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Lee sparks film fight with Perry -
26 October 2009
-Outspoken moviemaker Spike Lee has picked a new film fight with actor/director Tyler Perry after suggesting the Madea Goes To Jail star's hit films are a step backwards for African-Americans.-
-The Do The Right Thing director accuses Perry of "coonery and buffoone
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Lee plans comedy concert movie with Morgan -
21 October 2009
-Director Spike Lee is teaming up with comedian Tracy Morgan to release a concert film of the funnyman performing stand-up.-
-The project will be filmed in a similar way to Passing Strange, the musical Lee shot on Broadway and released earlier this year (09) - and
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Lee praises Tribeca for pushing new talent -
22 April 2009
-Spike Lee has praised the organisers of New York's Tribeca Film Festival for giving new moviemakers the chance to break into Hollywood.-
-The director has joined forces with festival creator Robert De Niro and will screen two films at this year's (09) event - bask
Spike Lee - what members say
Spike Lee - filmography
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Inside Man - HD DVD Version
(2006)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
Director: Spike Lee
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In the tense thriller INSIDE MAN, a bank robbery leads to a number of people being taken hostage and it’s up to NYPD hostage negotiators Detectives Keith Frazier and Bill Mitchell to secure their release. The detectives are sent to the scene with orders to contact the ringleader of the gang, Dalton ..read more »
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74%
from 530 members
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Inside Man - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
Director: Spike Lee
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Inside Man is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, ..read more »
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74%
from 967 members
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Inside Man
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
Director: Spike Lee
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Inside Man is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, ..read more »
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71%
from 70,887 members
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Sucker Free City
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Ben Crowley, Ken Leung, Anthony Mackie
Director: Spike Lee
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Sucker Free City is an original film directed by Spike Lee that takes a riveting look at the seductive, dangerous world and life choices of a diverse group of young people inextricably caught up in the unique gang culture of San Francisco. When racial tension erupts and emotions collide three young ..read more »
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56%
from 421 members
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She Hate Me
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin
Director: Spike Lee
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Well-known for his ability to combine political and social issues with a poignant story, Spike Lee writes, directs, and produces SHE HATE ME. John Henry Jack Armstrong (Anthony Mackie), an executive at a pharmaceutical company, blows the whistle on the company's CEO over an ethics issue, and is ..read more »
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47%
from 1,860 member
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The 25th Hour
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper
Director: Spike Lee
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Spike Lee's bracing adaptation of David Benioff's novel is a vibrant, vital motion picture. Edward Norton plays Monty Brogan, a harmless drug dealer who has 24 hours of freedom before serving a seven-year jail sentence. Nervous, confused, and terrified, Monty turns to his closest friends for ..read more »
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63%
from 11,530 members
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Bamboozled
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett
Director: Spike Lee
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Spike Lee turns up the controversy notch once again with BAMBOOZLED, a sizzling satire on race and racism within the modern media world. Harvard-educated writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans), the only black employee on the staff of a struggling television network, suggests the most absurd idea ..read more »
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53%
from 961 members
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Summer Of Sam
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino
Director: Spike Lee
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SUMMER OF SAM, Spike Lee's sizzling interpretation of the summer of 1977 in New York City, when thermometers shattered and a serial killer terrorized the city, focuses on an Italian-American community in the Bronx specifically, Dionna (Mira Sorvino) and Vinny (John Leguizamo), a couple whose ..read more »
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62%
from 2,992 members
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Four Little Girls
(1997)
Starring: Maxine McNair, Chris McNair, Helen Pegues
Director: Spike Lee
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Spike Lee makes an impressive transition from fictional feature filmmaking to nonfiction with this powerful Oscar-nominated documentary. 4 LITTLE GIRLS tells the tragic story of the bombing of a basement in a black Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, which killed four ..read more »
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68%
from 130 members
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Clockers
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo
Director: Spike Lee
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Strike is the hardest-working drug dealer on the street. But time is beginning to run out for him when a deal with an evil drug boss results in the death of a rival dealer...
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60%
from 2,215 members
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Crooklyn
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo
Director: Spike Lee
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From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
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67%
from 263 members
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Malcolm X
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall
Director: Spike Lee
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Spike Lee brings the life of African-American leader Malcolm X (an intense Denzel Washington in an Oscar-nominated performance) to the big screen in this sprawling, epic biographical drama. Born Malcolm Little, son of a Nebraska preacher, on May 19, 1925, he became one of the most militant leaders ..read more »
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70%
from 7,598 members
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Jungle Fever
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee
Director: Spike Lee
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This critically acclaimed film from Spike Lee explores the provocative consequences of interracial relationships.
Wesley Snipes portrays Flipper Purify, a black architect who begins an affair with Angie Tucci (Annabella Sciorra), his working class Italian secretary. Their relationship causes ..read more »
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58%
from 1,928 member
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Mo' Better Blues
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes
Director: Spike Lee
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Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet.
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from 392 members
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Do The Right Thing
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee
Director: Spike Lee
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A local black community is unhappy that their community is effectively being run by whites. As the heat rises on a hot summer's day in Brooklyn, so the racial tension, which has so far lay dormant under the surface, begins to rise.
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69%
from 4,082 members
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School Daze
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell
Director: Spike Lee
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At this African American college, amid gala coronations, football, fraternities, parades, and parties, a group of buddies find themselves caught up in romance, relationship rituals, and rivalries during one outrageous homecoming weekend. The story follows two cousins who have opposing attitudes ..read more »
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56%
from 169 members
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She's Gotta Have It
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Joie Lee, Spike Lee, Tracey Camilla Johns
Director: Spike Lee
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In ealier time Nola Darling (Tracey Camilla Johns) might have been called a "nympho". Nowadays some say she's a "freak". Whatever the name, Nola has this amazing effect on men... she loves to get down and have some fun! The competition between her three rival boyfriends is fierce and hilarious. ..read more »
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60%
from 396 members
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Miracle at St. Anna
Starring: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso
Director: Spike Lee
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"Miracle at St. Anna" chronicles the story of four African-American soldiers who are members of the U.S. Army as part of the all-Black 92nd Buffalo Soldier Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II. They experience the tragedy and triumph of the war as they find themselves trapped ..read more »
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58%
from 18 members
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Passing Strange
Starring: Colman Domingo, De'Adre Aziza, Chad Goodridge
Director: Spike Lee
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In this astounding and explosive documentary, Spike Lee captures the eponymous Broadway musical show written by singer/songwriter Stew. The resulting work unites revelatory theater with superb filmmaking, raising the whole to a dizzyingly plateau of emotional engagement. The story (developed at the ..read more »
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80%
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Spike Lee facts
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Summer of Sam - A Review 19 July 2004
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Summer of Sam - A compelling and characteristically gritty Spike Lee 'joint' that is as intreaging as it is frustrating. Too many scenes of gripping drama are followed...
spike lee at his best 12 July 2004
Spike Lee's Best Film Yet ? 7 February 2004
