Jungle Fever
Jungle Fever is a 1991 American romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee. Starring Lee, Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Frank Vincent, Tim Robbins, Brad Dourif, Debi Mazar, Michael Imperioli, and Anthony Quinn, with Halle Berry and Queen Latifah in their film debuts, Jungle Fever explores the beginning and end of an extramarital interracial relationship against the urban backdrop of the streets of New York City in the early 1990s. The film is dedicated to Yusef Hawkins, who died on August 23, 1989.
Plot
Successful Harlem architect Flipper Purify lives with his wife Drew, a buyer at Bloomingdale's, and their young daughter, Ming. One day at his office, the Mast & Covington architecture firm in mid-town Manhattan, Flipper discovers that an Italian-American woman named Angela "Angie" Tucci from Bensonhurst has been hired as his temp secretary. Initially upset at being the only black person, he relents when senior partners Jerry and Leslie remind him that hiring is based on ability, not race.
Awards
Cast
- Annabella Sciorra
- Anthony Quinn
- Brad Dourif
- Charlie Murphy
- Debi Mazar
- Doug E. Doug
- Frank Vincent
- Gina Gershon
- Halle Berry
- Illeana Douglas
- John Turturro
- Lonette McKee
- Michael Badalucco
- Michael Imperioli
- Miguel Sandoval
- Nicholas Turturro
- Ossie Davis
- Queen Latifah
- Ruby Dee
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Spike Lee
- Theresa Randle
- Tim Robbins
- Tyra Ferrell
- Veronica Webb
- Wesley Snipes
More details
| author | Spike Lee |
|---|---|
| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Spike Lee |
| editor | Sam Pollard |
| genre | crime drama romance |
| keywords | arrest begin bensonhurst bloomingdale\'s buyer crack crack cocaine crack house elderly widow end family tragedy greenwich village grocery store harlem interracial relationship italian-american late night one night preacher return home search shoot southern baptist southern baptist convention temp temporary worker wanting to have children white woman widow young daughter |
| musicBy | Terence Blanchard |
| producer | Spike Lee |
| productionCompany | 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | hood romantic drama urban |