Malcolm X (1992)
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[TRAILER] Spike Lee's epic film biography of the Black activist and leader of the struggle for Black liberation. Starring Denzel Washington in the title role, with Angela Bassett as Betty Shabazz.
Also starring: Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate Vernon, Lonette McKee, Tommy Hollis, James McDaniel, Ernest Lee Thomas, Jean-Claude La Marre, O.L. Duke, Sonny Jim Gaines, Larry McCoy, Maurice Sneed, Debi Mazar, Joe Seneca, Wendell Pierce, Giancarlo Esposito, David Patrick Kelly, John David Washington, Oran "Juice" Jones, Abdul Salaam El Razzac, Richard Schiff, Michael Imperioli, Erika Smith-Brown, Monique Cintron, John Sayles, Martin Donovan, Jay Charbonneau, Nicholas Turturro, Bobby Seale, Al Sharpton, Christopher Plummer, Karen Allen, Peter Boyle, William Kunstler, Nelson Mandela, Ossie Davis.
Directed by Spike Lee. Screenplay by Arnold Perl and Spike Lee Based on The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley. Produced by Marvin Worth, Spike Lee for 40 Acres and a Mule Productions. Cinematography by Ernest Dickerson. Edited by Barry Alexander Brown. Music by Terence Blanchard. Distributed by Warner Bros.
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Also starring: Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate Vernon, Lonette McKee, Tommy Hollis, James McDaniel, Ernest Lee Thomas, Jean-Claude La Marre, O.L. Duke, Sonny Jim Gaines, Larry McCoy, Maurice Sneed, Debi Mazar, Joe Seneca, Wendell Pierce, Giancarlo Esposito, David Patrick Kelly, John David Washington, Oran "Juice" Jones, Abdul Salaam El Razzac, Richard Schiff, Michael Imperioli, Erika Smith-Brown, Monique Cintron, John Sayles, Martin Donovan, Jay Charbonneau, Nicholas Turturro, Bobby Seale, Al Sharpton, Christopher Plummer, Karen Allen, Peter Boyle, William Kunstler, Nelson Mandela, Ossie Davis.
Directed by Spike Lee. Screenplay by Arnold Perl and Spike Lee Based on The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley. Produced by Marvin Worth, Spike Lee for 40 Acres and a Mule Productions. Cinematography by Ernest Dickerson. Edited by Barry Alexander Brown. Music by Terence Blanchard. Distributed by Warner Bros.
91% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
JustWatch listing.
Norman Jewison was slated to make this, and probably would've done a good job. Spike Lee wanted it more, and did a good job.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 3:23 PM on July 24
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 3:23 PM on July 24
I remember this as being something of a revelation: someone who I'd previously seen as sort of a static icon instead being a man who was continuing to evolve even up to the day he died.
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:28 AM on July 25 [2 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:28 AM on July 25 [2 favorites]
Do read his Autobiography, if you haven't.
I very much liked the film, but the Autobiography is even more compelling, especially when Malcolm decides, after breaking with Elijah Muhammad, to go on Hajj. His Hajj changed him profoundly for the better and his pan-African campaign work post-Hajj, while brief, is just one example of that.
posted by rabia.elizabeth at 8:53 AM on July 27 [3 favorites]
I very much liked the film, but the Autobiography is even more compelling, especially when Malcolm decides, after breaking with Elijah Muhammad, to go on Hajj. His Hajj changed him profoundly for the better and his pan-African campaign work post-Hajj, while brief, is just one example of that.
posted by rabia.elizabeth at 8:53 AM on July 27 [3 favorites]
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posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:53 AM on July 24