Straight Outta Compton (film)

Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 film in which the group N.W.A emerges from the mean streets of Compton ,Los Angeles, California,


 * Directed by F. Gary Gray. Written by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff, based on a story by S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus, and Andrea Berloff.

The world's most dangerous times created the world's most dangerous group.

Jerry Heller

 * Let me tell you what I see here: a lot of raw talent. Swagger. Bravado. People are scared of you guys. They think you're dangerous, but the world needs to hear it.
 * [to the policemen] You can't come down here and harass these guys because they're black! people have rights!

Dialogue

 * Jerry Heller: What's NWA stand for, anyway? "No Whites Allowed", something like that? [chuckles]
 * Eazy-E: No... [pause] Niggaz Wit' Attitudes.


 * Eazy-E: Hey, ya'll lookin for Felicia?
 * Felicia's Man: She in there or what?
 * Eazy-E: She kinda preoccupied with some real nigga dick.
 * Felicia's Man: [Revealing a gun] The fuck you say, little nigga?
 * Eazy-E: [Comes out with a machine gun, Cube and Ren behind him with guns too] I said, she got a muthafuckin dick in her mouth nigga!


 * [N.W.A have been warned not to perform Fuck tha Police.]
 * Ice Cube: Hey, hold on, hold on! Y'all know what the motherfuckin' police tried to tell us back stage?
 * Dr. Dre, Audience: What?!
 * Ice Cube: They tried to tell us...what the fuck we can't play. [audience angrily boos] Motherfuckers tried to tell us...what the fuck we can't say! [audience still boos] This N.W.A.! [audience cheers wildly] We do what the fuck we wanna do; We say what the fuck we wanna say! So everybody, put them middle fingers high in the sky. And to the punk-ass cop backstage-- [audience boos the police with their middle fingers raised, and cheer and whistle for N.W.A] Yo, Dre.
 * Dr. Dre: What up?
 * Ice Cube: I got somethin' to say.
 * [Dre scratches vinyl record in rhythm]
 * Ice Cube: [rapping] Fuck the police coming straight from the underground, A young nigga got it bad cause I'm brown. And not the other color so police think They have the authority to kill a minority. Fuck that shit, 'cause I ain't the one For a punk motherfucker with a badge and a gun To be beating on, and thrown in jail. We can go toe to toe in the middle of a cell.


 * Ice Cube: [watching a crowd destroy their records] Ain't that some shit? Speak a little truth and people lose their minds.
 * Eazy-E: See, the truth is, they can do whatever they want with them. They bought them motherfuckers.


 * [NWA arrives back in L.A from the tour, Dre & Cube get off the bus]
 * Dr. Dre: So Cube, we gonna keep this momentum going or what?
 * Ice Cube: Nah, not like this. I'd rather be broke than to get fucked. I told you not to sign that shit, Dre.
 * Dr. Dre: Nigga, I got bills to pay. And you know that! Plus you know I gotta put money in my mom's hand from when Tyree passed.
 * Ice Cube: Yeah, I feel you. We gotta do what we gotta do. You they bread and butter, they're gonna take care of you.
 * Dr. Dre: Cube, we ruthless.
 * Ice Cube: We N.W.A. [looks at Eazy-E and Jerry] They Ruthless.


 * [Jerry Heller pauses No Vaseline, a diss track made by Ice Cube, after hearing him being mentioned as a Jew]
 * DJ Yella: The shit's kinda funny.
 * MC Ren: The motherfucker got us! Yo what we 'bout to do?
 * Jerry Heller: First thing we're gonna do, we're gonna sue this ignorant fuck. That's what we're gonna do. Defamation of character, libel, I don't really care of that anti-Semitic piece of fucking shit, who the fuck does he think he is? Un-fucking-believable! That kind of fucking bullshit?! Jew bashing bullshit?! You know what, I'll call up my friends at the J.D.L. They'll handle him, we'll see how much he likes that.
 * Eazy-E: Jerry, you gotta relax. Alright? Niggas don't even know what anti-Semitic means anyway, it's a fucking battle rap.
 * Jerry Heller: C'mon, Eric, we gotta get organised. We gotta fight this kind of ignorant fucking bullshit. You know what? I always knew he was a hateful human being. This is just ignorant shit. He calls it political? This is ignorant shit! I always knew it. Now the whole world is gonna know. I'm gonna make sure of that, okay? I don't understand why the fuck you're not more angry about this? Did you hear what he said?
 * Eazy-E: I heard what he said.
 * Jerry Heller: DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID?!
 * Eazy-E: I heard what he said!
 * Jerry Heller: About you? About me? Come on!
 * Eazy-E: You got your way of dealing with it, I got mine! We could just go to the studio and just end his fucking career anyway.
 * DJ Yella: I don't know about all that.
 * Jerry Heller: Fine. You'll do that. You call Dre and you guys go do that! Do something.


 * [Cube is annoyed by a reporter's insistence on discussing more controversial aspects of his career, while ignoring the recent Rodney King beating.]
 * Ice Cube: But I get it. The bigger the story, the bigger the check in your field of work. I shouldn't blame you, it's not your fault. [Extends hand] What's your name?
 * Reporter: Brian.
 * [Cube retracts hand]
 * Ice Cube: Eat a dick, Brian. Get the fuck out of my house. Y'all done here.


 * Eazy-E: I liked Boyz n the Hood.
 * Ice Cube: You called it an Afterschool Special.
 * Eazy-E: I like Afterschool Specials.


