Jungle Fever

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Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever is a 1991 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth characterization of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, crime and corruption put the characters in conflict with themselves, others, society and even natural phenome...
directed by Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated United States film director, Film producer, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his films dealing with controversial Society and Politics issues....
, starring Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Trent Snipes is an United States actor, film producer and martial artist. He has starred in action-adventures, thrillers, and dramatic feature films but is best known for his role as Blade in the Blade ....
and Annabella Sciorra

Annabella Sciorra

Annabella Sciorra is an United States film, television, and Stage actor.Sciorra received an Independent Spirit Award nomination as best female lead for the 1989 film True Love , and came to widespread attention in her co-lead role in Spike Lee's 1991 film Jungle Fever, and received critical acclaim for her work in Cop Land....
. It was Lee's fifth feature-length film.

Plot
The plot centers on the interracial romance between a successfully married African American

African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
architect

Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
, Flipper Purify (Snipes), and an Italian-American woman, Angie Tucci (Sciorra). The two meet at their workplace in New York, at an architectural firm where Purify works and Tucci is hired as a temporary secretary

Secretary

A secretary is either an administrative assistant in administration , or a certain type of mid- or high-level governmental position, such as a Secretary of State....
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Jungle Fever is a 1991 drama film

Drama film

Spike Lee

Wesley Snipes

Annabella Sciorra

Plot

The plot centers on the interracial romance between a successfully married African American

African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
architect

Architect

Secretary

A secretary is either an administrative assistant in administration , or a certain type of mid- or high-level governmental position, such as a Secretary of State....
. The lovers come under intense pressure from their friends and family as a result of their relationship. The title of the film refers to the sexual attraction between whites and blacks. A subplot considers the problems of drug abuse

Drug addiction

Drug addiction is widely considered a Pathology. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug-seeking behavior, the vulnerability to relapse, and the decreased, slowed ability to respond to naturally rewarding stimuli....
, with Flipper's brother Gator (Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson is an United States film and television actor. Jackson came to fame in the early 1990s, after a series of well-reviewed performances, and has since become a major film star and cultural icon, having appeared in a large number of high-grossing films....
) a crack

Cocaine

Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine....
addict.

