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Crooklyn (1994)
Released By: MCA Universal Home Video   Rating: PG-13   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: MCA Universal Home Video
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Spike Lee
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Alfre Woodard, David Patrick Kelly, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Zelda Harris
Published ID: 5118
UPC: 025192051524,
Plot: Spike Lee and his siblings Cinque Lee and Joie Lee co-wrote this nostalgic but unglamorized look at a family growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s, inspired by their own childhood. Woody Carmichael (Delroy Lindo) is a jazz musician whose career is in a slump; he once made a good living as a session musician, but he has moved away from it to devote himself to more serious music, a choice that has not worked out well from a financial standpoint. His wife Carolyn (Alfre Woodard) works as a school teacher to keep food on the table. The Carmichaels have five children, a bright and introspective daughter named Troy (Zelda Harris) and four sons with a habit of causing trouble, and they all share an apartment in a brownstone in Brooklyn. Crooklyn follows the Carmichaels as the kids learn the funny and painful lessons of growing up, Mom and Dad balance their love for each other against the financial and personal difficulties of the creative life, and they all try to get along with the often eccentric neighbors on their block. Crooklyn's soundtrack is enlivened by classic 70s R&B hits, including selections by Sly and the Family Stone, The Jackson Five, Curtis Mayfield, The Staple Singers, and The Chambers Brothers. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Super fast delivery of a funny movie
Added 6/8/2009
Had seen this movie a while back and am now happy to own a copy of my own! And at such a great price too!

Super fast shipping from this great seller!!!!!

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DVD
Added 5/27/2009
Very pleased with order. Wasnt expecting what I got at all. It said like new so I was expecting it to have been opened once atleast but I received it still in the plastic :-). Very pleased watched as soon as i got it
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wonderful
Added 12/10/2008
i think the movie was great i love this movie so much i just brought it again because i lost my other copy but anyway i love the movie its is off the chain
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A tree grows in Crooklyn
Added 8/4/2008
Ahhh who can forget the good Ol' days of Spike Lee films that had heart as well as insight? Who can forget this gem?
Crooklyn is loosely based on Spike Lee's life growing up. Its mostly a story that mostly details the struggles of a family growing up in Brooklyn as seen through the eyes of Troy(played by Zelda Harris). There are beautiful performances to be seen here. Alfre Woodard's presense is felt as the stern but loving mother of four kids and Delroy Lindo's is great as the father who is also dealing with pressure as a struggling musician and trying to pay the rent on time. They go through the normal strife that any black family has to go through in poor areas but they still find a way to maintain. I remember as a kid that the last scene with the mom passing on had me choked up. Troy and her brother holding hands at the reception for the funeral was a touching scene too. They drove each other crazy but it was still love in the end. Crooklyn has brief moments of awareness like one scene in particular: Troy's aunt comparing troy's hair to her adopted child's hair saying that the adopted child's hair was good hairnad that Troy's hair was rough was a sublte form of self-hatred but most people wouldnt pick up on that. Of course Spike Lee has to make an appearance in the movie. He plays a junkie who chases kids around trying to steal money from them. In short Crooklyn stands out as one the best dramas of all time and one of Spike Lee's best work. The characters are ones that you care about, their struggles are real and anybody who has been there can also relate. Two thumbs up for Spike Lee's work of art on film.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Spike Lee With Heart!
Added 4/17/2008
This is a wonderful movie. My favorite from Spike Lee. It tells an autobiographical story about a mother dying from cancer and its effect on the youngest girl in the house. It uses a lot of fun techniques to create a nostalgic mood for the 1970s and offers differences between urban and suburban African-American lifestyles in a hilarious comparison. The movie has quite a bit of love in it and that carries the story above and beyond the usual family history movie. The girl's impression of the local drug addicts are hilarious. They are seen as crazies who are harmless but still scary to young children. The father is a jazz musician who makes a varied amount of money that the family can't depend on so the mother's loss is felt even more acutely.
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Super fast delivery of a funny movie
Added 6/8/2009
Had seen this movie a while back and am now happy to own a copy of my own! And at such a great price too!

Super fast shipping from this great seller!!!!!

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
DVD
Added 5/27/2009
Very pleased with order. Wasnt expecting what I got at all. It said like new so I was expecting it to have been opened once atleast but I received it still in the plastic :-). Very pleased watched as soon as i got it
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
wonderful
Added 12/10/2008
i think the movie was great i love this movie so much i just brought it again because i lost my other copy but anyway i love the movie its is off the chain
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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