Country: USA
Year: 1991
Duration: 121'
"Flipper is a young architect whose talent has contributed to the success of the firm for which he works, Mast & Covington. Son of an authoritarian and fiercely traditional minister he is living happily with his girlfriend, Drew, and his daughter, Ming. Angela Tucci is an Italo-American woman who, after the death of her mother has become the fulltime maid for her father and for her brothers, James and Charlie three selfish and vulgar men. Intelligent, sensitive, and a hard worker Angela succeeds in finding a job at Mast & Covington. There she meets Flipper and begins a love affair with him. But the two lovers soon encounter the strong prejudices and ostracism of both their families. Flipper gravely shaken by the violence that his love affair is provoking, eventually feels more and more unable to give Angela what she expects. The idyll crumbles as the days go by and the future appears more and more uncertain.
Biography
film director
Spike Lee
(USA), born in Atlanta and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Spike Lee is one of the most influential American filmmakers of recent decades, known for his powerful exploration of Black identity and culture. His acclaimed works include Do the Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992), 25th Hour (2003), Inside Man (2005), and BlacKkKlansman (2018), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He has frequently collaborated with Denzel Washington, directing him in five films, including the forthcoming Highest to Lowest (2025). Lee has also directed documentaries for HBO and ESPN, such as When the Levees Broke (2006), as well as commercials for Nike. He currently serves as a professor at New York University.
FILMOGRAFIA
Horn of Plenty: Saturday Night Live (cm, tv, 1986), She's Gotta Have It (Lola Darling, 1986), School Daze (Aule turbolente, 1988), Do the Right Thing (Fa' la cosa giusta, 1989), Five One-Minute Spots (cm, tv, 1989), Mo' Better Blues (id., 1990), Jungle Fever (id., 1991), Iron Mike Tyson (cm, tv, 1991), Malcom X (id., 1992), Crooklyn (id., 1994), Clockers (id., 1995), Real Sports "John Thompson" Coach (cm, tv, 1995), Girl 6 (Girl 6 - Sesso in linea, 1996), Portrait of Tommy Hilfiger (cm, 1996), Get on the Bus (Bus (In viaggio) , 1997), Dance (cm, tv, 1997), Computer Wiz (cm, tv, 1997), The Craft of Acting (cm, tv, 1997), 4 Little Girls (doc., tv, 1997), He Got Game (1998), John Leguizamo's Freak (tv, 1998), Summer of Sam (S.O.S. Summer of Sam - Panico a New York, 1999), Bamboozled (Bamboozled, 2000), 25th Hour (La 25ª ora, 2002), She Hate Me (Lei mi odia, 2004), Inside Man (Inside Man, 2006), Miracle at St. Anna (Miracolo a Sant'Anna, 2008), Red Hook Summer (Red Hook Summer, 2012), Oldboy (Oldboy, 2013), Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (Il sangue di Cristo, 2014), Chi-Raq (Chi-Raq, 2015), BlacKkKlansman (BlacKkKlansman, 2018), Da 5 Bloods (Da 5 Bloods - Come fratelli, 2020), Highest 2 Lowest (Highest 2 Lowest, 2025).
Declaration
film director
"People put boundaries on each other. Some are real, some are imaginary. Sometimes when the boundaries of Race, Class and Sex are crossed, you are headed into that region called Jungle Fever." (Spike Lee)
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Spike Lee.
Director of photography: Ernest Dickerson.
Art director: Wynn Thomas.
Editor: Sam Pollard.
Music: Terence Blanchard, canzoni originali di Stevie Wonder.
Sound: Skip Llevsay.
Cast and characters: Wesley Snipes (Flipper Purify), Annabella Sciorra (Angela Tucci), Spike Lee (Cyrus), Ossie Davis (Dr. Purify), Ruby Dee (Lucinda Purify), Samuel L. Jackson (Gator Purify), Lonette McKee (Drew), John Turturro (Paulie Carbone), Frank Vincent (Mike Tucci), Anthony Quinn (Lou Carbone), Halle Berry (Vivian).
Producer: Spike Lee.
Production company: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks.
Italian distribution: United International Pictures, via Bissolati 20, Roma (Italy), tel. 064820626, fax 064820628.
Director of photography: Ernest Dickerson.
Art director: Wynn Thomas.
Editor: Sam Pollard.
Music: Terence Blanchard, canzoni originali di Stevie Wonder.
Sound: Skip Llevsay.
Cast and characters: Wesley Snipes (Flipper Purify), Annabella Sciorra (Angela Tucci), Spike Lee (Cyrus), Ossie Davis (Dr. Purify), Ruby Dee (Lucinda Purify), Samuel L. Jackson (Gator Purify), Lonette McKee (Drew), John Turturro (Paulie Carbone), Frank Vincent (Mike Tucci), Anthony Quinn (Lou Carbone), Halle Berry (Vivian).
Producer: Spike Lee.
Production company: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks.
Italian distribution: United International Pictures, via Bissolati 20, Roma (Italy), tel. 064820626, fax 064820628.
