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13 May 1994 (USA)
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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. | add synopsis
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2 nominations
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(2 articles)
Do the Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Review
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Our Favorite Summers: 1994
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(From TheHDRoom. 3 July 2009, 3:21 PM, PDT)
Our Favorite Summers: 1994
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one of Lee's best
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Alfre Woodard | ... | Carolyn Carmichael |
 | Delroy Lindo | ... | Woody Carmichael |
 | David Patrick Kelly | ... | Tony Eyes / Jim |
 | Zelda Harris | ... | Troy |
| Carlton Williams | ... | Clinton |
| Sharif Rashed | ... | Wendell |
| Tse-Mach Washington | ... | Joseph |
| Christopher Knowings | ... | Nate |
 | José Zúñiga | ... | Tommy La La |
 | Isaiah Washington | ... | Vic |
 | Ivelka Reyes | ... | Jessica |
 | Spike Lee | ... | Snuffy |
| N. Jeremi Duru | ... | Right Hand Man |
| Frances Foster | ... | Aunt Song |
| Norman Matlock | ... | Clem |
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Rated PG-13 for drug content.
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115 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Singapore:PG |
Finland:K-3 |
Australia:M |
South Korea:12 |
Argentina:13 |
UK:12 |
USA:PG-13
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Although no specific year is specified at any point in the movie, the events in the movie were most likely intended to take place in the spring and summer of 1973 for the following concrete reasons: 1.) The eldest son Clinton, who was a Knicks fan, chose to attend the final game of the NBA Finals instead of his father's concert. He half-heartedly told his family afterward that the Knicks won, and the only years the Knicks won in the 70's were 1970 and 1973, but . . . 2.) "Soul Train", which the kids were seen dancing to towards the end of the film, made it's debut in 1971, eliminating the possibility that the child attended the 1970 NBA Finals.
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Continuity: In the beginning of the movie, Troy is playing stick ball wearing moccasin shoes, in the next scene, she is seen wearing red converse sneakers.
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Carolyn Carmichael:
Wendell, PLEASE close your mouth when you chew!
Wendell: Why can't you let me eat in peace for once?
Carolyn Carmichael: Because you disturbing the peace! You eat like a pig and chew like a cow!
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Wendell: Why can't you let me eat in peace for once?
Carolyn Carmichael: Because you disturbing the peace! You eat like a pig and chew like a cow!
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Referenced in "Family Guy: Don't Make Me Over (#4.4)" (2005)
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Crooklyn is an engaging film that stands out in Spike Lee's filmography, not only for Lee's seamless storying of everyday life in 70's Brooklyn, but also because of his interesting and innovative cinematic imagery. The cinematography Lee employs in Crooklyn helps to create fantastic -sometimes even cartoon-like- environments in which his characters spring to life and thrive. His dollying techniques (placing actors on dollies), lens choice, and manipulation of color conspire to add special characteristics to this film. This is a great film to watch not only for Lee's ability to highlight the beauty of the quotidian in his storytelling, but also for the aesthetic qualities that Lee produces with his rich filmic vocabulary.