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Do the Right Thing
DO THE RIGHT THING.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Spike Lee
Produced by
Spike Lee
Written by
Spike Lee
Starring
Danny Aiello
Ossie Davis
Ruby Dee
Richard Edson
Giancarlo Esposito
Spike Lee
Bill Nunn
John Turturro
John Savage

Music by
Bill Lee
Cinematography
Ernest Dickerson
Edited by
Barry Alexander Brown

Production
 company

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates

May 19, 1989 (Cannes)
June 30, 1989 (United States)


Running time
 120 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$6 million[2]
Box office
$37.3 million[3]
Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama hood film produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee, who also played the part of Mookie in the film. Other members of the cast include Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, and Samuel L. Jackson. It is also notably the feature film debut of both Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The movie tells the story of a neighborhood's simmering racial tension, which comes to a head and culminates in tragedy on the hottest day of summer.
The film was a critical and commercial success and received numerous accolades and awards, including an Academy Award nomination for Lee for Best Original Screenplay and one for Best Supporting Actor for Aiello's portrayal of Sal the pizzeria owner. It is often listed among the greatest films of all time.[4][5][6][7] In 1999, it was deemed to be "culturally significant" by the U.S. Library of Congress, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry, one of just six films to have this honor in their first year of eligibility.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Controversies
5 Critical reception
6 Awards and nominations
7 Soundtrack 7.1 Score
7.2 Soundtrack
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
Mookie (Spike Lee) is a young black man living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn with his sister, Jade (Joie Lee). He and his girlfriend, Tina (Rosie Perez), have a son. He's a pizza delivery man at the local pizzeria, but lacks ambition. Sal (Danny Aiello), the pizzeria's Italian-American owner, has been in the neighborhood for twenty-five years. His older son, Pino, intensely dislikes blacks, and does not get along with Mookie. Pino (John Turturro) is at odds with his younger brother, Vito (Richard Edson), who is friendly with Mookie.
The neighborhood is full of distinct personalities, including Da Mayor (Ossie Davis), a friendly local drunk; Mother Sister (Ruby Dee), who watches the neighborhood from her brownstone; Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn), who blasts Public Enemy on his boombox wherever he goes; and Smiley (Roger Guenveur Smith), a mentally disabled man, who meanders around the neighborhood trying to sell hand-colored pictures of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
While at Sal's, Mookie's friend, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), questions Sal about his "Wall of Fame", a wall decorated with photos of famous Italian-Americans. Buggin' Out demands that Sal put up pictures of black celebrities since Sal's pizzeria is in a black neighborhood. Sal replies that he doesn't need to feature anyone but Italians as it is his restaurant. Buggin' Out attempts to start a protest over the Wall of Fame. Only Radio Raheem and Smiley support him.
During the day, the heat and tensions begin to rise. The local teenagers open a fire hydrant and douse the street, before police officers intervene. Mookie and Pino begin arguing over race, which leads to a series of scenes in which the characters spew racial insults into the camera. Pino and Sal talk about the neighborhood, with Pino expressing his hatred, and Sal insisting that he is not leaving. Sal almost fires Mookie, but Jade intervenes, before Mookie confronts her for being too close to Sal.
That night, Buggin' Out, Radio Raheem, and Smiley march into Sal's and demand that Sal change the Wall of Fame. Raheem's boombox is blaring and Sal demands that they turn the radio down, but the men refuse. Sal, in a fit of frustration, calls Raheem a "nigger," then destroys the boombox with a baseball bat. Raheem attacks Sal, leading to a huge fight that spills out into the street, attracting a crowd. The police arrive, break up the fight, and apprehend Radio Raheem and Buggin' Out. One officer refuses to release his chokehold on Raheem, killing him. Realizing they have killed Raheem in front of onlookers, the officers place his body in the back of a squad car, and drive off, leaving Sal, Pino, and Vito unprotected.
The onlookers, enraged about Radio Raheem's death, blame Sal and his sons. Mookie grabs a trash can and throws it through the window of Sal's pizzeria, causing the crowd to rush into the restaurant and destroy it, with Smiley finally setting it on fire. Da Mayor pulls Sal, Pino, and Vito out of the mob's way. Firefighters and riot patrols arrive to put out the fire and disperse the crowd. After police issue a warning, the firefighters turn their hoses on the rioters, leading to more fighting and arrests. Mookie and Jade sit on the curb, watching in disbelief. Smiley wanders back into the smoldering building and hangs one of his pictures on what is left of Sal's Wall of Fame.
The next day, after having an argument with Tina, Mookie returns to Sal, who feels that Mookie betrayed him. Mookie demands his weekly pay, leading to an argument, before they cautiously reconcile, and Sal finally pays him. Mister Señor Love Daddy (Samuel L. Jackson), a local DJ, dedicates a song to Raheem.
The film ends with two quotes about violence from Martin Luther King and Malcolm X before fading to a photograph of them shaking hands.
Cast[edit]
Spike Lee as Mookie
Danny Aiello as Sal
Ossie Davis as Da Mayor
Ruby Dee as Mother Sister
Giancarlo Esposito as Buggin' Out
Bill Nunn as Radio Raheem
John Turturro as Pino
Richard Edson as Vito
Roger Guenveur Smith as Smiley
Rosie Perez as Tina
Joie Lee as Jade
Martin Lawrence as Cee
Steve White as Ahmad
Leonard L. Thomas as Punchy
Christa Rivers as Ella
Robin Harris as Sweet Dick Willie
Paul Benjamin as ML
Frankie Faison as Coconut Sid
Steve Park as Sonny
Samuel L. Jackson as Mister Señor Love Daddy
Rick Aiello as Officer Gary Long
Miguel Sandoval as Officer Mark Ponte
John Savage as Clifton
Frank Vincent as Charlie
Luis Antonio Ramos as Stevie
Richard Parnell Habersham as Eddie
Ginny Yang as Kim
Nicholas Turturro (extra) (uncredited)
Production[edit]
Spike Lee wrote the screenplay in two weeks.[citation needed] The original script of Do the Right Thing ends with a stronger reconciliation between Mookie and Sal. Sal's comments to Mookie mirror Da Mayor's earlier comments in the film and hint at some common ground and perhaps Sal's understanding of why Mookie was motivated to destroy his restaurant. It is unclear why Lee changed the ending.[8]
The film was shot entirely on Stuyvesant Avenue between Quincy Street and Lexington Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The street's color scheme was heavily altered by the production designer, who used a great deal of red and orange paint in order to help convey the sense of a heatwave.
Spike Lee campaigned for Robert De Niro as Sal the pizzeria owner, but De Niro had to decline due to prior commitments. The character of Smiley was not in the original script; he was created by Roger Guenveur Smith, who was pestering Spike Lee for a role in the film.[9] Four of the cast members were stand-up comedians – Martin Lawrence, Steve Park, Steve White, and Robin Harris.
Controversies[edit]
The film was released to protests from many reviewers, and it was openly stated in several newspapers that the film could incite black audiences to riot.[10] Lee criticized white reviewers for implying that black audiences were incapable of restraining themselves while watching a fictional motion picture.[11]
One of many questions at the end of the film is whether Mookie "does the right thing" when he throws the garbage can through the window, thus inciting the riot that destroys Sal's pizzeria. Critics have seen Mookie's action both as an action that saves Sal's life, by redirecting the crowd's anger away from Sal to his property, and as an "irresponsible encouragement to enact violence".[12] The question is directly raised by the contradictory quotations that end the film, one advocating nonviolence, the other advocating violent self-defense in response to oppression.[12]
Spike Lee has remarked that he himself has only ever been asked by white viewers whether Mookie did the right thing; black viewers do not ask the question.[13] Lee believes the key point is that Mookie was angry at the death of Radio Raheem, and that viewers who question the riot's justification are implicitly failing to see the difference between property and the life of a black man.[11]
In June 2006, Entertainment Weekly magazine placed Do the Right Thing at No. 22 on its list of The 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever.[14]
Critical reception[edit]

