The Wood (1999) on Netflix
Roland Blackmon is getting married, and three hours before the ceremony he is missing. Mike and Slim learn from Tanya, Roland's ex, that the groom is at her house, drunk.
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Plot summary
Mike, Slim and Roland have been friends since junior high in Inglewood, California, the neighborhood known as the Wood. Three hours before Roland is to marry Lisa, he has cold feet and cannot be found. Tanya, Roland's ex-girlfriend, telephones to say he is at her house and very drunk. Mike and Slim go to collect him and tell him he is risking his relationship. Mike remembers the 1980s, when he moved from North Carolina and the other two took in the shy newcomer, and his first crush on Alicia.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Wood (1999)
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- The soundtrack, released on July 13, 1999 by Jive Records, was a hit in its own right, peaking at number 16 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and was certified gold by the RIAA that August.
- In August 2021 Showtime ordered a pilot for a television adaptation, to be produced by Paramount Television Studios with Justin Hillian writing and Famuyiwa directing, but in April 2023 the network announced it would not move forward with the series.
