Hustle & Flow

Name: Hustle & Flow
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Released: 2005-07-22
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson, DJ Qualls

IMDb ID: tt0410097 · Year: 2005 · Rating: 7.3 (44,379 votes)

Genres: Crime · Drama · Music

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: Hustle & Flow
Canada: Hustle & Flow (English)
Germany: Hustle & Flow
Spain: Hustle & Flow
France: Hustle & Flow
United Kingdom: Hustle & Flow
Greece: Hustle & Flow (DVD Title)
Ireland: Hustle & Flow (English)
India: Hustle & Flow (English)
Japan: Hustle & Flow (English)
New Zealand: Hustle & Flow (English)
Philippines: Hustle & Flow (English)
Sweden: Hustle & Flow
Singapore: Hustle & Flow (English)
United States: Hustle & Flow
South Africa: Hustle & Flow (English)
Argentina: Ritmo de un sueño
Uruguay: Ritmo de un sueño (DVD Title)
Mexico: Ritmo de un Sueño
United States: Ritmo de un Sueño (Spanish)
Slovenia: Gor in dol
Croatia: Gužva i frka
Italy: Hustle & Flow - Il colore della musica
Canada: Hustle and Flow (French)
Vietnam: Lưu Manh Lên Đời
Venezuela: Menearse y fluir
Hungary: Nyomulj és nyerj!
Romania: Pe urmele unui idol
Poland: Pod prąd
Brazil: Ritmo de um Sonho
Turkey: Sahne Ateşi (Turkish, DVD Title)
Ukraine: Метушня і рух
Russia: Суета и движение
Japan: ハッスル＆フロウ (Japanese)
Taiwan: 街頭嘻哈客
Ritmo de un SueñoContent RatingRRelease Date2005-07-22Runtime116 minutesMetascore68IMDb Popularity0User Reviews225Critic Reviews138Countries / RegionsUnited StatesLanguagesEnglishKeywordselectronic keyboard
audio cassette
car
disc jockey
drug abuseFilming LocationsTennessee, USAProduction CompaniesCrunk Pictures
Homegrown Pictures
MTV FilmsOfficial SitesOfficial Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HustleAndFlowMovieIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410097/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0410097.jpgUpdated At2025-04-15T03:00:14

Directors

Craig Brewer

Writers

Craig Brewer

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Terrence Howard | Character: Djay
Actor: Anthony Anderson | Character: Key
Actor: Taryn Manning | Character: Nola
Actor: Taraji P. Henson | Character: Shug
Actor: DJ Qualls | Character: Shelby
Actor: Ludacris | Character: Skinny Black
Actor: Paula Jai Parker | Character: Lexus
Actor: Elise Neal | Character: Yevette
Actor: Isaac Hayes | Character: Arnel
Actor: Juicy J | Character: Tigga
Actor: William Engram | Character: Slobs
Actor: Bobby Sandimanie | Character: Yellow Jacket
Actor: Haystak | Character: Mickey
Actor: Claude Phillips | Character: Harold
Actor: Josey Scott | Character: Elroy
Actor: John Still | Character: Shop Owner
Actor: Jay Munn | Character: Prison Guard
Actor: Michael Hooks Jr. | Character: Block Manager
Actor: Jerome Toles | Character: Police Officer
Actor: D.J. Paul | Character: R.L.
Actor: Al Kapone | Character: Kateezy
Actor: Jennifer Bynum Green | Character: Choir Lead Singer
Actor: Kelvin Birrus | Character: Choir Singer #1
Actor: Tiran D. Boyland | Character: Choir Singer #2
Actor: H. Renee Cogar | Character: Choir Singer #3
Actor: Brandon Seiferth | Character: Choir Singer #4
Actor: Deborah Manning Thomas | Character: Choir Singer #5
Actor: Terrence Brown | Character: Piano Player
Actor: T.C. Sharpe | Character: Arnel's Drunk
Actor: Lindsey Roberts | Character: Harper
Actor: Free Sol | Character: Bathroom Kid
Actor: Clarence Mabon | Character: Police Officer #2
Actor: Mark Goodfellow | Character: Pawn Shop Owner
Actor: Latasha Texas | Character: Stripper #1
Actor: Tracy Davis | Character: Stripper #2
Actor: Erica Miller | Character: God Bless America Girl
Actor: Helen Bowman | Character: Defendant
Actor: Michael Boogaloo Boyer | Character: Dj
Actor: Josh Driver | Character: Bar Tender
Actor: Shariee Jones | Character: Skate Extra
Actor: Dennis Phillippi | Character: Self
Actor: Jeff Pope | Character: Trick #1
Actor: Kenon Walker | Character: Crystal Palace Party Attendant

