Movies by Michael Wright
As part of the cast:
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Before I Self Destruct (2009)
Cast: 50 Cent, Clifton Powell, Elijah Williams …
Directed by: 50 Cent
After an injury sidelines his dreams of making it as a basketball pro, Clarence (50 Cent) takes a job in a grocery store. Then tragedy strikes: His mother is killed by a stray bullet, leaving…
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Hardrock (2006)
Cast: Michael Wright, Raekwon, Tom Arlotta …
Directed by: Jon Stu
After a prominent judge's daughter dies from taking contaminated Ecstasy, the ensuing political scandal brings a world of grief to the city's street dealers in this gritty actioner.…
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The Interpreter (2005)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Silvia Broome is a linguist whose job is to translate for her assigned delegate the complex issues facing the United Nations. But her daily challenge turns perilous when she overhears a plot…
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Coalition (2004)
Cast: Frank Vincent, Michael Wright, Raekwon …
Directed by: Joseph Ariola
Hip-hop artist Raekwon leads the young urban cast of Coalition, a hard-hitting view inside the gritty and corrupt side of New York's construction industry and the troubled labor unions…
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Light and the Sufferer (2004)
Cast: Paul Dano, Michael Esper, Anthony M. Bertram …
Directed by: Christopher Peditto
Blending elements of several genres, this coming-of-age tale about mysterious beings drawn to those in trouble is based on a short story by Jonathan Lethem. College dropout Paul (Michael…
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Pinero (2002)
Cast: Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto …
Directed by: Leon Ichaso
Benjamin Bratt stars in the true story of the late Latino poet-playwright-actor Miguel Pinero, whose creative and turbulent life was cut short at the age of 40. After a difficult childhood,…
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Point Blank (1998)
Cast: Michael Wright, Danny Trejo, Kevin Gage …
Directed by: Matt Earl Beesley
It's Con Air on the ground when a busload of Texas's most deadly criminals is freed by an ambush and takes over a nearby shopping mall in this action thriller. Former Texas Ranger…
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The Sugarhill Gang: Rapper's Delight (1998)
Cast: Sugarhill Gang, Melle Mel, Joey Robinson …
Pioneering rappers the Sugarhill Gang team up with Grandmaster Melle Mel for a blistering live set recorded at the 1998 Lokerse Festival in Belgium that features the group's…
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Sugar Hill (1994)
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright, Clarence Williams III …
Directed by: Leon Ichaso
No stranger to pain and tragedy, drug lord Roemello Skuggs (Wesley Snipes) is ready to quit his dangerous profession and settle down in a quiet new life with his girlfriend (Theresa Randle).…
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The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Cast: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon …
Directed by: Robert Townsend
Rhythm-and-blues artists such as the Temptations and Sam Cooke served as the inspiration for filmmaker Robert Townsend's ambitious movie about five urban friends who climb the stairway…
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The Principal (1987)
Cast: James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong …
Directed by: Christopher Cain
Loose-cannon high school teacher Rick Latimer (James Belushi) is "promoted" to principal of Brandel High -- the toughest school in Berkeley, Calif. But no worries: He speaks loudly and…
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Streamers (1983)
Cast: Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein …
Directed by: Robert Altman
While waiting to be shipped to Vietnam, young soldiers Billy (Matthew Modine), Roger (David Alan Grier), Richie (Mitchell Lichtenstein) and Carlyle (Michael Wright) deal with racial tension…