Jungle Fever
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| Jungle Fever | |
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| Image:Jungle-Fever.jpg "Jungle Fever" movie poster | |
| Directed by | Spike Lee |
| Produced by | Spike Lee |
| Written by | Spike Lee |
| Starring | Wesley Snipes Annabella Sciorra John Turturro Anthony Quinn Samuel L. Jackson Halle Berry Queen Latifah Ossie Davis Ruby Dee |
| Music by | Stevie Wonder |
| Cinematography | Ernest Dickerson |
| Editing by | Samuel D. Pollard |
| Release date(s) | 1991 (United States) |
| Running time | 132 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
| Ratings | |
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| United States: | R |
Jungle Fever is a 1991 film directed by Spike Lee, starring Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra. It is Lee's fifth feature length film.
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[edit] Plot
The plot centers on the interracial romance between a successful married African American architect, Flipper Purify (played by Snipes), and an Italian-American woman, Angie Tucci (played by Sciorra). The two meet at their workplace in New York, an architectural firm where Purify works and Tucci is hired as a temporary secretary. The lovers come under intense pressure from their friends and family as a result of their relationship. The title of the film refers to the sexual attraction of non-black people to black people.
A subplot considers the problems of drug abuse, with Flipper's brother Gator (played by Samuel L. Jackson) a suffering crack addict.
The film also features John Turturro, Halle Berry, Charlie Murphy, Queen Latifah, Anthony Quinn, Ossie Davis, Tim Robbins, Ruby Dee and a then-unknown Michael Imperioli.
The film is notable as the screen debut of Halle Berry, who would later become the first African American winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for Monster's Ball. It was also Queen Latifah's screen debut, as well as Samuel L. Jackson's first notable performance; both would go on to become Oscar nominees.
[edit] Soundtrack
[edit] Awards
- Cannes Film Festival
- Best Supporting Actor – Samuel L. Jackson
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Special Mention)
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
- Best Supporting Actor – Samuel L. Jackson
- National Board of Review
- 10th best film of the year
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- Best Supporting Actor – Samuel L. Jackson
- Political Film Society Human Rights Award
[edit] External links
Films directed by Spike Lee |
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| Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads • She's Gotta Have It • School Daze • Do the Right Thing • Mo' Better Blues • Jungle Fever • Malcolm X • Crooklyn • Clockers • Girl 6 • Get on the Bus • 4 Little Girls • He Got Game • Freak • Summer of Sam • The Original Kings of Comedy • Bamboozled • A Huey P. Newton Story • Jim Brown: All-American • Sucker Free City • 25th Hour • She Hate Me • Inside Man • When the Levees Broke • Miracle at St. Anna |
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