
The Life of Rayful Edmond
Seen it?2005 | 75 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office loss and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and the curious. If you loved O.J.: Made in America or Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, start here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty, eye-opening.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 15 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
The true king of cocaine. At his peak he sold 2,000 kilos a week, reaped gross profits of $70 million a month, and ran an operation with over 150 soldiers to support him. In his life champagne flowed like water, trips to Vegas, New York, and Los Angeles were the norm, and $150,000 shopping sprees were nothing. At the height of Washington, D.C.'s brutal crack epidemic in 1987, there was a 22 year old man responsible for distributing 90% of Columbian Cocaine onto the city's streets. This man is Rayful Edmond III. In the media's eyes he was guilty until proven innocent, but in the streets eyes he was a hero who made it to the top. This is his story-a story of; Power, Money, Murder, Betrayal and the rise and fall of the Edmond's Empire.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$80K worldwide on a $300K budget
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kirk Fraser
- Rayful EdmondHimself
- Melvin MiddletonHimself
- Clarence "Bootney" GreenHimself
- Arthur Reynoldshimself
- Don Scotthimself
- Donald "Goose" Gossagehimself
- Curtis "Curtbone" Chambershimself
- Don ChooRoyal Brooks
- Erica TerpstaAlta Rae Zanville
- Clemont JacobDEA Agent