Butter (1998 film)

1998 action film

Butter

Directed by| Peter Gathings Bunche
Written by| Peter Gathings Bunche
Produced by| Paul Hertzberg
Julian Fowles
Starring| Ernie Hudson
Nia Long
Donnie Wahlberg
Tony Todd
Cinematography| Nancy Schreiber
Edited by| Daniel Duncan
Music by| Joseph Stanley Williams

Production
companies

CineTel Pictures
Butter Films
World International Network (WIN)

Distributed by| HBO Films
Artisan Entertainment

Release date

* 1998 (1998)

Running time

| 101 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Butter (known as Never 2 Big in the United States) is a 1998 action-thriller film starring Ernie Hudson, Nia Long, Tony Todd and Donnie Wahlberg. It originally premiered on HBO as an HBO Original Film. It was later released to video by Artisan Entertainment as Never 2 Big in 1998 and on DVD in 2001.

The film follows corrupt record company executives who kill a singing sensation with a lethal injection rather than letting her leave their label and join another company. They then frame her foster brother for the murder forcing him to go on the run and to try to get the goods on the real killers.

## Cast

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* Shemar Moore as Frederick "Freddy" Roland
* Ernie Hudson as Curtis "8-Ball" Harris
* Nia Long as Carmen Jones
* Donnie Wahlberg as Rick Darren
* Tony Todd as Al "Benzo Al"
* Tom "Tiny" Lister as "House"
* Terrence Howard as Dexter Banks
* Donald Faison as Khaleed
* Salli Richardson as Blusette Ford
* Badja Djola as Roscoe
* Sam Phillips as Dina
* Ernie Hudson Jr. as Marcus

## Soundtrack

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Butter

Soundtrack album by

Various artists

Released| March 31, 1998
Recorded| 1997–1998
Genre| Hip hop, R&B
Label| Relativity
Producer| Kay Gee, DJ Paul, Juicy J, The Beatnuts, E-A-Ski, CMT

The soundtrack to the film was released on March 31, 1998, through Relativity Records and consisted of hip hop and R&B music.

### Track listing

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1. "Work"- 3:21 (Naughty by Nature, Mag & Castro)
2. "Butta"- 3:48 (E-A-Ski)
3. "Smiling Faces Sometimes"- 4:47 (The Undisputed Truth)
4. "Triple Six Klubhouse"- 2:44 (Lord Infamous)
5. "M.O.B."- 4:06 (Hussein Fatal)
6. "Broken Down"- 4:27 (Vincent Brantley)
7. "No Ways Tired"- 4:54 (Nancey Jackson)
8. "Pain"- 6:14 (Ohio Players)
9. "Big Boy"- 3:31 (Indo G)
10. "Sorry But It's Over Now"- 4:23 (Michelle Mitchell)
11. "Hit 'Em"- 3:53 (Three 6 Mafia)
12. "Off the Books"- 3:03 (The Beatnuts, Cuban Link & Big Punisher)
13. "Superhero"- 4:22 (Christopher Williams)

## External links

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* Butter at IMDb
* Butter at Rotten Tomatoes