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The film holds a 96% "Certified Fresh" rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. On Metacritic, the film has an average of 91/100, placing it as one of the top-rated films on the site.
Both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert ranked the film as the best of 1989 and later ranked it as one of the top 10 films of the decade (#6 for Siskel and #4 for Ebert).
Awards and nominations[edit]
1990 Academy Awards
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Danny Aiello (nominated)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen – Spike Lee (nominated)
1990 Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics
Grand Prix (nominated)
1989 Cannes Film Festival
Palme d'Or – Spike Lee (nominated)[15]
1990 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Director – Spike Lee (won)
Best Picture (won)
Best Supporting Actor – Danny Aiello (won)
1990 Golden Globes
Best Director (Motion Picture) – Spike Lee (nominated)
Best Motion Picture – Drama (nominated)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Danny Aiello (nominated)
Best Screenplay (Motion Picture) – Spike Lee (nominated)
1991 NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Ruby Dee (won)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Ossie Davis (won)
1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Director – Spike Lee (won)
Best Music – Bill Lee (won)
Best Picture (won)
Best Supporting Actor – Danny Aiello (won)
1989 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Cinematographer – Ernest Dickerson (won)
2010 – The 20/20 Awards
Best Picture – (nominated)
Best Director – Spike Lee (won)
Best Supporting Actor – Danny Aiello (nominated)
Best Supporting Actor – John Turturro (nominated)
Best Original Screenplay – Spike Lee (nominated)
Best Editing – Barry Alexander Brown (won)
Best Original Song – Fight The Power – Public Enemy (won)
AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies
The American Film Institute from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the American film industry voted it the 96th greatest film of all time in its 10th Anniversary Edition, 2007
Additional AFI titles include:
AFI's 100 ...Cheers Nominated
AFI's 100... Thrills Nominated
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominated
AFI's 100 Songs... Public Enemy Fight The Power No. 40
National Film Preservation Board
National Film Registry (1999)
MTV Movie Awards
The Bucket of Excellence (lifetime achievement award, 2006)
Soundtrack[edit]

Do the Right Thing [Score]

Film score by Bill Lee

Released
1989
Recorded
December 12, 1988 – December 16, 1988
Genre
Film score
Length
35:36
Label
Columbia
Producer
Spike Lee (exec.)

