Release Date: 1/11/1999 Original Release: 1992 Format: DVD Widescreen Length: 201 minutes Rating:PG-13 (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 085391259626 Studio: Warner Home Video
Dramas, Biography, Race Relations, True Story, Self-Discovery, Murder, Personal Triumph, Black Heritage, Black History Month, Theatrical Release, 1960s
Description
Spike Lee brings the life of African-American leader Malcolm X (an intense Denzel Washington in an Oscar-nominated performance) to the big screen in this sprawling, epic biographical drama. Born Malcolm Little, son of a Nebraska preacher, on May 19, 1925, he became one of the most militant leaders and charismatic spokesmen of the black liberation movement before his assassination at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on February 21, 1965. The film sweeps through his early life as a small-time hustler and thief with his friend Shorty (Lee), his conversion to Islam in jail, and his subsequent life as a controversial spiritual leader and husband of Betty Shabazz (Angela Bassett). Malcolm's tragic assassination is presented as a conspiracy of Nation of Islam leaders; the film shows how his philosophy has been realized in the lives of others who have been moved by his words. Filmed with great visual flair by Lee, the film is a work of entertainment as much as it is a historical artifact. Washington captures the spiritual conversion of the hero with a sincerity that is entirely as believable and ultimately moving as it was in the book that inspired the film, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Single Side - Dual Layer Letterbox - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Awards Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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