Jungle Fever (1991)

Directed by

Spike Lee

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 12m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 324 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A married black architect begins an affair with his white Italian American secretary. Their relationship faces harsh reactions from their families and communities in New York City.

intenserawgrittyemotionally chargedprovocativesocially consciousdramaticurban

What happens

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, Giancarlo Esposito, 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. Jungle Fever premiered in the 44th Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 1991, and was released in the United States on June 7, 1991, by Universal Pictures. The film received positive reviews, with particular praise for Samuel L. Jackson's performance, and was also commercially successful. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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