TY  - ADVS
AU  - Salles,Walter
AU  - Ranvaud,Donald
AU  - Ribeiro,Andrea Barata
AU  - Ramos,Maurício Andrade
AU  - Mantovani,Bráulio
AU  - Lund,Kátia
AU  - Meirelles,Fernando
AU  - Rodrigues,Alexandre
AU  - Firmino,Leandro
AU  - Haagensen,Phellipe
AU  - Silva,Douglas
AU  - Haagensen,Jonathan
AU  - Nachtergaele,Matheus
AU  - Seu Jorge,
AU  - Lins,Paulo
ED  - Miramax Films.
ED  - Petróleo Brasileiro, S.A.
ED  - Brazil.
ED  - 02 Filmes (Firm)
ED  - VideoFilmes (Firm)
ED  - Globo Filmes (Firm)
ED  - Wild Bunch (Firm)
ED  - Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
ED  - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
ED  - Lumiere (Firm)
TI  - Cidade de Deus =: City of God 
T2  - Miramax award-winning collection
PY  - 2003///
CY  - [São Paulo, Brazil], Burbank, CA
PB  - O2 Filmes, Distributed by Lionsgate
KW  - Lins, Paulo,
KW  - Young men
KW  - Drama
KW  - Gangs
KW  - Urban poor
KW  - Photographers
KW  - Juvenile delinquents
KW  - Squatter settlements
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Foreign films
KW  - Film adaptations
KW  - Motion pictures, Portuguese
KW  - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
KW  - Feature films
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Fiction films
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
N1  - Do romance de [(Based on) the novel by] Paulo Lins; Special features: News from a personal war [featurette] (57 min.); Sneak peeks [trailers] (5 min.); Chasing the chicken -- In the city of God -- Motel job -- See no evil -- Shorty suspects -- Buried alive -- Seventies -- Apartment -- L'il Zé -- Local drug trade -- Bené's new 'do' -- Runts -- Hand or foot -- Knockout Ned -- Goodnight sweet prince -- Killing spree -- Ned goes over -- Rampage -- Rocket -- Take my picture -- Front page -- Guns like candy -- Bloodbath -- Rocket sees all -- End credits; Cinematografia, César Charlone ; montagem [editor], Daniel Rezende ; direção de arte [art direction], Tulé Peake ; música original, Antonio Pinto e Ed Côrtes ; figurino [costumes] Bia Salgado e Inès Salgado; Alexandre Rodrigues (Buscapé/Rocket), Leandro Firmino da Hora (Zé Pequeno/L'il Zé), Phellipe Haagensen (Bené), Douglas Silva (Dadinho), Jonathan Haagensen (Cabeleira), Matheus Nachtergaele (Sandro Cenoura), Seu Jorge (Mané Galinha); Originally produced as a Brazilian motion picture in 2002; MPAA rating: Rated R for strong brutal violence, sexuality, drug content, and language
N2  - Built in the 1960s, Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a sprawling housing project built to keep the poor as far as possible from Rio's glamorous beaches and resorts. By the 1980s, it has degenerated into a war zone so dangerous that visitors from outside risk being shot to death on sight, a poisonous stew of poverty, drugs, and crime. "If you run away, they get you, and if you stay, they get you, too," says Rocket, who wants to be a photographer. Rocket's brother, friends, and neighbors begin with truck stick-ups, which lead to brothel hold-ups that lead to murder that leads to coke dealing that leads to street brawls with armies of gun-toting 11-year-olds. Soon a full-scale gang war rages in the City of God--understandably not covered by wary Rio photojournalists--but just the opportunity Rocket needs to make his move, get a job at a newspaper, and get out
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