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	October 13, 1998 (1998-10-13)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Butter (known as Never 2 Big in the United States) is a 1998 action 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

• 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 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

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

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

• Butter at IMDb
• Butter at Rotten Tomatoes