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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 support: Frank Slattery (Barry .. Read more
| Starring | Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson |
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| Director | Spike Lee |
| Genres | Drama |
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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 support: Frank Slattery (Barry Pepper), a cocky stock broker who resents Monty for throwing his life away; Jakob Elinsky (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a hapless high school teacher who is attracted to one of his students (Anna Paquin); and Monty's heartbroken father (Brian Cox), who blames himself for Monty's demise. And then there is Naturelle (Rosario Dawson), Monty's beautiful girlfriend, who may or may not be guilty of shopping Monty to the cops. Monty spends his last day trying to ignore the inevitability of time, but everyone and everything only reminds him of the bleak, unpromising days that lay ahead.
With 25TH HOUR, Spike Lee revisits the fiery territory of 1989's DO THE RIGHT THING. Frustrated by Hollywood's seeming denial of the events of September 11th, Lee creates a film that brilliantly captures the mood and atmosphere in New York City in the months following the attack.
| Starring | Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox |
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| Director | Spike Lee |
| Studio | TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 9 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Russian, Estonian, English |
| Released | Production year: 2002 To Rent: DVD: 27 Oct 2003 |
A sometimes turgid, very occasionally striking, drama of a man regretting his choices in life, and what awaits him in prison; setting it in the aftermath of 9/11 and the destruction of the World Trade Center only diminishes the movie's impact.
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Spike back in top form
Tremendous Spike Lee joint, the director is getting back to form. After the great Summer Of Sam, this Lee film is even better as the superb Norton plays a ... read more »
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Excellent story telling from Spike
The only thing is the 'drug' dealer was pretty stupid to:
a) keep his drugs and cash in his flat
b) tell people where it was ... read more »
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Excellent a must see! watch watch watch
absolutely fantastic film, really emotional and funny journey, it also has its sexual chemistrys, but this is a must see and a feel good film! edward norton is ... read more »
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background film
I dont know if i missed the point on this one as i lost concentration and had it on in the background in the end.