Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50551 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-02-18
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Amazon.com
It would be an exaggeration to say that Nick Broomfield solved the murders of Biggie and Tupac. Nonetheless, he makes a convincing case as to who the perpetrators were and why they weren't brought to justice. Broomfield (Kurt and Courtney), who narrates and appears on camera, comes across like a scruffy Robin Leach, but he's done his homework and sniffs out the clues with the tenacity of a bloodhound. Time and again, he refuses to be intimidated--even when his life appears to be at stake. Fortunately, he was able to convince Voletta Wallace, beloved mother of Biggie Smalls (a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G.), to cooperate, and that opened many doors. Unfortunately, Afeni Shakur, Tupac's mother, refused to participate or to allow access to his music. She had nothing to fear. Broomfield is fair to both rappers, although the soundtrack is all-Biggie. Easily one of the most fascinating documentaries of 2002. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

From The New Yorker
Nick Broomfield's guerrilla interviewing techniques-he barges into his subjects' lives, wielding his boom mike like a nightstick-and his thick British accent have served him well in the past ("Kurt & Courtney," "Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam"). In his latest documentary, a look at the rivalry between the rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, his work reaches new heights of reckless fact-finding. With a naïveté that's truly disarming, he captures unrefined gangsta swagger, and his film digs into the unsolved murders of both musicians with a cheeky attitude that's smooth like butter. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

From the back cover
One of the most explosive and controversial films of the year, Biggie & Tupac is a no-holds-barred investigation into the still-unsolved murders of two of the biggest superstars rap has ever produced. Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls (the Notorious B.I.G.) and Tupac Shakur. Answering the crusading calls for justice from Biggie's mother Voletta, acclaimed director Nick Broomfield (Heidi Fleiss Hollywood Madam and Kurt & Courtney) hits the streets from East Coast to West Coast, putting his own life at risk as he uncovers sensational new evidence that points directly to the perpertrators of these violent slayings that shocked the hip hop world. Provocative, uncompromising, and unbelievably hard-hitting, Biggie & Tupac is more than just a movie; it's a revelation.

Customer Reviews

Biggie & Tupac Review
I had high expectations for this DVD, but it wasn't what I expected. I don't think it was worth the money!

I liked this
It has an honest in your face tone to it and the style of the interviews lends a high degree of credibility.


The obvious reluctance of the people being interviewed makes it known that these murders were seriously planned by persons who can make ones life very uncomfortable..even cease.


This is a highly believable documentary.

That Suge has something to do with Tupac's 'disappearance' is wthout a doubt ...but I doubt the truth will ever be known.

Did Suge Do It?
I've always been interested in the theories of Tupac's death, so decided to buy this documentary. This obviously deals entirely with the theory that Suge Knight arranged the hit, and then also Biggie's death, to make it look like retaliation. The problem with this theory is that i wasn't buying it before and after watching this im still not. It goes something like this, Suge suspected that Pac was possibly trying to get out of Death Row, he realised that if he killed him, he would have access to all his music, which amounted to hundreds of tracks. Also he would probably make more money from him if dead, as he would have become sort of a martyr. Up to this point it is believable, what isn't are the circumstances of his death. If Suge wanted Pac dead, why would he have a car pull up alongside and fire across the car right where he was also sitting (he also received a minor flesh wound), there would have been better ways to arrange this. Nick Broomfield fails to answer this, and i still can't really beleive Suge Knight planned it. It is much more likely that Orlando Anderson (the guy beaten up at the MGM beforehand) was behind the killing, or even that Biggie himself arranged the hit with the Crips that carried it out (though im not really buying that one either). Overall this documentary was interesting and worth watching, but it failed to provide anything more than speculation, and no answers.