Do the Right Thing [Soundtrack]

Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
1989
Genre
Soundtrack
Length
53:14
Label
Motown Records
Producer
Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott (exec.), Ted Hopkins (exec.), Mark Kibble (exec.), Spike Lee (exec.), Johnny Mercer (exec.)
The film's score (composed and partially performed by jazz musician Bill Lee, father of Spike Lee) and soundtrack were both released in July 1989 on Columbia Records and Motown Records, respectively. The soundtrack was successful, reaching the number eleven spot on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and peaking at sixty-eight on the Billboard 200.[16] On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, the Perri track "Feel So Good" reached the fifty-first spot, while Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" reached number twenty, and Guy's "My Fantasy" went all the way to the top spot. "My Fantasy" also reached number six on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, and sixty-two on Billboard's Hot 100. "Fight the Power" also charted high on the Hot Dance Music chart, peaking at number three, and topped the Hot Rap Singles chart.[17][18]
Score[edit]

No.
Title
Music
Length

1. "Mookie Goes Home"     1:21
2. "We Love Roll Call Y-All"     1:40
3. "Father to Son"     4:24
4. "Da Mayor Drinks His Beer"     1:03
5. "Delivery for Love Daddy"     1:08
6. "Riot"     1:08
7. "Magic, Eddie, Prince Ain't Niggers"     1:58
8. "Mookie [Septet]"     6:45
9. "How Long?"     3:43
10. "Mookie [Orchestra]"     6:32
11. "Da Mayor Loves Mother Sister"     1:23
12. "Da Mayor Buys Roses"     1:14
13. "Tawana"     1:31
14. "Malcolm and Martin"     1:46
15. "Wake Up Finale"     7:26
Soundtrack[edit]

No.
Title
Music
Producer(s)
Length

1. "Fight the Power"   Public Enemy Hank Shocklee, Carl Ryder, Eric Sadler 5:23
2. "My Fantasy"   Teddy Riley, Guy Riley, Gene Griffin 4:57
3. "Party Hearty"   E.U. Kent Wood, JuJu House 4:43
4. "Can't Stand It"   Steel Pulse David R. Hinds, Sidney Mills 5:06
5. "Why Don't We Try?"   Keith John Vince Morris Raymond jones larry decarmine 3:35
6. "Feel So Good"   Perri Paul Laurence, Jones 5:39
7. "Don't Shoot Me"   Take 6 Mervyn E. Warren 4:08
8. "Hard to Say"   Lori Perry, Gerald Alston Laurence 3:21
9. "Prove to Me"   Perri Jones, Sami McKinney 5:24
10. "Never Explain Love"   Al Jarreau Jones 5:58
11. "Tu y Yo/We Love [Jingle]"   Rubén Blades Blades 5:12
References[edit]
Notes
1.Jump up ^ "Do the Right Thing". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
2.Jump up ^ "Do the Right Thing - Box Office Data, DVD and Blu-ray Sales, Movie News, Cast and Crew Information". The Numbers. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
3.Jump up ^ "Do the Right Thing (1989)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
4.Jump up ^ "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
5.Jump up ^ Thompson, Anne. "Lists: 50 Best Movies of All Time, Again". Variety (Internet Archive). Retrieved October 23, 2010.
6.Jump up ^ "100 Essential Films by the National Society of Film Critics". National Society of Film Critics. Published by AMC FilmSite.org. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
7.Jump up ^ "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made". The New York Times. April 29, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
8.Jump up ^ Original script for Do the Right Thing[dead link]
9.Jump up ^ Do The RIght Thing DVD Audio Commentary
10.Jump up ^ Klein, Joe. "Spiked?" New York June 26, 1989: 14–15.
11.^ Jump up to: a b 'Spike Lee's Last Word', special feature on the Criterion Collection DVD (2000)
12.^ Jump up to: a b Mark A. Reid (1997). Spike Lee's Do the right thing. Cambridge University Press. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-0-521-55954-6. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
13.Jump up ^ Do The Right Thing DVD, Director's commentary
14.Jump up ^ "The 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever," Entertainment Weekly (August 27, 2008).
15.Jump up ^ "Festival de Cannes: Do the Right Thing". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
16.Jump up ^ "Do the Right Thing (Soundtrack): Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
17.Jump up ^ "Do the Right Thing (Soundtrack): Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
18.Jump up ^ "Fear of a Black Planet: Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
BibliographyAftab, Kaleem. Spike Lee: That's My Story and I'm Sticking to It. England: Faber and Faber Limited, 2005. ISBN 0-393-06153-1.
Spike Lee's Last Word. Documentary on the Criterion Collection DVD of Do the Right Thing. 2000.
Spike Lee et al. Commentary on the Criterion Collection DVD of Do the Right Thing. 2000.
Further readingSpike Lee; Lisa Jones (1989). Do the right thing: a Spike Lee joint. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-68265-1. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
Mark A. Reid (1997). Spike Lee's Do the right thing. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-55954-6. Retrieved September 25, 2010.

