Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Redemption The Stan Tookie Williams Story is a 2004 television film starring Jamie Foxx and Lynn Whitfield. The film was directed by Vondie CurtisHall. Other cast members in the film include Lee Thompson Young and CCH Pounder.

After its debut at The Sundance Film Festival, the film was released in January 2004 via the FX cable network on television and went on to become a successful venture for the network. The film was nominated fordifferent awards and wonof them. Among the awards the film was nominated for include American Cinema Editors, Black Reel Awards, Golden Globes, NAACP Image Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, MovieGuide, Satellite Award, Screen Actors Guild, and Writers Guild of America.Shot indays during July and August 2003, all of the filming took place in Toronto except for one full day in South Central Los Angeles and one halfday of exteriors in San Francisco. The Toronto water treatment plant was used as a double for the exterior of San Quentin State Prison. Production was almost shut down when Michael Mann refused to release Jamie Foxx from his rehearsal schedule on Collateral. But Foxx, who had met with Stanley Williams for many hours at San Quentin convinced Mann to give him a threeweek window. Jamies performance was shot over only three sixday shooting weeks in Toronto. During that period, Toronto suffered a massive city wide blackout, and the production only had power from its backup generators. Jamie Foxxs dialogue coach during the shoot was a former inmate of San Quentin. ........

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