Product Details

• Actors: Tupac Shakur, Frank Alexander, Michael Eric Dyson, Cathy Scott, Detective B. Becker
• Directors: Sean Long
• Writers: Sean Long, Bryan LaBranche, Byran LaBranche, Michelle Amor, Ytasha Womack
• Producers: Frank Alexander, Gary Jenkins, Kenneth Smith
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Xenon
• VHS Release Date: January 15, 2002
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005QWAZ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,210 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great video - but is it the truth????, January 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Tupac Shakur - Before I Wake (DVD)

This was absolutely the BEST video I've seen on Tupac, or any rap artist! After suffering through Thug Immortal, it looks as if Xenon finally has gotten it right. The only thing I question is whether the bodyguard is telling all that he knows. Some of the stuff seems believable, but there was a lot of stuff that just didn't make sense to me.

But from a pure entertainment perspective, it was very good. I laughed (the in-studio footage was hilarious - it was good to see Pac smiling), and I got caught up in the moment when he died. The film was very intelligently done. I've always been a Tupac fan, and this is finally something really about HIM! Of course now though, I want some more Pac material!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For The Serious Pac Fan, June 17, 2004

By 

Joseph Williams (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tupac Shakur - Before I Wake (DVD)

If you really have an interest in Tupac Shakur, and you REALLY want to know who is possibly responsible for his murder, then get Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake. Out of all the Tupac documentaries, this is the only one that followed his shooting in a step by step format. Frank's part is a little long, but he takes you on a step by step journey of Pac's last year of his life. It was good seeing Easy E in the doc, some people act like he never existed. Done by true Pac fans and fans of hip hop.....I can tell, can you??

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This should have been called the Frank Alexander story, January 22, 2002

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Ameer Edwards "ameerthedonedwards" (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tupac Shakur - Before I Wake (DVD)

This DVD was worth the [money] I spent but I would not recommend it to any non Tupac Fan. This DVD is basically Tupac's body guard telling about his life as Tupac's main body guard and friend. This DVD does an exellent job of showing the softer side of Tupac. The in studio footage is very entertaining. Out of the 8 0r 9 people interviewed only Frank Alexander had a close relationship with Pac. Not a single represenitive of Death Row was interviewed. No interview was done with his mother or close homeboys who new Pac for many years. Frank Alexander is an impostor who is using his position as Pac's ex body guard to make a quick buck. Frank Alexander is the executive producer and he made no effort to make this a fair balanced piece. Alexander new Pac for all of 12 months. More interjection from people who new Pac on a personal basis would have made this DVD worth purchasing. All that said it is still a must have for a true Tupac fan.