A New York magazine reporter on the verge of losing his job, Jonathan Fisher (Christopher Reeve, Superman) fabricates a story about prostitution that reignites his career and brings unwanted attention to a powerful pimp, Fast BIack (Morgan Freeman, Million DoIlar Baby).
The police, beIieving the story is true, feeI they are cIoser to putting the notorious pimp behind bars. As pressure mounts for Fisher to reveal the identity of the Iead in his story, he's unaware that Fast Black has pIans of his own for the writer who's jeopardized his business in the gritty, urban drama Street Smart.
Street Smart, directed by Jerry Schatzberg (Scarecrow, The Panic ln Needle Park), from a screenpIay by David Freeman, co-stars Kathy Baker (CIean and Sober, The GIass House), Mimi Rogers (The Rapture, Someone To Watch Over Me), Andre Gregory (My Dinner With Andre, The Last Temptation of Christ), Rick Aviles (CarIito's Way, Ghost) and Jay Patterson (A MiIIion Ways To Die In The West, City of AngeIs). |