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Sugar Hill

1993 · 123 min · Director: Leon Ichaso ★ IMDb 5.8 · 5,343 ratings

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Hardened, uncomprimising drug dealer Roemello Skuggs decides to quit his scumbag profession so he may start a new life with his girlfriend. However, he soon learns getting out is nowhere near as easy as getting in, as everything gradually builds up to end in tragedy.

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Sugar Hill (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 30%, Sadness 25%, Anger 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Anger20%
  2. Love15%
  3. Relief10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Sadness, Anger. Genres: Drama, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Sadness
Tension
Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 28 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Disturbing82 %67 %53 %73 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sadness79 %65 %51 %66 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Tension66 %45 %49 %50 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Empathy59 %29 %51 %36 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Tension57 %19 %53 %24 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Tension49 %16 %44 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Empathy51 %31 %44 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Sadness63 %50 %56 %50 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Tension68 %46 %64 %41 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Tension70 %40 %63 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 65′Sadness76 %49 %64 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 71′Tension83 %53 %74 %54 %
62.5 %≈ 77′Sadness82 %61 %73 %60 %
67.5 %≈ 83′Sadness76 %56 %63 %63 %
72.5 %≈ 89′Tension78 %41 %68 %60 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Disturbing78 %43 %66 %63 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Hope72 %51 %54 %63 %
87.5 %≈ 108′Sadness81 %71 %65 %71 %
92.5 %≈ 114′Tension90 %77 %66 %75 %
97.5 %≈ 120′Hope85 %65 %38 %67 %
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Wesley Snipes

Romello Skuggs

MW
Michael Wright

MW
Michael Wright

Raynathan Skuggs

Clarence Williams III

Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs

AV
Abe Vigoda

Gus Molino

Ernie Hudson

Lolly Jonas

LU
Leslie Uggams

Doris Holly

LJ
Larry Joshua

Harry Molino

Sam Bottoms

Oliver Thompson

JD
Joe Dallesandro

Tony Adamo

Steve Harris

Ricky Goggles

RS
Raymond Serra

Sal Marconi

OD
O.L. Duke

Tutty

MG
Michael Guess

Y.G. (Young Gun)

Khandi Alexander

Ella Skuggs

SG
Sam Gordon

Raynathan Skuggs (age 18)

MW
Marquise Wilson

Roemello Skuggs (age 10)

Dulé Hill

Roemello Skuggs (age 17)

Details

Directed by
Leon Ichaso
Written by
Barry Michael Cooper
Type
Movies
Released
1993
Runtime
123 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.8 · 5,343 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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