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Laserdisc Title: "JUNGLE FEVER"
Edition: Fullscreen Edition (Double-Disc Set)
Directed By: Spike Lee
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Anthony Quinn, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Frank Vincent
Production / Year: 1991 Universal City Studios, Inc.
Running Time: 131 Minutes / Color
Audio Format: Digital Sound, Dolby Surround, Stereo, CX Encoded
Video Format: NTSC, CLV (Extended Play)
Miscellaneous Features: Rated R, Close Captioned
Distributed By: MCA Universal Home Video
Catalog / Spine Number: 41093

Cosmetic Condition:
Disc (s): Very Good - Few very light to very minor hairline surface swirls or very light fingerprint marks
Jacket: Very Good - Shelf wear, few creases, scuffs, slightly worn-out corners or edges but no signs of spines splitting

Synopsis:
Spike Lee's 1991 story about an interracial relationship and its consequences on the lives and communities of the lovers (Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra) is one of his most captivating and focused films. Snipes and Sciorra are very good as individuals trying to reach beyond the limits imposed upon them for reasons of race, tradition, sexism, and such. Lee makes an interesting and subtle case that they are driven to one another out of frustration with social obstacles as well as pure attraction--but is that enough for love to survive? John Turturro is featured in a subplot as an Italian American who grows attracted to a black woman and takes heat from his numbskull buddies. "Jungle Fever" is certainly worth seeing for the first rate cast. Each actor gives a magnificent performance. However, as with just about every film he's ever made, Spike Lee packs way too much into this film and therefore dilutes the message, and the film eventually becomes nearly overwhelming. Further, though I appreciate that Spike Lee brings non-mainstream issues to the public forum with his films, he would benefit to learn a little subtlety, as he seems to hit viewers over the head with his messages. And then there is the issue of the disappointing framework of the film: the interracial relationship between an Italian-American woman and African American man. I think Spike Lee did a major disservice by making this film focus on an adulterous couple. The issue of intermarriage and mixed-race relationships is very interesting and complex. It's sad that there are very few movies on this topic, and even sadder that this one, which is perhaps the most high profile interracial movie of all time, focuses on an adulterous relationship. He could've done so much better. He could've presented a more "honest" relationship, a man and woman who were not cheating on their spouses - a couple that was "normal" in every way except for the fact that they were from different ethnicities.

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