Cast

Cast
Actor	Character
Wesley Snipes Wesley Snipes Wesley Trent Snipes is an United States actor, film producer and martial artist. He has starred in action-adventures, thrillers, and dramatic feature films but is best known for his role as Blade in the Blade ....	Flipper Purify
Annabella Sciorra Annabella Sciorra Annabella Sciorra is an United States film, television, and Stage actor.Sciorra received an Independent Spirit Award nomination as best female lead for the 1989 film True Love , and came to widespread attention in her co-lead role in Spike Lee's 1991 film Jungle Fever, and received critical acclaim for her work in Cop Land....	Angie Tucci
Spike Lee Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated United States film director, Film producer, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his films dealing with controversial Society and Politics issues....	Cyrus
Ossie Davis Ossie Davis Ossie Davis was an American film actor, film director, poet, playwright, writer, and activism....	The Reverend Doctor Purify
Ruby Dee Ruby Dee Ruby Dee is an Academy Award nominated American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activism....	Lucinda Purify
Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson Samuel Leroy Jackson is an United States film and television actor. Jackson came to fame in the early 1990s, after a series of well-reviewed performances, and has since become a major film star and cultural icon, having appeared in a large number of high-grossing films....	Gator Purify
Lonette McKee Lonette McKee Lonette McKee is an American film and television actress, music composer/producer/songwriter, screenwriter and director....	Drew
John Turturro John Turturro John Michael Turturro is an United States of America actor, writer, and director best known for his performances in Barton Fink , Quiz Show , The Big Lebowski , and O Brother, Where Art Thou? ....	Paulie Carbone
Frank Vincent Frank Vincent Frank Vincent is an Italian American United States actor and musician. Among other noted roles, he played Phil Leotardo in the HBO series The Sopranos....	Mike Tucci
Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn was a two-time Academy Awards-winning Mexican-American actor, as well as a Painting and writer. He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including Zorba the Greek , Lawrence of Arabia , and Federico Fellini's La strada....	Lou Carbone
Halle Berry Halle Berry Halle Berry is an American actress, former fashion model, and beauty queen. Berry has received Emmy and Golden Globe awards for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming the first and, as of 2009, only woman of African-American descent to have won the a...	Vivian
Tyra Ferrell Tyra Ferrell Tyra Ferrell is an American actress.She appeared in Jungle Fever , which starred Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra. She also had roles in films such as Boyz in the Hood , White Men Can't Jump and Poetic Justice ....	Orin Goode
Veronica Webb Veronica Webb Veronica Webb is an American model , actress, writer, journalist and Host #Television presenters. Webb was the first African-American to have a major cosmetics contract ....	Vera
David Dundara	Charlie Tucci
Michael Imperioli Michael Imperioli James Michael Imperioli , commonly known as Michael Imperioli, is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos....	James Tucci
Nicholas Turturro Nicholas Turturro Nicholas Turturro, Jr. is an United States film, television and prolific on-stage character actor, perhaps best known for his role as Dennis Franz's rookie plainclothes detective and Gordon Clapp's partner, Sgt....	Vinny
Michael Badalucco Michael Badalucco Michael Badalucco is an American actor most famous for his role as lawyer Jimmy Berluti on the American Broadcasting Company legal drama The Practice....	Frankie Botz
Debi Mazar Debi Mazar Deborah "Debi" Mazar is an American actor, perhaps best known for her trademark Jersey Girl-type appearances, and as edgy, sharp-tongued women in independent films and her recurring role on the HBO series, Entourage as Shauna Roberts....	Denise
Gina Mastrogiacomo Gina Mastrogiacomo Gina Mastrogiacomo was an Italian-American actress born in Great Neck, New York. She moved to New York City when she was 18 years old. She later became an actress, gaining fame for her role as Janice Rossi in Martin Scorsese's film Goodfellas....	Louise
Tim Robbins Tim Robbins Timothy Francis Robbins is an Academy Award winning United States actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer, Activism and musician. He is the longtime domestic partner of actress Susan Sarandon....	Jerry
Brad Dourif Brad Dourif Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif is a BAFTA-winning and Academy Award- and Emmy Award-nominated United States film and television actor, best known for his roles as Younger Brother in ragtime , Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , Gr?ma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Doc Cochran in the HBO...	Leslie
Theresa Randle Theresa Randle Theresa E. Randle is an United States stage, film and television actress.Randle was born in Los Angeles, California. She began her performing career by studying dance and comedy....	Inez
Miguel Sandoval Miguel Sandoval Miguel Sandoval is an United States film and television actor.Sandoval was born in Washington, D.C. He began working as a professional actor in 1975 when he joined a mime artist school in Albuquerque, New Mexico....	Officer Ponte
Charlie Murphy Charlie Murphy Charles Quinton "Charlie" Murphy is an United States actor, comedian, and writer, best known for his role on the sketch-comedy series, Chappelle's Show....	Livin' Large
Doug E. Doug Doug E. Doug Doug E. Doug is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, television producer, and film director. He is best known for his roles as Griffin Vesey on the CBS sitcom Cosby, and as Sanka Coffie in the film Cool Runnings....	Friend of Livin' Large
Queen Latifah Queen Latifah Dana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American Rapping, Singing, CoverGirl and actress. Latifah's work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe Award award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nominat...	LaShawn

Soundtrack

See: Jungle Fever (soundtrack)
Jungle Fever (soundtrack)

"Jungle Fever" is the 1991 soundtrack album by Stevie Wonder released on Motown Records to Spike Lee's movie Jungle Fever. Wonder was asked by director Spike Lee to compose the film soundtrack and film score to the film, which depicted a black businessman falling for a white female associate....
.

Awards

Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival , founded in 1946, is one of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals alongside Venice Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival....

Best Supporting Actor

:Samuel L. Jackson

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Special Mention)

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Supporting Actor

:Samuel L. Jackson
National Board of Review

10th best film of the year

New York Film Critics Circle Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards

New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in film worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City-based publications....

Best Supporting Actor

:Samuel L. Jackson
Political Film Society
Political Film Society

The Political Film Society is a nonprofit corporation that exists to recognize Hollywood political cinema' ability to raise awareness in political matters in the world....
Human Rights Award

Jungle Fever

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

Awards

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