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Do the Right Thing
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This article is about the film. For the song, see Do the Right Thing (song). For the TV series, see Do the Right Thing (TV series).

Do the Right Thing
DO THE RIGHT THING.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Spike Lee
Produced by
Spike Lee
Written by
Spike Lee
Starring
Danny Aiello
Ossie Davis
Ruby Dee
Richard Edson
Giancarlo Esposito
Spike Lee
Bill Nunn
John Turturro
John Savage

Music by
Bill Lee
Cinematography
Ernest Dickerson
Edited by
Barry Alexander Brown

Production
 company

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates

May 19, 1989 (Cannes)
June 30, 1989 (United States)


Running time
 120 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$6 million[2]
Box office
$37.3 million[3]
Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama hood film produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee, who also played the part of Mookie in the film. Other members of the cast include Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, and Samuel L. Jackson. It is also notably the feature film debut of both Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The movie tells the story of a neighborhood's simmering racial tension, which comes to a head and culminates in tragedy on the hottest day of summer.
The film was a critical and commercial success and received numerous accolades and awards, including an Academy Award nomination for Lee for Best Original Screenplay and one for Best Supporting Actor for Aiello's portrayal of Sal the pizzeria owner. It is often listed among the greatest films of all time.[4][5][6][7] In 1999, it was deemed to be "culturally significant" by the U.S. Library of Congress, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry, one of just six films to have this honor in their first year of eligibility.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Controversies
5 Critical reception
6 Awards and nominations
7 Soundtrack 7.1 Score
7.2 Soundtrack
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
Mookie (Spike Lee) is a young black man living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn with his sister, Jade (Joie Lee). He and his girlfriend, Tina (Rosie Perez), have a son. He's a pizza delivery man at the local pizzeria, but lacks ambition. Sal (Danny Aiello), the pizzeria's Italian-American owner, has been in the neighborhood for twenty-five years. His older son, Pino, intensely dislikes blacks, and does not get along with Mookie. Pino (John Turturro) is at odds with his younger brother, Vito (Richard Edson), who is friendly with Mookie.
The neighborhood is full of distinct personalities, including Da Mayor (Ossie Davis), a friendly local drunk; Mother Sister (Ruby Dee), who watches the neighborhood from her brownstone; Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn), who blasts Public Enemy on his boombox wherever he goes; and Smiley (Roger Guenveur Smith), a mentally disabled man, who meanders around the neighborhood trying to sell hand-colored pictures of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
While at Sal's, Mookie's friend, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), questions Sal about his "Wall of Fame", a wall decorated with photos of famous Italian-Americans. Buggin' Out demands that Sal put up pictures of black celebrities since Sal's pizzeria is in a black neighborhood. Sal replies that he doesn't need to feature anyone but Italians as it is his restaurant. Buggin' Out attempts to start a protest over the Wall of Fame. Only Radio Raheem and Smiley support him.
During the day, the heat and tensions begin to rise. The local teenagers open a fire hydrant and douse the street, before police officers intervene. Mookie and Pino begin arguing over race, which leads to a series of scenes in which the characters spew racial insults into the camera. Pino and Sal talk about the neighborhood, with Pino expressing his hatred, and Sal insisting that he is not leaving. Sal almost fires Mookie, but Jade intervenes, before Mookie confronts her for being too close to Sal.
That night, Buggin' Out, Radio Raheem, and Smiley march into Sal's and demand that Sal change the Wall of Fame. Raheem's boombox is blaring and Sal demands that they turn the radio down, but the men refuse. Sal, in a fit of frustration, calls Raheem a "nigger," then destroys the boombox with a baseball bat. Raheem attacks Sal, leading to a huge fight that spills out into the street, attracting a crowd. The police arrive, break up the fight, and apprehend Radio Raheem and Buggin' Out. One officer refuses to release his chokehold on Raheem, killing him. Realizing they have killed Raheem in front of onlookers, the officers place his body in the back of a squad car, and drive off, leaving Sal, Pino, and Vito unprotected.
The onlookers, enraged about Radio Raheem's death, blame Sal and his sons. Mookie grabs a trash can and throws it through the window of Sal's pizzeria, causing the crowd to rush into the restaurant and destroy it, with Smiley finally setting it on fire. Da Mayor pulls Sal, Pino, and Vito out of the mob's way. Firefighters and riot patrols arrive to put out the fire and disperse the crowd. After police issue a warning, the firefighters turn their hoses on the rioters, leading to more fighting and arrests. Mookie and Jade sit on the curb, watching in disbelief. Smiley wanders back into the smoldering building and hangs one of his pictures on what is left of Sal's Wall of Fame.
The next day, after having an argument with Tina, Mookie returns to Sal, who feels that Mookie betrayed him. Mookie demands his weekly pay, leading to an argument, before they cautiously reconcile, and Sal finally pays him. Mister Señor Love Daddy (Samuel L. Jackson), a local DJ, dedicates a song to Raheem.
The film ends with two quotes about violence from Martin Luther King and Malcolm X before fading to a photograph of them shaking hands.
Cast[edit]
Spike Lee as Mookie
Danny Aiello as Sal
Ossie Davis as Da Mayor
Ruby Dee as Mother Sister
Giancarlo Esposito as Buggin' Out
Bill Nunn as Radio Raheem
John Turturro as Pino
Richard Edson as Vito
Roger Guenveur Smith as Smiley
Rosie Perez as Tina
Joie Lee as Jade
Martin Lawrence as Cee
Steve White as Ahmad
Leonard L. Thomas as Punchy
Christa Rivers as Ella
Robin Harris as Sweet Dick Willie
Paul Benjamin as ML
Frankie Faison as Coconut Sid
Steve Park as Sonny
Samuel L. Jackson as Mister Señor Love Daddy
Rick Aiello as Officer Gary Long
Miguel Sandoval as Officer Mark Ponte
John Savage as Clifton
Frank Vincent as Charlie
Luis Antonio Ramos as Stevie
Richard Parnell Habersham as Eddie
Ginny Yang as Kim
Nicholas Turturro (extra) (uncredited)
Production[edit]
Spike Lee wrote the screenplay in two weeks.[citation needed] The original script of Do the Right Thing ends with a stronger reconciliation between Mookie and Sal. Sal's comments to Mookie mirror Da Mayor's earlier comments in the film and hint at some common ground and perhaps Sal's understanding of why Mookie was motivated to destroy his restaurant. It is unclear why Lee changed the ending.[8]
The film was shot entirely on Stuyvesant Avenue between Quincy Street and Lexington Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The street's color scheme was heavily altered by the production designer, who used a great deal of red and orange paint in order to help convey the sense of a heatwave.
Spike Lee campaigned for Robert De Niro as Sal the pizzeria owner, but De Niro had to decline due to prior commitments. The character of Smiley was not in the original script; he was created by Roger Guenveur Smith, who was pestering Spike Lee for a role in the film.[9] Four of the cast members were stand-up comedians – Martin Lawrence, Steve Park, Steve White, and Robin Harris.
Controversies[edit]
The film was released to protests from many reviewers, and it was openly stated in several newspapers that the film could incite black audiences to riot.[10] Lee criticized white reviewers for implying that black audiences were incapable of restraining themselves while watching a fictional motion picture.[11]
One of many questions at the end of the film is whether Mookie "does the right thing" when he throws the garbage can through the window, thus inciting the riot that destroys Sal's pizzeria. Critics have seen Mookie's action both as an action that saves Sal's life, by redirecting the crowd's anger away from Sal to his property, and as an "irresponsible encouragement to enact violence".[12] The question is directly raised by the contradictory quotations that end the film, one advocating nonviolence, the other advocating violent self-defense in response to oppression.[12]
Spike Lee has remarked that he himself has only ever been asked by white viewers whether Mookie did the right thing; black viewers do not ask the question.[13] Lee believes the key point is that Mookie was angry at the death of Radio Raheem, and that viewers who question the riot's justification are implicitly failing to see the difference between property and the life of a black man.[11]
In June 2006, Entertainment Weekly magazine placed Do the Right Thing at No. 22 on its list of The 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever.[14]
Critical reception[edit]

