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D.L. Hughley, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Georg Stanford Brown, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Jerry Quickley ... see more see more... , Daniel Louis Rivas , Barry Shabaka Henley , Cynthia Martell , Pablo Santos , Cantillo Georg , Kristen Wilson , Lizette Carrion , Tony Lee

The drama Shackles stars D.L. Hughley as a teacher who, desperate for employment, takes the one job he is offered. The job involves teaching inside a prison, a place that is not hospitable to him or t... read more read more...o the idea of bettering oneself through education. The teacher stands up to a variety of forces that are against him. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Charles Winkler

Release Date: January 1, 2005

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DVD Release Date: September 20, 2005

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  • heavyd2000
    November 23, 2008
    heavyd2000
    This movie is verry much over looked, and rightfully so, just look at the cover. It rely's on the star power of D.L. Hughley, and thats it's downfall. The split screen stuff with the poet is really cool. It makes me think of that line from a scatman john sont"The book's in his sh... read moreoping cart is probably the best education he's ever going to have." This movie is pretty damn good and surprisingly well made.

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Dragan Antulov
October 4, 2005
Dragan Antulov, Draxblog Movie Reviews

tells an old story in occasionally inventive way Full Review

Scott Weinberg
September 4, 2005
Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com

A dreary little button-pusher laden with overbaked dramatics, coloring book plot conventions, and annoyingly simplistic answers to several truly difficult questions. Full Review

John Anderson
February 23, 2012
John Anderson, Variety

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  • There's no reason we need to be shackled by the strictures of the employee-employer relationship. Unless you're into that sort of thing. In which case, I got some shackles in the back. I'm just kidding. But seriously, I've got 'em.   Answer »
  • Which movie features the follwing lines (to a song): "Cast off the shackles of yesterday, Shoulder to shoulder into the fray... Our daughter's daughters will adore us, And they'll sing in grateful chorus... Well Done! Sister suffragettes"  Answer »
  • Which film is not a comedy?  Answer »
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