Street Smart
- Original title
- Street Smart
- Year
- 1987
- Running time
- 97 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Christopher Reeve
- Morgan Freeman
- Kathy Baker
- Mimi Rogers
- Andre Gregory
- Anna Maria Horsford
- Erik King
- Frederick Rolf
- Michael J. Reynolds
- Rick Aviles
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Journalism. Prostitution
- Synopsis
- Magazine reporter Jonathan Fisher, in danger of losing his job, promises to write a factual hard-hitting story of prostitution. But when he tries to get information from the subjects, he is ignored. So he ends up faking a well received story of a pimp, describing his life and crimes. But police think the story is of a real life pimp who is wanted for murder and start pressuring him to reveal the identity of subject in his story, and all he knows. The pimp the police suspect, also thinks the story is about himself, and wants to know what Jonathan knows, and who told him.
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- Awards
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1987: Nominated for Oscar: Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman)1987: Golden Globes: Mominated Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman)1987: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman)1987: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Supp. Actor (Freeman)1987: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Kathy Baker)1987: Independent Spirit Awards: Best Supp. Actor (Freeman). 2 Nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"'Street Smart' winds up being a bit too smart for its own good, but it's compelling and complex."
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"[It] keeps you in a state of agitated suspense as it springs one booby trap after another on its compromised and foolish hero"
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"A superb entertainment, it also has something to say."
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"It's not very good, but there are redeeming features"
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"Thanks to a terrific performance by Freeman and slick direction by Jerry Schatzberg, this is a fast-moving, intermittently riveting crime drama."
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