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The film holds a 96% "Certified Fresh" rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. On Metacritic, the film has an average of 91/100, placing it as one of the top-rated films on the site.
Both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert ranked the film as the best of 1989 and later ranked it as one of the top 10 films of the decade (#6 for Siskel and #4 for Ebert).
Awards and nominations[edit]
1990 Academy Awards
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Danny Aiello (nominated)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen – Spike Lee (nominated)
1990 Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics
Grand Prix (nominated)
1989 Cannes Film Festival
Palme d'Or – Spike Lee (nominated)[15]
1990 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Director – Spike Lee (won)
Best Picture (won)
Best Supporting Actor – Danny Aiello (won)
1990 Golden Globes
Best Director (Motion Picture) – Spike Lee (nominated)
Best Motion Picture – Drama (nominated)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Danny Aiello (nominated)
Best Screenplay (Motion Picture) – Spike Lee (nominated)
1991 NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Ruby Dee (won)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Ossie Davis (won)
1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Director – Spike Lee (won)
Best Music – Bill Lee (won)
Best Picture (won)
Best Supporting Actor – Danny Aiello (won)
1989 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Cinematographer – Ernest Dickerson (won)
2010 – The 20/20 Awards
Best Picture – (nominated)
Best Director – Spike Lee (won)
Best Supporting Actor – Danny Aiello (nominated)
Best Supporting Actor – John Turturro (nominated)
Best Original Screenplay – Spike Lee (nominated)
Best Editing – Barry Alexander Brown (won)
Best Original Song – Fight The Power – Public Enemy (won)
AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies
The American Film Institute from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the American film industry voted it the 96th greatest film of all time in its 10th Anniversary Edition, 2007
Additional AFI titles include:
AFI's 100 ...Cheers Nominated
AFI's 100... Thrills Nominated
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominated
AFI's 100 Songs... Public Enemy Fight The Power No. 40
National Film Preservation Board
National Film Registry (1999)
MTV Movie Awards
The Bucket of Excellence (lifetime achievement award, 2006)
Soundtrack[edit]

Do the Right Thing [Score]

Film score by Bill Lee

Released
1989
Recorded
December 12, 1988 – December 16, 1988
Genre
Film score
Length
35:36
Label
Columbia
Producer
Spike Lee (exec.)

