Story of movie Butter 1998 Film : Butter (known as Never 2 Big in the United States) is a 1998 action film starring Ernie Hudson, Nia Long, Tony Todd and Donnie Wahlberg. It originally premiered on HBO as an HBO Original Film. It was later released to video by Artisan Entertainment as Never 2 Big in 1998 and on DVD in 2001.
| Butter | |
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| Directed by | Peter Gathings Bunche |
| Produced by | Paul Hertzberg |
| Written by | Peter Gathings Bunche |
| Starring | Ernie Hudson Nia Long Donnie Wahlberg Tony Todd |
| Music by | Joseph Williams |
| Cinematography | Nancy Schreiber |
| Edited by | Daniel Duncan |
Production companies | CineTel Pictures Butter Films World International Network (WIN) |
| Distributed by | HBO Films Artisan Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film follows corrupt record company executives who kill a singing sensation with a lethal injection rather than letting her leave their label and join another company. They then frame her foster brother for the murder forcing him to go on the run and to try to get the goods on the real killers.
Screenplay
- Shemar Moore as Freddy Roland
- Ernie Hudson as Curtis "8-Ball" Harris
- Nia Long as Carmen Jones
- Donnie Wahlberg as Rick Darren
- Tony Todd as Benzo Al
- Tom "Tiny" Lister as House
- Terrence Howard as Dexter Banks
- Donald Faison as Khaleed
- Salli Richardson as Blusette Ford
- Badja Djola as Roscoe
- Sam Phillips as Dina
- Ernie Hudson Jr. as Marcus
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