<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $57.5 million (North America) </Td> </Tr> <P> Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American teen hood drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his directorial debut, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Regina King and Angela Bassett . This film was the acting debut for both Ice Cube and Morris Chestnut . </P> <P> Boyz n the Hood was filmed in (the - then district of) South Central Los Angeles, California from October 1 to November 28, 1990 and was released cinematically in the United States on July 12, 1991 . It was nominated for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay during the 64th Academy Awards, making Singleton the youngest person ever nominated for Best Director and the first African - American to be nominated for the award . </P> <P> The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival . In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry . </P>

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