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Murder Was the Case: The Movie

  • Video
  • 19951995
  • 18m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
623
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Murder Was the Case: The Movie (1995)
ShortComedyCrime
Follows the exploits of Snoop Doggy Dogg as he gets shot, and makes a deal with the devil to survive.Follows the exploits of Snoop Doggy Dogg as he gets shot, and makes a deal with the devil to survive.Follows the exploits of Snoop Doggy Dogg as he gets shot, and makes a deal with the devil to survive.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
623
YOUR RATING
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    • Directors
      • Dr. Dre
      • Fab 5 Freddy(video What's My Name?)
      • F. Gary Gray(video Natural Born Killaz)
    • Writers
      • Philip G. Atwell
      • Dr. Dre
      • Ricky Harris(additional material)
    • Stars
      • Snoop Dogg
      • Charlie Murphy
      • Gregory Scott Cummins
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Dr. Dre
      • Fab 5 Freddy(video What's My Name?)
      • F. Gary Gray(video Natural Born Killaz)
    • Writers
      • Philip G. Atwell
      • Dr. Dre
      • Ricky Harris(additional material)
    • Stars
      • Snoop Dogg
      • Charlie Murphy
      • Gregory Scott Cummins
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    • 7User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Snoop Dogg
    Snoop Dogg
    • Silky Slim (segment "Doggy Dogg World")
    • (as Snoop Doggy Dogg)
    • …
    Charlie Murphy
    Charlie Murphy
    • JC'
    • (as Charles Q. Murphy)
    Gregory Scott Cummins
    Gregory Scott Cummins
    • Devil
    Freez Luv
    Freez Luv
    • Self
    Goldie Williams
    • Looney
    Banco Outlaw
    • Shavel
    Miya McGhee
    Miya McGhee
    • Tammey
    Cylk Cozart
    • Paramedic #1
    Bruce Williams
    • Paramedic #2
    Sam Sneed
    • Self
    Bob Minor
    Bob Minor
    • Store Owner
    Ricky Harris
    Ricky Harris
    • Eyewitness…
    John Witherspoon
    John Witherspoon
    • Drunk #1
    Jeris Poindexter
    Jeris Poindexter
    • Drunk #2
    Michelle Silveira
    • Girl #1
    • (as Mikki Blair)
    Ron Robinson
    Ron Robinson
    • Black Jesus
    Big Ant-Loc
    • Baby Boo
    Joe Cool
    • Guy #1 On Phone
    • Directors
      • Dr. Dre
      • Fab 5 Freddy(video What's My Name?)
      • F. Gary Gray(video Natural Born Killaz)
    • Writers
      • Philip G. Atwell
      • Dr. Dre
      • Ricky Harris(additional material)
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    • Connections
      Features Snoop Doggy Dogg: Gin & Juice (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Murder Was the Case
      Written by Snoop Dogg (as Cordozar Broadus), Dr. Dre (as Andre Young), Warren G (as Warren Griffin III),

      Daz Dillinger (as Delmar Arnaud) and Mista Grimm (as Rojai S Trawick)

      Performed by Snoop Dogg

      Contains samples of "Indo Smoke" by Mista Grimm, "Funky President" by James Brown and "Fried Neckbones" written by Willie Bobo,

      William Correa and Melvin Lastie, performed by Santana

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    Top review
    1/10
    This is 16 minutes of pointless crap
    Whether you call this a short film or a long music video, it utterly fails on both fronts. You would think with such creative talented people involved that they could have churned out something better than this. 1st year film students and amateur youtubers could have done much better. This lacks both style and substance and makes you wonder why they bothered to make or release this in the first place. This served as nothing more than a vehicle for the platinum selling soundtrack, which was quite good, however only 4 songs that appear on the soundtrack actually appear on the film, and the most recognizable title track was a re-release from Snoop's solo album. Even as a big fan of Death Row's music, I thought this film was terrible. You would think they might have wanted to give a visual window into the style and creativity that fueled some of the best rap music of the 90's, but instead you get 16 minutes of boring unmitigated garbage. Even looking back at this over 20 years later, this film lacks any appeal whatsoever even for nostalgic purposes. It doesn't even showcase any of the other rappers who were on the label at the time. Just Snoop and a bunch of D level actors, if they can even be called that. This film was poorly conceived and poorly executed. I understand the idea of them wanting to branch out into film, but if this was the best they could do they shouldve just shelved the whole idea. This video is freely available on youtube. I don't think anyone would even want to try to claim the copyright on this crap. But even freely available, this isn't even worth 16 minutes of your time. Even if you are the biggest Snoop fan I would say skip this and forget that it ever existed. Home movies are more interesting.
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    • Release date
      • February 14, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Убийство было делом
    • Production company
      • Death Row Records
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    • Runtime
      18 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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