First Time Felon

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| name = First Time Felon

| image = First Time Felon FilmPoster.jpeg

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| director = Charles S. Dutton

| producer = Len Amato

| writer = Daniel Therriault

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| music = Joseph Vitarelli

| cinematography = Jeffrey Jur

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| production_companies = Spring Creek Productions
HBO Films

| distributor = HBO

| released = {{Film date|1997|09|06}}

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| country = United States

| language = English

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First Time Felon is a 1997 television film directed by Charles S. Dutton and starring Omar Epps.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/162825/First-Time-Felon/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209055007/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/162825/First-Time-Felon/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-12-09 |title=New York Times profile |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Sandra Brennan |date=2007 |accessdate=2014-03-24}}

Plot

A young inexperienced drug dealer and Vice Lords gang member, Greg Yance (Omar Epps), is arrested for drug possession in his hometown, Chicago. Because of Yance having five grams of drugs under his belt at the time of arrest, he is facing a five-year prison sentence with no parole for drug trafficking. Because it is his first offense, he is offered an alternate sentence of 120 days in an intensive boot camp.

Throughout the boot camp, an experienced drill sergeant, Sergeant Calhoun (Delroy Lindo), continues pressuring Yance to follow through with the camp. Sergeant Calhoun's brutal methods breed resentment in Yance and other inmates.[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800296112/info Yahoo! Movies profile]

Cast

Omar Epps{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/first_time_felon/ |title=Rotten Tomatoes movie profile |publisher=Rottentomatoes.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-24}} as Greg Yance
Delroy Lindo as Sergeant Calhoun
Lucinda Jenney as Sharon
Rachel Ticotin as McBride
William Forsythe as Sorley
Jo D. Jonz as "Pookie"
Treach as Tyrone
Pepa as Laverne
Justin Pierce as Eddie
Gary Anthony Williams as Wallace
Badja Djola as Disciple Leader
Robin Michelle McClamb as Greg's Mother (credited as Robin Vaughn)
Tom Nowicki as Hogan
Kristen Jones as Crystal
Ed Grady as Johnny, The Farmer
Deborah Hobart as Annie Hill
Johnell Gainey as Nine
K. Addison Young as Wolf
Roger Ranney as Guardsman Jones
Charles S. Dutton as Inmate
Clifton Powell as King