Do the Right Thing [Soundtrack]

Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
1989
Genre
Soundtrack
Length
53:14
Label
Motown Records
Producer
Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott (exec.), Ted Hopkins (exec.), Mark Kibble (exec.), Spike Lee (exec.), Johnny Mercer (exec.)
The film's score (composed and partially performed by jazz musician Bill Lee, father of Spike Lee) and soundtrack were both released in July 1989 on Columbia Records and Motown Records, respectively. The soundtrack was successful, reaching the number eleven spot on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and peaking at sixty-eight on the Billboard 200.[16] On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, the Perri track "Feel So Good" reached the fifty-first spot, while Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" reached number twenty, and Guy's "My Fantasy" went all the way to the top spot. "My Fantasy" also reached number six on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, and sixty-two on Billboard's Hot 100. "Fight the Power" also charted high on the Hot Dance Music chart, peaking at number three, and topped the Hot Rap Singles chart.[17][18]
Score[edit]

No.
Title
Music
Length

1. "Mookie Goes Home"     1:21
2. "We Love Roll Call Y-All"     1:40
3. "Father to Son"     4:24
4. "Da Mayor Drinks His Beer"     1:03
5. "Delivery for Love Daddy"     1:08
6. "Riot"     1:08
7. "Magic, Eddie, Prince Ain't Niggers"     1:58
8. "Mookie [Septet]"     6:45
9. "How Long?"     3:43
10. "Mookie [Orchestra]"     6:32
11. "Da Mayor Loves Mother Sister"     1:23
12. "Da Mayor Buys Roses"     1:14
13. "Tawana"     1:31
14. "Malcolm and Martin"     1:46
15. "Wake Up Finale"     7:26
Soundtrack[edit]

No.
Title
Music
Producer(s)
Length

1. "Fight the Power"   Public Enemy Hank Shocklee, Carl Ryder, Eric Sadler 5:23
2. "My Fantasy"   Teddy Riley, Guy Riley, Gene Griffin 4:57
3. "Party Hearty"   E.U. Kent Wood, JuJu House 4:43
4. "Can't Stand It"   Steel Pulse David R. Hinds, Sidney Mills 5:06
5. "Why Don't We Try?"   Keith John Vince Morris Raymond jones larry decarmine 3:35
6. "Feel So Good"   Perri Paul Laurence, Jones 5:39
7. "Don't Shoot Me"   Take 6 Mervyn E. Warren 4:08
8. "Hard to Say"   Lori Perry, Gerald Alston Laurence 3:21
9. "Prove to Me"   Perri Jones, Sami McKinney 5:24
10. "Never Explain Love"   Al Jarreau Jones 5:58
11. "Tu y Yo/We Love [Jingle]"   Rubén Blades Blades 5:12
References[edit]
Notes
1.Jump up ^ "Do the Right Thing". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
2.Jump up ^ "Do the Right Thing - Box Office Data, DVD and Blu-ray Sales, Movie News, Cast and Crew Information". The Numbers. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
3.Jump up ^ "Do the Right Thing (1989)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
4.Jump up ^ "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
5.Jump up ^ Thompson, Anne. "Lists: 50 Best Movies of All Time, Again". Variety (Internet Archive). Retrieved October 23, 2010.
6.Jump up ^ "100 Essential Films by the National Society of Film Critics". National Society of Film Critics. Published by AMC FilmSite.org. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
7.Jump up ^ "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made". The New York Times. April 29, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
8.Jump up ^ Original script for Do the Right Thing[dead link]
9.Jump up ^ Do The RIght Thing DVD Audio Commentary
10.Jump up ^ Klein, Joe. "Spiked?" New York June 26, 1989: 14–15.
11.^ Jump up to: a b 'Spike Lee's Last Word', special feature on the Criterion Collection DVD (2000)
12.^ Jump up to: a b Mark A. Reid (1997). Spike Lee's Do the right thing. Cambridge University Press. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-0-521-55954-6. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
13.Jump up ^ Do The Right Thing DVD, Director's commentary
14.Jump up ^ "The 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever," Entertainment Weekly (August 27, 2008).
15.Jump up ^ "Festival de Cannes: Do the Right Thing". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
16.Jump up ^ "Do the Right Thing (Soundtrack): Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
17.Jump up ^ "Do the Right Thing (Soundtrack): Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
18.Jump up ^ "Fear of a Black Planet: Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
BibliographyAftab, Kaleem. Spike Lee: That's My Story and I'm Sticking to It. England: Faber and Faber Limited, 2005. ISBN 0-393-06153-1.
Spike Lee's Last Word. Documentary on the Criterion Collection DVD of Do the Right Thing. 2000.
Spike Lee et al. Commentary on the Criterion Collection DVD of Do the Right Thing. 2000.
Further readingSpike Lee; Lisa Jones (1989). Do the right thing: a Spike Lee joint. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-68265-1. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
Mark A. Reid (1997). Spike Lee's Do the right thing. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-55954-6. Retrieved September 25, 2010.