[Directors Group]
Name: Craig Brewer | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Craig Brewer | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Stephanie Allain | Role: Producer
Name: Preston L. Holmes | Role: Producer
Name: John Singleton | Role: Producer
Name: Dwight Williams | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Scott Bomar | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Amy Vincent | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Billy Fox | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Kimberly Hardin | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Keith Brian Burns | Role: Production Designer

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Alexa Marino | Role: Art Director

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Joni Wheeler | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Paul A. Simmons Jr. | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Bert Reo Anderson | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Camille Kauer | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Ted Long | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Kellie Robinson | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Linda Thompson | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Denise Tunnell | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Terra Abroms | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Chris Hayden | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Van Hayden | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Zac Jackson | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Wayne Witherspoon | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Will E. Drummond | Role: Art Department
Name: James Harper | Role: Art Department
Name: Spencer Pharr | Role: Art Department
Name: Dalton Cole Young | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Bobbi Banks | Role: Sound Department
Name: Gregg Barbanell | Role: Sound Department
Name: Nancy Barker | Role: Sound Department
Name: Andy Black | Role: Sound Department
Name: Nathan Black | Role: Sound Department
Name: Michael Camello | Role: Sound Department
Name: Michael C. Casper | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ezra Dweck | Role: Sound Department
Name: Stephanie Flack | Role: Sound Department
Name: Paul Hackner | Role: Sound Department
Name: Greg Hedgepath | Role: Sound Department
Name: Larry Hopkins | Role: Sound Department
Name: Brian W. Jennings | Role: Sound Department
Name: Susan Kurtz | Role: Sound Department
Name: Mark Larry | Role: Sound Department
Name: Daniel J. Leahy | Role: Sound Department
Name: Chris Navarro | Role: Sound Department
Name: James Azizi Penny | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jason Piatt | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jacob Riehle | Role: Sound Department
Name: Will Riley | Role: Sound Department
Name: Brad Sherman | Role: Sound Department
Name: Frank Smathers | Role: Sound Department
Name: Fred Stafford | Role: Sound Department
Name: Eric Thompson | Role: Sound Department
Name: Donald L. Warner Jr. | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lars Bjerre | Role: Sound Department
Name: Zahari Schtonov | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Jim Eikner | Role: Special Effects
Name: Stephen Hall | Role: Special Effects
Name: Ben Ishmael | Role: Special Effects
Name: Jesse Spots | Role: Special Effects
Name: Jason Thomas | Role: Special Effects
Name: Steve Wolf | Role: Special Effects

[Visual Effects]
Name: David Booth | Role: Visual Effects
Name: John Daro | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Rick Lopez | Role: Visual Effects
Name: David Rosenthal | Role: Visual Effects

[Stunts]
Name: David Paul Lord | Role: Stunts
Name: Max Maxwell | Role: Stunts

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Tony Arnaud | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Peter Budd | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Rob Chidester | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Alisa M. Colley | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: David A. Cook | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Dan Cornwall | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Rusty Edmonson | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tracy Facelli | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Dale Fowler | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Donny Fowler | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Chris Friebus | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Richard C. Kerekes | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tommy Maddox-Upshaw | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: James McMillan | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Joshua Miller | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Aldo Porras Jr. | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jonathan Stoll | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Steve Sudge | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Adam Ward | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tom Weston | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Matt Zschoche | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Greg Morse | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Michelle Adams | Role: Casting Department
Name: Cam Deaver | Role: Casting Department
Name: Benjamin Gerry | Role: Casting Department
Name: Christopher Gray | Role: Casting Department
Name: Barbara Harris | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Meriwether Nichols | Role: Costume Department
Name: Christy Hebert | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: John Daro | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Nancy Jundi | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Thanadoul Khunngam | Role: Editorial Department
Name: David Rosenblatt | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Walter Volpatto | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Charise E. Angone | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Donna T. Giles | Role: Location Management
Name: Hailey Giles | Role: Location Management
Name: Dalton Cole Young | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Scott Bomar | Role: Music Department
Name: Denise Carver | Role: Music Department
Name: Marc Franklin | Role: Music Department
Name: Christiaan Gordon | Role: Music Department
Name: Marvin R. Morris | Role: Music Department
Name: Charles 'Skip' Pitts | Role: Music Department
Name: Shie Rozow | Role: Music Department
Name: Julie Sessing | Role: Music Department
Name: Paul Stewart | Role: Music Department
Name: Mary Unobsky | Role: Music Department
Name: Keith Barrows | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Betty Chin | Role: Production Department
Name: Sueann Han | Role: Production Department
Name: Steven Hines | Role: Production Department
Name: Carla Michelle Johnson | Role: Production Department
Name: Sims Lawson | Role: Production Department
Name: Christopher A. Malone | Role: Production Department
Name: Shaun Sanghani | Role: Production Department
Name: Corey Wilburn | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Ilene Pickus | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: Nalla Black | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Yvette Boykins | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Robert Brubaker | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Cassandra Barbour | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jackie Bazan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kenny Becker | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Cassandra Butcher | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Darian Corley | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Troy Craig Poon | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tyra Dixon | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tyrone D. Dixon | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bennett Fidlow | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Aquil Fudge | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ellen Gannon | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Frank Gray III | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Erin Hagee | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Michelle Lesley Johnson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: DeAara L. Lewis | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Joe Matukewicz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kevin B. May | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Khanya Mkhize | Role: Additional Crew
Name: John Nicolard | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Erik Proveaux | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Michael Rapaport | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Maya Robinson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bill Schultz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Laura Sevier | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Mark Van Horne | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Walter Volpatto | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ivana Chubbuck | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: David Dinerstein | Role: Thanks
Name: Jennifer Kuwabara | Role: Thanks
Name: Nathan Lux | Role: Thanks
Name: Sam Phillips | Role: Thanks

