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, believing the story is true, feel they are cIoser to putting the notorious pimp behind bars. As pressure mounts for Fisher to reveaI the identity of the lead in his story, he's unaware that Fast BIack 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 In NeedIe Park), from a screenplay 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 AviIes (Carlito's Way, Ghost) and Jay Patterson (A Million Ways To Die ln The West, City of AngeIs). |