# help me think of the movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-the-movie/99534>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 22, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-the-movie/99534 "2002-03-22T14:56:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-the-movie/99534/1 "2002-03-22T14:56:36Z")

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It was about 10 or more years ago.  
A bunch of men in prison, mostly black cast.  
Lots of shooting.  
Please help?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-the-movie/99534/2 "2002-03-22T15:23:07Z")

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Maybe Leon Isaac Kennedy’s “Penitentiary,” or one of its sequels? (That one was heavy on boxing… if there’s no boxing in your movie, that isn’t it).

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**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-the-movie/99534/3 "2002-03-22T16:21:24Z")

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“Attica?”

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-the-movie/99534/4 "2002-03-22T17:00:28Z")

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With a description like that, it could take a while to get an answer. How about I send this over to Cafe Society?

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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-the-movie/99534/5 "2002-03-24T20:16:07Z")

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It had to do with gangs, IIRC.  
I am still stumped.