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Grand Canyon
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Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Lawrence Kasdan
Produced by
Michael Grillo
Lawrence Kasdan
Charles Okun
Written by
Lawrence Kasdan
Meg Kasdan
Starring
Danny Glover
Kevin Kline
Steve Martin
Mary McDonnell
Mary-Louise Parker
Alfre Woodard
Music by
James Newton Howard
Cinematography
Owen Roizman
Edited by
Carol Littleton
Distributed by
20th Century Fox

Release dates

December 25, 1991 (limited)
January 17, 1992 (wide)


Running time
 137 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$40,991,329 (worldwide)[1]
Grand Canyon is a 1991 drama film directed and produced by Lawrence Kasdan, and written by Kasdan with his wife Meg. Featuring an ensemble cast, the film is about random events affecting a selection of diverse characters, the film explores the race- and class-imposed chasms which separate members of the same community. Grand Canyon was advertised as "The Big Chill for the '90s", in reference to an earlier Kasdan film.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast 2.1 Additional cast
3 Production
4 Reception 4.1 Critical response
4.2 Awards
4.3 Box office
5 Legacy
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
After attending a Lakers basketball game, an immigration lawyer named Mack (Kevin Kline) finds himself at the mercy of potential muggers when his car breaks down in a bad part of Los Angeles late at night. The muggers are talked out of their plans by Simon (Danny Glover), a tow truck driver who arrives just in time. Mac sets out to befriend Simon, despite their having nothing in common.
In the meantime, Mack's wife Claire (Mary McDonnell) and his best friend Davis (Steve Martin) (a producer of violent action films) are experiencing life-changing events. Claire encounters an abandoned baby while jogging and becomes determined to adopt her. Davis suddenly becomes interested in philosophy rather than box-office profits after being shot in the leg by a man trying to steal his watch, vowing to devote the remainder of his career to eliminating violence from the cinema.
The film chronicles how these characters—as well as various acquaintances, co-workers and relatives—are affected by their interactions in the light of life-changing events. In the end, they visit the Grand Canyon on a shared vacation trip, united in a place that is philosophically and actually "bigger" than all their little separate lives.
Cast[edit]
Kevin Kline as Mack
Danny Glover as Simon
Steve Martin as Davis
Mary McDonnell as Claire
Mary-Louise Parker as Dee
Alfre Woodard as Jane
Jeremy Sisto as Roberto
Tina Lifford as Deborah
Patrick Malone as Otis
Randle Mell as The Alley Baron
Sarah Trigger as Vanessa
Twin sisters Candace and Lauren Mead as Abandoned baby
Shaun Baker as Rocstar
Additional cast[edit]
Marlee Matlin plays an uncredited role; she is a mom using sign language to communicate with her child as several youths are being sent off to camp.
Randle Mell, real-life husband of Mary McDonnell, plays a homeless man that Claire encounters while jogging.
Marley Shelton can be seen in one of her first roles as Roberto's girlfriend at camp.
Director Lawrence Kasdan plays an uncredited role; he is berated by Davis for cutting out a "money shot" (a close-up of blood and brains hitting a window) from a particularly violent action scene in one of Davis' movies.
Production[edit]
The footage of the Los Angeles Lakers game in the film was shot before anybody knew Lakers guard Earvin "Magic" Johnson was HIV+. Critic Rita Kempley, in discussing the film, pointed to this scene as proof that "... the filmmaker and his team ha[d] truly caught society on the verge."[2]
The character Davis is based on aggressive action film producer Joel Silver.[3]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Grand Canyon received generally positive reviews from critics; it has a 7/10 "fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes and a critical rating of 81% based on 32 reviews.[4] Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote,

Set in Los Angeles, and gliding gracefully among a representative set of characters, the film means to move through different economic strata, age groups and racial backgrounds in its search for common experience. If the ambition to do this is ultimately more impressive than the hazy, unfocused outcome, Mr. Kasdan still deserves a lot of credit for what he has tried."[5]
In a similar vein, Washington Post critic Rita Kempley wrote,

