First Time Felon

1997 American film

Omar Epps
Delroy Lindo

CinematographyJeffrey JurMusic byJoseph Vitarelli

Production
companies

Spring Creek Productions
HBO Films

Distributed byHBO

Release date

September 6, 1997 (1997-09-06)

CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

First Time Felon is a 1997 television film directed by Charles S. Dutton and starring Omar Epps.^[1]

Plot

A young inexperienced drug dealer and Vice Lords gang member, Greg Yance (Omar Epps), is arrested for drug possession in his hometown, Chicago. Because of Yance having five grams of drugs under his belt at the time of arrest, he is facing a five-year prison sentence with no parole for drug trafficking. Because it is his first offense, he is offered an alternate sentence of 120 days in an intensive boot camp.

Throughout the boot camp, an experienced drill sergeant, Sergeant Calhoun (Delroy Lindo), continues pressuring Yance to follow through with the camp. Sergeant Calhoun's brutal methods breed resentment in Yance and other inmates.^[2]

Cast

Omar Epps^[3] as Greg Yance
Delroy Lindo as Calhoun
Lucinda Jenney as Sharon
Rachel Ticotin as McBride
William Forsythe as Sorley
Jo D. Jonz as Pookie
Treach as Tyrone
Pepa as Laverne
Justin Pierce as Eddie
Gary Anthony Williams as Wallace
Badja Djola as Disciple Leader
Robin Michelle McClamb as Greg's Mother (credited as Robin Vaughn)
Tom Nowicki as Hogan
Kristen Jones as Crystal
Ed Grady as Johnny the Farmer
Deborah Hobart as Annie Hill
Johnell Gainey as Nine
K. Addison Young as Wolf
Roger Ranney as Guardsman Jones
Charles S. Dutton as Inmate
Clifton Powell as King

Filming Details

Filmed in New York City, Green Cove Springs, Florida, and Jacksonville, Florida

References

^ Sandra Brennan (2007). "New York Times profile". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
^ Yahoo! Movies profile
^ "Rotten Tomatoes movie profile". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-24.