Bones (2001 film)
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| Directed by | Ernest Dickerson |
| Written by | Adam Simon Tim Metcalfe |
| Produced by | Rupert Harvey Peter Heller Lloyd Segan |
| Starring | Snoop Dogg Pam Grier Khalil Kain Clifton Powell Bianca Lawson Michael T. Weiss |
| Cinematography | Flavio Labiano |
| Edited by | Michael N. Knue Stephen Lovejoy |
| Music by | Elia Cmiral |
Production companies | The Lloyd Segan Company Heller Highwater Productions |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English French Spanish |
| Budget | $16 million |
| Box office | $8.4 million |
Bones is a 2001 American supernatural black horror film directed by Ernest Dickerson and starring rapper Snoop Dogg as the eponymous Jimmy Bones, a murdered numbers runner that rises from the grave to avenge his death. The film is presented as a homage to blaxploitation films of the 1970s and incorporates numerous elements from the genre.
It initially met with negative reviews and a dismal box-office performance, but has since been reappraised as a cult classic, especially for Snoop Dogg’s performance, the practical effects, and Dickerson's direction.