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    Jungle Fever

    Poster of the movie Jungle Fever
    1991     Romantic drama    
    USA
    2h 12min
    R
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.

    Spike Lee brings us to Harlem and Bensonhurst to further explore the fraught relationship between Black folks and Italian Americans in New York City. This time, Spike dives head first into this racial tension through an affair between a married Black man named Flipper (played by Wesley Snipes) and a new secretary at his workplace named Angie (played Annabella Sciorra)...who's Italian. As you can imagine, things get very messy, very quickly. Spike continues to impress with his fine tuned specificity of dialogue spoken by the Italian American characters, and he makes a strong and subtle statement by casting the cops who murder Radio Raheem as the same cops who accost Wesley Snipes during the climax of this film.

    Directed bySpike Lee
    Written bySpike Lee
    CompanyUniversal PicturesUniversal PicturesUniversal Pictures

    Starring

    Wesley Snipes
    Annabella Sciorra
    Spike Lee
    Anthony Quinn
    Ossie Davis
    Ruby Dee
    Samuel L. Jackson
    Lonette McKee
    John Turturro
    Halle Berry
    Nicholas Turturro
    Theresa Randle
    Brad Dourif
    Miguel Sandoval
    Michael Badalucco
    Queen Latifah
    Gina Gershon
    Illeana Douglas
    Michael Imperioli
    Charlie Murphy
    Tim Robbins
    + MORE

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