Crooklyn : a Spike Lee joint

Resource Information

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Label

Crooklyn : a Spike Lee joint

Title remainder

a Spike Lee joint

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures presents a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production in association with Child Hoods Productions ; story by Joie Susannah Lee ; screenplay by Joie Susannah Lee, Cinqué Lee and Spike Lee ; produced and directed by Spike Lee

Contributor

• Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
• Lee, Spike
• Lee, Cinqué.
• Knowings, Chris.
• Kelly, David Patrick.
• Jafa, Arthur.
• Harris, Zelda.
• Lindo, Delroy, 1952-
• Foster, Frances, 1924-
• Matlock, Norman
• Nelson, Patriece.
• Duru, N. Jeremi.
• Rashed, Sharif.
• Curtis-Hall, Vondie.
• Brown, Barry Alexander.
• Reyes, Ivelka.
• Blanchard, Terence.
• Washington, Isaiah.
• Washington, Tse-Mach.
• Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
• Williams, Carlton, 1979-2003.
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
• Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
• Child Hoods Productions
• Zúñiga, José.

Actor

• Duru, N. Jeremi.
• Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-
• Matlock, Norman
• Kelly, David Patrick.
• Knowings, Chris.
• Harris, Zelda.
• Lee, Spike
• Lindo, Delroy, 1952-
• Zúñiga, José.
• Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
• Williams, Carlton, 1979-2003.
• Washington, Tse-Mach.
• Washington, Isaiah.
• Nelson, Patriece.
• Reyes, Ivelka.
• Foster, Frances, 1924-
• Curtis-Hall, Vondie.
• Rashed, Sharif.

Cinematographer

• Jafa, Arthur.

Composer

• Blanchard, Terence.

Director

• Lee, Spike

Film editor

• Brown, Barry Alexander.

Producer

• Lee, Spike

Screenwriter

• Lee, Cinqué.
• Lee, Spike
• Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962-

Subject

• African Americans -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• DVD-Video discs
• Domestic drama (Motion pictures)
• African Americans
• Domestic drama (Motion pictures)
• Drama
• Families
• Families -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Musicians
• Musicians -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• New York (State) -- New York
• New York (State) -- New York | Brooklyn
• Teachers
• Teachers -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Comedy films
• DVD-Video discs
• Domestic drama (Motion pictures)
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Films for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Director Spike Lee fashions a bold, flavorful picture of family life in a crowded but cozy Brooklyn neighborhood nicknamed "Crooklyn" by the Carmichaels, who experience one very special summer in their hometown under difficult but often wonderful circumstances

Cataloging source

FTL

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Arthur Jafa ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; original music, Terence Blanchard ; co-producer, Monty Ross

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

Language note

In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in Spanish; optional English captions for the hearing impaired

LC call number

• PN1997
• PN1995.9.N4

LC item number

• .C787 1999
• C766 1999

NLM call number

20515

NLM item number

Universal

PerformerNote

Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly, José Zuniga, Isaiah Washington, Ivelka Reyes, Spike Lee, N. Jeremi Duru, Frances Foster, Norman Matlock, Patriece Nelson, Joie Susannah Lee, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tse-Mach Washington, Carlton Williams, Christopher Knowings, Sharif Rashed, Zelda Harris

Runtime

114

Technique

live action