Trailers

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Hustle and Flow | Type: Clip | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2861564185/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi2861564185/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1564521939517.mp4?Expires=1788407024&Signature=ccaTs0nmKe7vvibmkkjevcrgJO86zd4aLQC4SwPN0FWE1BCmAwXFH61Hs1zdhVTBg0VffEeffaWkaUEp~G9SPHHIZqSfokN4vnQpfbBghBH01LV6aVPWQOGVnlnWHn6Gcw7YUtxptEYJxTtI24t8W-Zwb-SRxgbgb32XHEjTUmZjuXYZR2M58qy7rEGBLLq-a~gXR~nEVAWZ9QTOk1hnTRhqYiR9SaPlQ7QFFoL4u-MYlCkB2tYJ6BH0XsVCYEm8BJbFFV7~y-sf-Ig56D0BxiyHcDTARjSWsyCINQr7g780ioxFJIL4WlabhHfop7FVk8qtFMZl-Lq64UTscaTTxw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA
Hustle and Flow | Type: Clip | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi833487129/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi833487129/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1563670984921.mp4?Expires=1788407024&Signature=TIFa3Si8f7NV3x0cd~15Rn3NWnuYhDma6V2Ug1UTSOPmLJYY0C2dfkY9H~Q1jpMtIBvir9i-jN1RaASIaxGLGLc9tlVosLivqKSFGPdRleYDzVGyxy~OD13qZ5EwoSGlzO7voyI9R69kgMSPywTk7loZ60W61VH~bh1bEXASmVuJFn2mWtVfttTb73m8VbAfNtxy4kv9agGR-ho27vRrS3wD8E4sBr9z64OfQnMbQIvYeZyVlB~m~KJgmWfz0NrRPUKQNRaOCmtNkcUY~pdUe2OEhE9EoZoU0GUXJyYC91KrgFzpMgHCTUwPdeoFBb5B3-cOC3SZsvnEhQChTYTF-g__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA

Release Schedule

United States: January 2005 (Sundance Film Festival)
United States: April 14, 2005 (Nashville Film Festival)
United States: June 10, 2005 (Atlanta Film Festival)
Canada: July 22, 2005
United States: July 22, 2005
United Kingdom: November 11, 2005
Ireland: November 11, 2005
Germany: November 17, 2005
Austria: November 18, 2005
Morocco: November 18, 2005 (Marrakech International Film Festival)
Netherlands: December 1, 2005
France: December 7, 2005
Turkey: December 9, 2005
Brazil: March 3, 2006 (São Paulo)
Mexico: March 3, 2006
Australia: March 9, 2006
Brazil: March 31, 2006 (Rio de Janeiro)
Denmark: April 21, 2006
Sweden: May 12, 2006
Spain: June 2, 2006
Iceland: June 15, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Argentina: June 28, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Taiwan: July 13, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Japan: August 12, 2006
Hungary: September 12, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Singapore: October 12, 2006
Italy: May 11, 2007 (TV premiere)
Poland: March 15, 2023 (TV release)
Taiwan: July 11, 2024 (Fuzhong 15 Documentary Cinema)

Awards

Box Office

Hustle &amp; Flow