 * [Eric is upset that Jerry had embezzled money from him]
 * Eazy-E: Here's what's about to happen. I'm gonna get N.W.A back together. And you ain't gonna have nothing to do with it this time.
 * Jerry Heller: Why the fuck can you even say something like that? What the fuck is going on with you, man? I know what's good for you, I know what's good for Ruthless, and we have worked up a trust after years of hard work and that trust is our foundation, Eric. I don't give a shit.
 * [Eric is coughing]
 * Jerry Heller: [concerned] Eric? You look lousy, man. Are you okay?
 * Eazy-E: Trust? Trust is a motherfucker!
 * Jerry Heller: Is it? May I ask you something? Eric, If what I'm doing is so illegal, how come I've never been sued? If I'm such a fucking thief, such a liar, such a motherfucker, how come nobody's ever come to collect? Because this is business. And this is how it works. And it's not always pretty, no. Do I cover my own ass? Do I cover my own end? Absolutely. But don't you dare fucking tell me that I have not taken care of you. Don't you fucking tell me that I've not had your back from day one! Day one!
 * Eazy-E: Is this taking care of me?
 * Jerry Heller: Are you fucking kidding me? It's taking care of the whole fucking thing! It's business! And this is how it works. Have I covered my end? Do I cover my ass? Absolutely. But don't you dare fucking tell me that I have not taken care of you.
 * Eazy-E: Is this business too?
 * Jerry Heller: Yes, this is business, this is how fucked up it can get. But I didn't start this! I didn't fuck it up! You did!
 * Eazy-E: No, you did. You're fired, Jerry.


 * [Eazy-E is in a hospital after collapsing in a recording session]
 * Doctor: Um--
 * Tomica: Ain't you gonna say something? Is-- What is it, a respiratory infection, pneumonia, what?
 * Doctor: Yes, well, um, it is those things and more, I'm afraid. We ran a full blood battery and, uh... I'm sorry, Mr. Wright, but, uh, you've tested positive for HIV.
 * Eazy-E: [in disbelief] Get the fuck outta here.
 * Tomica: W-W-What?
 * Doctor: The normal T-cell count is anywhere between 500 and 1,500. Right now, your T-cell count is 14.
 * [Tomica is shocked]
 * Eazy-E: But I ain't no faggot.
 * Doctor: Uh, Mr. Wright, actually, um, the virus can be transmitted in quite a few ways, including unprotected heterosexual sex.
 * Eazy-E: I d-- That's wrong. You... you gotta test that over. That's-- N-- Test that again.
 * Doctor: We've run the test five times, with five different samples, and the result remains the same.
 * Tomica: [voice breaking] Shit!
 * Eazy-E: Tomica! [Tomica runs out of the room crying] Tomica! But she's pregnant, Doc. What this mean?
 * Doctor: It doesn't necessarily mean that she's contracted the virus, but, uh, we have to test her, to be sure.
 * Eazy-E: So, what do we do? When...we start the the treatment? I mean, what-- I gotta get healthy. I got things to do. I got-- [the doctor sits next to Eazy-E] What-What are we supposed to do?
 * Doctor: Mr. Wright, you need to understand...that you are very, very sick.
 * Eazy-E: I don't even feel that bad, Doc. Don't tell me that. Don't tell me that!
 * Doctor: With care, and palliative care, we can probably keep you comfortable for, uh, maybe six months, at the very most.
 * Eazy-E: [on the verge of tears; voice breaking] "Comfortable"? What do you mean, "Comfortable"?
 * Doctor: It's just a matter of time. Um, I, I am, I-I'm truly, truly sorry, Mr. Wright. [Eazy-E is about to cry] I-I-I'll leave you time to, um, process this.
 * Eazy-E: Come on, Doc, come on, Doc, no. Doc. [the doctor leaves the room, leaving Eazy-E helpless as he cries] [voice breaking] Come on!


 * [Last lines; Dr. Dre is leaving Death Row Records to form his own label, much to Suge Knight's chagrin.]
 * Suge Knight: Whatcha gonna call that bullshit?
 * Dr. Dre: Aftermath.

Cast

 * O'Shea Jackson - Ice Cube
 * Corey Hawkins - Dr. Dre
 * Jason Mitchell - Eazy-E
 * Aldis Hodge - MC Ren
 * Neil Brown, Jr. - DJ Yella
 * Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller
 * Marlon Yates Jr. - The D.O.C.
 * Corey Reynolds - Alonzo Williams
 * Tate Ellington - Bryan Turner
 * Alexandra Shipp - Kimberly Woodruff
 * Angela Elayne Gibbs - Doris Jackson
 * Bruce Beatty - Hosea Jackson
 * Lisa Renee Pitts - Verna Young
 * Keith Stanfield - Snoop Dogg
 * R. Marcos Taylor - Suge Knight
 * Sheldon A. Smith - Warren G
 * Carra Patterson - Tomica Woods
 * Elena Goode - Nicole Threatt
 * Keith Powers - Tyree Crayon
 * Inny Clemons - Officer Rauch
 * Mark Sherman - Jimmy Iovine
 * Camryn Howard - DJ Speed
 * Cleavon McClendon - Sir Jinx
 * Rogelio Douglas, Jr. - Chuck D
 * Steve Turner - Keith Shocklee
 * Tyron Woodley - T-Bone
 * LaDell Preston - Shorty
 * Jordan Can - J-Dee
 * J. Kristopher - Lay Law
 * Stephanie Campbell - Charis Henry
 * Marcc Rose - Tupac Shakur
 * Brandon Lafourche - Arabian Prince