First Time Felon

First Time Felon is a 1997 drama film starring Omar Epps.[1]

First Time Felon
Directed byCharles S. Dutton
Produced byLen Amato
Written byDaniel Therriault
StarringOmar Epps, Delroy Lindo
Music byJoseph Vitarelli
CinematographyJeffrey Jur
Production
companies
Spring Creek Productions
HBO Films
Distributed byHBO
Release date
  • 1997 (1997)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A young inexperienced drug dealer and Vice Lords gang member, Greg Yance (Omar Epps) is nabbed for drugs in his home town of Chicago. Because of the amount of drugs on him when he was arrested, he is facing a five-year prison sentence with no parole for drug trafficking. Because it is his first offense, he is offered an alternate sentence of 120 days in an intensive boot camp.

Throughout the boot camp, an experienced drill sergeant, Sergeant Calhoun (Delroy Lindo) continues pressuring Yance to follow through with the camp, in lieu of the prison sentence and to make sure he doesn't end up back in jail again. Sergeant Calhoun's brutal methods breed resentment in Yance and other inmates.[2]

Cast

Filming Details

Filmed in Green Cove Springs, Florida. Filmed also in Cincinnati Ohio and Jacksonville Florida

See also

References
  1. "New York Times profile". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  2. Yahoo! Movies profile
  3. "Rotten Tomatoes movie profile". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-24.


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