The Wood

Released Date
July 16, 1999
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$25,059,640 + $0 = $25,059,640
53
Taye Diggs

as Roland

50
Omar Epps

as Mike

53
Malinda Williams

as Young Alicia

70
Patricia Belcher

as Mrs. Hughes

49
Tamala Jones

as Tanya

52
Richard T Jones

as Slim

48
De'Aundre Bonds

as Stacey

About The Wood

While dealing with a friend's cold feet on his wedding day, a writer reminisces about his youth with his best friends.

About

Hours away from his wedding, Roland goes missing, and his friend Mike reflects on the misadventures he shared with Roland and their buddy Slim growing up. The story follows their troubles with gang members, the police and women. 

Trivia

The film was directed by Rick Famuyiwa. The Wood was Rick's first feature film. The movie's song "I Wanna Know" won a 2001 ASCAP Film And Television Music Award for Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures.