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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Spike Lee |
| Stars: |
Annabella Sciorra |
| Actors: |
Samuel L. Jackson |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Romances · Racy · Erotic · Race Relations · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
096898109338 |
| Release Date: |
1991 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 15min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 2hr 15min Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (December 15, 1998) UPC: 025192042829 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 12min Release Company: Movies Unlimited (January 16, 1992) |
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Professional Reviews
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(06/07/1991, p.F1, Kenneth Turan): "...Strong and powerful....No other filmmaker has the nerve to ask the questions that must be asked, to ask them so persistently, or so well..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Spike Lee's drama is a complex, multilayered, and volatile look at interracial romance in present-day New York City. Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes), an up-and-coming African American architect, seems to have it all: a successful career, a nice apartment on a renovated street in Harlem, a beautiful, intelligent wife whom he adores, and a bright, loving daughter. The last thing he expects is to find himself in an affair with a blue-collar Italian American from Bensonhurst. But soon after Angie Tucci (Annabella Sciorra) comes to work in his office, the two end up staying late together and having intimate talks over takeout Chinese food. Inevitably a romance begins, leaving Flipper and Angie caught up in the fury and suspicion of the racial prejudice of their families and friends. As their lives unravel, so does their affair, and they wonder if their relationship ever had a chance from the beginning. As usual with Lee, he isn't content to tackle simply one issue in his films--in JUNGLE FEVER, he addresses, f... |
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