Tapped Out

The jury is also expected to be shown New Jack City: The Next Generation.

'The Hustle Diaries'

"I understand they had to present a certain kind of image," said Cooper. "But I think they were a lot more complex than people will give them credit for."

Coles, he said, "sounded like somebody from a Fortune 500 company."

Cooper now hopes to resurrect Streets Inc. as The Hustle Diaries. Coles' trial and related publicity could help promote the project that he now says focuses on "how Ace and Tim misinterpreted the American dream."

A snippet from the new version appeared briefly on YouTube earlier this year.

It opens with a dark screen.

Then a scroll reads:

This is not The Wire.

This is not a Rap Video.

Next is a montage of Philadelphia street scenes with a voice-over that intones:

"Hello, America. Meet your two newest corporate superstars, Ace Capone and Tim Gotti, the CEOs of Take Down Records.

"These are two venture capitalists who understand two things: The shortest distance between the street corner and the board room is a Bentley. And the only difference between a gangster and a record executive is an expense account.

"Streets Incorporated!"

To see video of reporter George Anastasia talking about Ace Capone, excerpts from Capone's films, and more, go to http://go.philly.com/ace