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Crooklyn is a american film of genre Drama directed by Spike Lee released in USA on 13 may 1994 with Alfre Woodard
Crooklyn (1994)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 may 1994
Length 1h55
Directed by Spike Lee
OriginUSA
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Rating69%
Crooklyn is a 1994 semi-autobiographical film co-written and directed by Spike Lee. The film takes place in Brooklyn, New York and the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant during the summer of 1973. Its primary focus is a young girl, Troy (played by Zelda Harris), and her family. Throughout the film, Troy learns life lessons through her four rowdy brothers, her loving but strict mother (Alfre Woodard), and her naive, struggling father (Delroy Lindo).
A distinctive characteristic of Crooklyn is its soundtrack, composed completely of music from the 1970s, except the hit single "Crooklyn" by the Crooklyn Dodgers, a rap crew composed of Buckshot, Masta Ace, and Special Ed. A two-volume release of the soundtrack became available on CD along with the release of the film.
Similarly to School Daze, Do the Right Thing, and She's Gotta Have It, Spike Lee appears in Crooklyn. He plays a young stoner named Snuffy, who likes to bully the local children.
Crooklyn is one of only two films directed by Spike Lee to earn a PG-13 rating in the USA, the other being 1992's Malcolm X.
Synopsis
In 1973, nine-year-old Troy Carmichael (Zelda Harris) and her brothers Clinton (Carlton Williams), Wendell (Sharif Rashed), Nate (Chris Knowings), and Joseph (Tse-Mach Washington) live in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The children live with their parents, Woody (Delroy Lindo), a struggling musician, and Carolyn (Alfre Woodard), a schoolteacher.Actors
Alfre Woodard
(Carolyn Carmichael)
Delroy Lindo
(Woody Carmichael)
Zelda Harris
(Troy Carmichael)
Chris Knowings
(Nate Carmichael)
David Patrick Kelly
(Tony Eyes / Jim)
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