Kino: Five Spike Lee Films Heading to Blu-ray
HomeKino: Five Spike Lee Films Heading to Blu-ray
Posted September 28, 2018 03:15 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have confirmed that they will add five Spike Lee films to their Blu-ray catalog: Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991)
Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), and Summer of Sam (1999). The releases are expected to arrive on the market in early 2019.
Mo' Better Blues
Synopsis: Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington gives a riveting performance in Spike Lee's breathtaking film on music and love.
Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (Washington) is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends Indigo (Joie Lee) and Clarke (Cynda Williams). But when he is to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend (Spike Lee), Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
Stunning cinematography, a rousing score and superlative performances come together in this unforgettable feast for the senses.
Jungle Fever
Synopsis: This critically acclaimed film from Spike Lee explores the provocative consequences of interracial relationships.
Black architect Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) begins an affair with his working-class Italian secretary, which causes them to be scrutinized by their friends, cast out from their families and shunned by their neighbors in this moving view of inner-city life.
Crooklyn
Synopsis: Make yourself at home with the Carmichael family as they experience one very special summer in their Brooklyn neighborhood that they've affectionately nicknamed "Crooklyn". Renowned director Spike Lee fashions a bold, flavorful picture of family life that nominee Alfre Woodard stars as Carolyn, a loving, but fiercely independent mother who along with her musician husband Woody struggles to raise her family in difficult but often wonderful circumstances. Complemented by an energizing, vintage R & B soundtrack, this tender, colorful film is fitting tribute to an American family.
Clockers
Synopsis: A "clocker" is a 24-hour drug dealer, and Strike is the hardest-working one on the streets. But for Strike, time is running out. When the local drug kingpin tips Strike off about an opportunity for advancement, a rival dealer ends up dead, and Strike suddenly finds himself caught between two homicide detectives. One is Mazilli, who's only looking for an easy bust. The other is Rocco, who's looking for something much harder to find--the truth - and when Strike's law-abiding brother confesses to the murder, Rocco vows not to rest until he's sure the real shooter is behind bars.
Summer of Sam
Synopsis: The dynamic John Leguizamo (Spawn, Executive Decision) is teamed with Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (At First Sight, The Replacement Killers) in an electrifying, must-see movie that takes you back to New York City's infamous summer of 1977! The heat is soaring to record highs, blackouts are filling the streets with looters...and the murders of a man who calls himself the Son of Sam are gripping the giant city in fear! As friends in a small Italian neighborhood become obsessed with the idea that the Son of Sam is someone nearby, the madman's fearsome plague of terror becomes the catalyst that prompts relationships to fall apart and trust to disintegrate into dread! Also starring Adrien Brody (The Thin Red Line) and Jennifer Esposito (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer), this powerful motion picture tells the gritty and hard-edged story about one nightmare season in the city that never sleeps!
Mo' Better Blues
Synopsis: Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington gives a riveting performance in Spike Lee's breathtaking film on music and love.
Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (Washington) is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends Indigo (Joie Lee) and Clarke (Cynda Williams). But when he is to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend (Spike Lee), Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
Stunning cinematography, a rousing score and superlative performances come together in this unforgettable feast for the senses.
Jungle Fever
Synopsis: This critically acclaimed film from Spike Lee explores the provocative consequences of interracial relationships.
Black architect Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) begins an affair with his working-class Italian secretary, which causes them to be scrutinized by their friends, cast out from their families and shunned by their neighbors in this moving view of inner-city life.
Crooklyn
Synopsis: Make yourself at home with the Carmichael family as they experience one very special summer in their Brooklyn neighborhood that they've affectionately nicknamed "Crooklyn". Renowned director Spike Lee fashions a bold, flavorful picture of family life that nominee Alfre Woodard stars as Carolyn, a loving, but fiercely independent mother who along with her musician husband Woody struggles to raise her family in difficult but often wonderful circumstances. Complemented by an energizing, vintage R & B soundtrack, this tender, colorful film is fitting tribute to an American family.
Clockers
Synopsis: A "clocker" is a 24-hour drug dealer, and Strike is the hardest-working one on the streets. But for Strike, time is running out. When the local drug kingpin tips Strike off about an opportunity for advancement, a rival dealer ends up dead, and Strike suddenly finds himself caught between two homicide detectives. One is Mazilli, who's only looking for an easy bust. The other is Rocco, who's looking for something much harder to find--the truth - and when Strike's law-abiding brother confesses to the murder, Rocco vows not to rest until he's sure the real shooter is behind bars.
Summer of Sam
Synopsis: The dynamic John Leguizamo (Spawn, Executive Decision) is teamed with Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (At First Sight, The Replacement Killers) in an electrifying, must-see movie that takes you back to New York City's infamous summer of 1977! The heat is soaring to record highs, blackouts are filling the streets with looters...and the murders of a man who calls himself the Son of Sam are gripping the giant city in fear! As friends in a small Italian neighborhood become obsessed with the idea that the Son of Sam is someone nearby, the madman's fearsome plague of terror becomes the catalyst that prompts relationships to fall apart and trust to disintegrate into dread! Also starring Adrien Brody (The Thin Red Line) and Jennifer Esposito (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer), this powerful motion picture tells the gritty and hard-edged story about one nightmare season in the city that never sleeps!
