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Belly, Special Edition, Version 2 (1998)

Nas , DMX , Hype Williams  |  R |  DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (159 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Nas, DMX, Taral Hicks, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins, Method Man
  • Directors: Hype Williams
  • Writers: Nas, Hype Williams, Anthony Bodden
  • Producers: Hype Williams, Avram 'Butch' Kaplan, Edwin J. Nunez, James Bigwood
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX), English (DTS ES)
  • Subtitles: Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Lions Gate
  • DVD Release Date: January 20, 2004
  • Run Time: 96 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (159 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000YEE6M
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,828 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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Special Features

  • Newly remastered
  • Multiple spoken-word featurettes
  • "Grand Finale" music video with DMX, Method Man, Nas, and Ja Rule
  • Deleted scene

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Item Name: Belly, Special Edition, Version 2; Studio: Lions Gate

Product Description

The friendship between Queens gangsta buddies Sincere and Tommy (rap stars Nasir "Nas" Jones and Earl "DMX" Simmons) is tested when Sincere tries to leave their lethal, drug-dealing lifestyle behind in this powerful urban drama from acclaimed music video director Hype Williams. Taral Hicks and Wu Tang Clan alumnus Clifford "Method Man" Smith also star. 95 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0; Subtitles: Spanish; audio commentary by Williams; deleted scene; featurette; theatrical trailer; bonus CD.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
When I first heard that Artisan would be releasing a brand new special edition of "Belly", I was intrigued. I already owned the original DVD release which was alright but a little light in the special features category. On it, director Hype Williams spoke on a number of scenes that were omitted from the final release. He talked about wanting to put together a "director's cut". With this edition, I was hoping that we would finally get to see the footage he talked about.

Much to my dismay, this entire "Special Edition" is one of the weakest and most half-baked attempts to re-sell the same DVD twice that I've ever come across. Not only is there no added material from the actual movie but the special features included have me more confused than most viewers were with the original version of this film. The so-called "Deleted Scene" is actually just one solid shot of a bunch of people standing in front of some strippers at a night club. When they turn around, their bare breasts are blurred out like some TV reality show or something. I find it very hard to believe that this was ever even intended to be in the movie as the inclusion of it would make no sense once so ever. In fact, I think it's safe to say that it's probably just some daily from one of the filiming days at the strip bar. As for the "Spoken Word Featurette", it is actually just a bunch of people performing live poetry based on some of the characters in the movie. What The?!?! The only added feature that has anything to do with the movie is the music video for the song, "Grand Finale" off the film's soundtrack. Even the advertised bonus CD soundtrack is not the full album but eight songs from it thrown on a disc. The rest of the features are just recycled from the previous DVD release.

I have always considered "Belly" to be one of my guilty pleasures. Many critics trashed it, the film bombed in the box office, but found a cult following on video. Sadly, Artisan chose to hit said fan base in the crotch and the wallet with this awful excuse for a "special edition". If you already own the first DVD and the soundtrack, I promise you that you will regret updating your collection with this waste of time. There is no behind-the-scenes footage, "making of" featurette, or any ommitted scenes. Nobody from the cast or crew had anything to do with this at all. This is really quite a shameless attempt to cash in. Underrated film, awful DVD.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Format:VHS Tape
A person can look a Belly two ways. Half of us will see it as a video guide on how to be drug dealin' gangsta, and as a bad influece on americas youth (trust me, I've seen this movie influence some kids). The other half will see it as a way for, to use one of Nas' own terms, "Ghetto Prisoners to Rise." My only beef is why did they show all of this crime and violence for 99% of the movie? It's like they just tacked on the "lets all get togther ednding" just to make you forget about the actual theme of the film. It doesn't make the film any worse, just puzzling. One great thing is how the characters that Nas, X, and Meth play are exactly how you would vision them in real life. X is hard and crazy, Nas is down, yet knowledgable and intellegant and Meth is grimy. If you like these artists, you'll love Belly. If you don't, you'll probably do better of watching somthing else.Belly is a movie with a message to and from the streets, and with an excellent story line, great camera angles, and real life situations. If oyu can get past all the excess "gangsta-ism" you wil see that.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Format:DVD
Hype makes a spectacular transistion from the genre of filming amazing music videos to his own feature length film- belly... fusing hip-hop/r&b culture to this gritty street drama, the influences of music can be seen and add much emotional depth to the film. overall, spectacular...
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A classic true hip hop story.
DMX can play this role perfectly and Nas is a great supporting actor.
Published 22 months ago by Solid Snake
AMERICA'S CRITIC
OK THIS IS A CLASSIC I COULD WATCH THIS MOVIE EVERYDAY ITS THAT GOOD,, DMX WAS INCREDIBLE NAS WAS A GREAT SUPPORTING ACTOR THE WOMEN WERE HOT STORY WAS ON POINT DRUGS SEX AND... Read more
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Looks Amazing on Blu-Ray
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great gangsta flick nas and dmx are str8 ghetto and PERFECT for the role and they totally clash and the entire drug world gets them into trouble and their days become numbered... Read more
Published on December 10, 2009 by A. Hendrix
One of the worst waste ways you can waste your time.
Everything is awful about the film. There isn't a thing positive I can say about it. Please don't waste your time.
Published on October 17, 2009 by John B. Roberts
Fun, Unexpectedly Good Movie!
To be honest when I first opened this one up I didn't really hope for much...but the opening scene (UV reaction and that song! Read more
Published on July 2, 2009 by Matt J. Rose
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