Following the completion of that film, Brewer’s wife became pregnant and he started working on the script for “Hustle & Flow.” Shot on digital video in Memphis, the film is about a car thief who starts to feel guilty about his chosen profession. ![]() With money from his inheritance, Brewer completed his first movie, “ The Poor and Hungry” for $20,000 in 2000. At the same time, the lifestyle started to rob our souls a little bit.”Īround the same time, Brewer’s father, who had always encouraged his son’s film career, died. “We started to roll with a very different element. (One of the characters in “Hustle & Flow” is a stripper and several scenes take place in a local strip club.) “Part of me thought, wow, this will be an adventure,” said Brewer. Jodi, a costume designer, started making outfits for strippers for extra cash, then worked as a waitress at a strip club and later began stripping there. “My wife and I were really struggling,” said Brewer. When he and his wife Jodi moved to Memphis in the mid-1990s, they didn’t have any money. Much of “Hustle & Flow” is based on experiences from Craig Brewer’s own life. ![]() The 25 Saddest TV Character Deaths of This CenturyĤ5 Great Films That Failed at the Box Office How 'We Are Lady Parts' Creator Nida Manzoor Blew Up the Action-Comedy for Her 'Bonkers' Film Debutįive Decades, Generations of Women, and One Letter: Making the 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' Movie Brewer and producer Allain were unwilling to replace Howard, the first actor to sign on. I felt it was a Memphis movie,” said Brewer, who still lives with his family in Memphis, TN. ![]() But he wanted to make, in his words, “a small, personal independent movie.” “It’s not a black movie for me. Brewer said he was told by the studios that he could only direct a black cast if his film was funny or action-packed, or if it had a big-name star.
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