/10/1999

Studio	Credit
Fox 2000	Studio
Director	Credit
Craig Bolotin	Director
David A Starke	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Usher Raymond	Lester Dewitt
Forest Whitaker	Officer Dante Jackson
Rosario Dawson	Stephanie Williams
Robert Ri'chard	Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone
Judd Nelson	Ken Knowles
Fredro Starr	Rodney J Templeton
Sara Gilbert	Lynn Sabitini
Clifton Collins Jr	Robert 'Rivers' Tremont
Glynn Turman	Principal Armstrong
Vic Polizos	Captain Monroe
Vanessa Williams	Audrey McDonald
Gaddiel Otero	Arturo Orosco
Frank Dominelli	Sargeant Tortino
Reggie Theus	Intel Officer No 1
Jennifer Say Gan	Intel Officer No 2
Kevin Morrow	Boy
Kevin Robert Kelly	O'Connor
LaTaunya Bounds	Bridget
Erica Hubbard	Girl No 1
Melissa Gonzalez	Girl No 2
Patrick Nugent	Police Officer Kelly
Sharif Atkins	Gunman
Stephen R Key	Rookie Cop
Eric Avilis	Vernon
Shawn Isom	Staggler No 1
Deborah J Crable	WPIX Anchor
Amy Landecker	Reporter No 2
Rengin Altay	NY Post Reporter No 3
Sam Samuelson	NY Post Reporter No 4
Rhomeyn Johnson	Spotter
Llou Johnson	Radio DJ
Daren Flam	Cop
Rick Johnson	Paul Miller
Erick Garcia	Armondo
Olumiji Olawumi	Student Council Secretary
Dan De Casual	Mr Miller
Serena Altschul	Herself
Liza Cruzat	MTV Employee
Sabrina Dames Crutchfield	BET Reporter
Charles Brougham	Team Leader
Eddie Fernandez	Tactical Cop No 2
Donna Hanover	Fox News Anchor
Tara Hickey	Secretary
Darlene Komar	Principal Armstrong's Secretary
Velma Austin Massey	Lester's Mom
Robert Minor	Lester's Dad
Marvin Nelson	S.W.A.T. Team Member
Eriq F Prince	Security Officer
Gary Anthony Ramsay	News Anchor No 1
Dale Rivera	Security Guard
Sue Simmons	WNBC Anchor
Adam G	Cop No 2
Leshay Tomlinson	Student
Production Credits	Credit
David A Starke	Co-Executive Producer
Bridget D Davis	Co-Producer
Tracey Edmonds	Producer
Kenneth Edmonds (Babyface)	Executive Producer
Helena Echegoyan	Co-Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Edmonds Entertainment	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
20th Century Fox Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Fox Films, Ltd.	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Writer	Credit
Craig Bolotin	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Sheilah Sullivan	Production Accountant
James Theodore Nettnin	Accountant - accountant clerk
Merrilee Dale	Assistant Production Accountant
Xavier Dale	Assistant Accountant - accounting production assistant
Reina Sullivan Alexander	Assistant Accountant - accounting production assistant
Cheryl McHugh	Production Accountant
Andrea L Larsen	Assistant Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Ron Grenko	Set Dresser
David Conaghan ('Conman')	Lead Person - leadman
Paul Bianco	Swing Gang
Patricia Schneider	Set Decorator
Melissa Nusbaum	Art Department Coordinator
Lawrence G Paull	Production Designer
Karen Fletcher Trujillo	Art Director
Kurt Sharp	Set Designer
Matthew Tufano	Set Dresser
Helmer Clausson	Swing Gang
Dave Utah Doemland	Swing Gang
Jeff Duerwachter ('Ponyboy')	Swing Gang
Wayne Lurz	Swing Gang
Timmy Timmy McGee ('Tough-Guy')	Swing Gang
Joe Melichar	Swing Gang
Benjamin Mootry	Swing Gang
Steve Nold ('Ironman')	Swing Gang
Casting	Credit
Robi Reed	Casting
Darlene R Komar	Extras Casting Assistant
Donna R Harrison	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Regina Prokop	Extras Casting
Heather White	Extras Casting Assistant
Sharon D King	Casting
Yolanda Hunt	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Boinski ('Big Jim')	Extras Casting - extras casting coordinator
Cydney McCurdy	Casting Associate
Rick Tellone	Extras Casting - extras casting coordinator
A Doran Reed	Casting Associate
Marvin Nelson	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Will R Gatlin	Craft Service - craft service coordinator
Donna Oaks	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Darius Gatlin	Craft Service - craft service assistant
DeAndre Gatlin	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Dave Hansen	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Karen Sahm	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Frank Taylor	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Tiffany Taylor	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Tim Toth	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Mark Weidling	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Pete Picchietti	Camera Assistant - camera production assistant
Jim Miller	Lighting Technician
Pedro Neel Garcia	Video Assist/Playback - camera intern/video assistant
Chuck Hodes	Photography - still photographer
Greg Jackson	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Dennis McNeill	Color Timer - lab color timer
Kelly J Krotine	Camera - film loader
Elliot Davis	Director of Photography
Kevin P Boyd	Video Playback - 24-frame video playback
Gerrit Dangremond	Camera Operator - camera operator/Stedicam operator
T S Hale	Camera - camera remote technician
Andrew Smith	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Rob Rownd	Video Playback - 24-frame video playback
Richard Sobin	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 1st assistant
Alan Thatcher	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Steven R Wojcik	Camera Operator
Michelle M Mann	Camera - camera remote technician
Donald C Carlson	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Paul A Cascio	Camera Assistant - assisistant camera (2nd Unit)
Dan Urbain	Camera - camera remote technician
Richard Sobin	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Steven Silverstein	Camera Assistant - assisistant camera (2nd Unit)
Colin Slaby	Camera Assistant - assisistant camera (2nd Unit)
Music	Credit
AZ	Song Performer
Michael McQuarn	Music Supervisor
Gavin Greenaway	Music Conductor - score conductor
Harry Gregson-Williams	Music
Roosevelt Harrell	Song - songs
Ladd McIntosh	Orchestrations - score orchestrations
Richard Whitfield	Music Editor
Beanie Sigel	Song Performer
Jack Smalley	Orchestrations - score orchestrations
Dwight Grant	Song
Steve Jablonsky	Music - music programmer
Anthony Cruz	Song
Amil Whitehead	Song Performer
Bink	Song - song producer
Sol9	Song Performer
OutKast	Song Performer
Amil Whitehead	Song
Slimm Cutta-Calhoun	Song Performer
Tonya Johnston	Song
Chris Bartlett	Song
Earl Simmons (DMX)	Song Performer
Jeffrey Atkins (Ja Rule)	Song Performer
Jim McGregor	Song
Stephani Bennett	Song
Blaze	Song Performer
Fredro	Song Performer
Scott P Schreer	Song
Andre Benjamin	Song
NSync	Song Performer
Antwan Patton (Big Boi)	Song
Master P	Song Performer
No Limit All Stars	Song Performer
David Sheats	Song
Brian Loving