Belly

Director: Hype Williams Hype Williams

Overview

Music video director Hype Williams made his feature film debut with this visually inventive urban drama. Tommy Brown (DMX) and his friend Sincere (Nas) are gangsters who have learned how to make a good living by dealing drugs and pulling armed robberies. Tommy and Sincere have been able to move out of the ghetto in Queens where they were raised and relocate to an upscale section of Manhattan; they would seem to have it made, but both realize that their lives are headed toward a dead end. Sincere begins getting in touch with his African roots and tries to convince his girlfriend Tionne (Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins) that they should emigrate to the Motherland, while Tommy has a religious awakening and joins the Nation of Islam. Along with top-selling rappers DMX and Nas, hip-hop artist Method Man and R&B singer Taral Hicks also appear.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/24/2023
UPC:	0031398337386
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	R
Source:	Lions Gate
Format:	Blu-ray

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Nas	Sincere
DMX	Tommy Brown
Taral Hicks	Kisha
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins	Tionne
Method Man	Shameek
Hassan Johnson	Mark
Louie Rankin	Lennox
Tyrin Turner	Big
Minister Benjamin F. Muhammed	Rev. Saviour
John "BJ" Bryant	Thug #1

Technical Credits

Hype Williams

Hype Williams	Director,Original Story,Producer,Screenwriter
June Ambrose	Costumes/Costume Designer
James Bigwood	Executive Producer
Anthony Bodden	Original Story
Stephen Cullo	Score Composer
Sarah Gyllenstierna	Asst. Director
Regan Jackson	Production Designer
David Leonard	Editor
Nicholas Lundy	Art Director
Tod A. Maitland	Sound/Sound Designer
Larry Meistrich	Producer
Nas	Original Story
Ron Rotholz	Producer
Robert Salerno	Producer
Malik Hassan Sayeed	Cinematographer
Carol Silverman	Set Decoration/Design
Winsome Sinclair	Casting