Grand Canyon considers the ever-widening chasms that divide us, the shifting demographic fault lines that have set society quaking like the needle on Richter's scale. ... This City of the Angels captured by Kasdan, its skies buzzing with helicopters, reminds us most of all of Vietnam. But this is not war, it's suicide, America in the latent stages of self-inflicted apocalypse. Kasdan validates our fears, but he doesn't strip us of all hope, for the central image also promises something greater than ourselves. The view from the edge can be awesome.[2]
Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly chided the film for its "... solemn zeitgeist chic," and called it "... way too self-conscious," but ultimately decided that "Grand Canyon is finally a very classy soap opera, one that holds a generous mirror up to its audience's anxieties. It's the sort of movie that says: Life is worth living. After a couple of hours spent with characters this enjoyable, the message — in all its forthright sentimentality — feels earned."[6]
Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars, and wrote, "In a time when our cities are wounded, movies like Grand Canyon can help to heal."[7] Ebert's television reviewing partner Gene Siskel also loved the film,[citation needed] with Ebert placing it at the #4 and Siskel at #6 on their 1991 top ten lists.[citation needed]
Awards[edit]
The film won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[8] The screenplay was nominated for the Oscar (as Best Original Screenplay), the Golden Globe and the Writers Guild of America.
Box office[edit]
Grand Canyon was considered a minor failure at the box office,[citation needed] taking in $40.9 million,[1][9] and did not reap notable profits until it was released on video.[citation needed]
Legacy[edit]
Phil Collins' 1993 song "Both Sides of the Story" references the scene from Grand Canyon where the young mugger tells Simon (played by Danny Glover) that he carries a gun to make sure people respect (and fear) him.[10]
See also[edit]
1992 Los Angeles riots
Crash
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Grand Canyon," Box Office Mojo. Accessed Dec. 23, 2011.
2.^ Jump up to: a b Kempley, Rita. "‘Grand Canyon’," The Washington Post (Jan. 10, 1992).
3.Jump up ^ ENOUGH ALREADY: Joel Silver, Model Mogul
4.Jump up ^ "Grand Canyon (1991)," Rotten Tomatoes. Accessed Dec. 22, 2011.
5.Jump up ^ Maslin, Janet. "Review/Film; The Accidents and Miracles in Everyday Life," New York Times (Dec. 25, 1991).
6.Jump up ^ Gleiberman, Owen. "Grand Canyon (1991)," Entertainment Weekly. (Jan 10, 1992).
7.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "Grand Canyon," Chicago Sun-Times (Jan. 10, 1992).
8.Jump up ^ "Berlinale: 1992 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
9.Jump up ^ "Grand Canyon (1991)," Yahoo! Movies. Accessed 2 November 2009.
10.Jump up ^ Kot, Greg. "Pop: Phil Collins, Regular Guy: And Like Regular Guys, He's Worried About His Kids," Chicago Tribune (Nov. 7, 1993).
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Grand Canyon (1991 film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search


Grand Canyon
Grand canyon poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Lawrence Kasdan
Produced by
Michael Grillo
Lawrence Kasdan
Charles Okun
Written by
Lawrence Kasdan
Meg Kasdan
Starring
Danny Glover
Kevin Kline
Steve Martin
Mary McDonnell
Mary-Louise Parker
Alfre Woodard
Music by
James Newton Howard
Cinematography
Owen Roizman
Edited by
Carol Littleton
Distributed by
20th Century Fox

Release dates

December 25, 1991 (limited)
January 17, 1992 (wide)


Running time
 137 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$40,991,329 (worldwide)[1]
Grand Canyon is a 1991 drama film directed and produced by Lawrence Kasdan, and written by Kasdan with his wife Meg. Featuring an ensemble cast, the film is about random events affecting a selection of diverse characters, the film explores the race- and class-imposed chasms which separate members of the same community. Grand Canyon was advertised as "The Big Chill for the '90s", in reference to an earlier Kasdan film.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast 2.1 Additional cast
3 Production
4 Reception 4.1 Critical response
4.2 Awards
4.3 Box office
5 Legacy
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
After attending a Lakers basketball game, an immigration lawyer named Mack (Kevin Kline) finds himself at the mercy of potential muggers when his car breaks down in a bad part of Los Angeles late at night. The muggers are talked out of their plans by Simon (Danny Glover), a tow truck driver who arrives just in time. Mac sets out to befriend Simon, despite their having nothing in common.
In the meantime, Mack's wife Claire (Mary McDonnell) and his best friend Davis (Steve Martin) (a producer of violent action films) are experiencing life-changing events. Claire encounters an abandoned baby while jogging and becomes determined to adopt her. Davis suddenly becomes interested in philosophy rather than box-office profits after being shot in the leg by a man trying to steal his watch, vowing to devote the remainder of his career to eliminating violence from the cinema.
The film chronicles how these characters—as well as various acquaintances, co-workers and relatives—are affected by their interactions in the light of life-changing events. In the end, they visit the Grand Canyon on a shared vacation trip, united in a place that is philosophically and actually "bigger" than all their little separate lives.
Cast[edit]
Kevin Kline as Mack
Danny Glover as Simon
Steve Martin as Davis
Mary McDonnell as Claire
Mary-Louise Parker as Dee
Alfre Woodard as Jane
Jeremy Sisto as Roberto
Tina Lifford as Deborah
Patrick Malone as Otis
Randle Mell as The Alley Baron
Sarah Trigger as Vanessa
Twin sisters Candace and Lauren Mead as Abandoned baby
Shaun Baker as Rocstar
Additional cast[edit]
Marlee Matlin plays an uncredited role; she is a mom using sign language to communicate with her child as several youths are being sent off to camp.
Randle Mell, real-life husband of Mary McDonnell, plays a homeless man that Claire encounters while jogging.
Marley Shelton can be seen in one of her first roles as Roberto's girlfriend at camp.
Director Lawrence Kasdan plays an uncredited role; he is berated by Davis for cutting out a "money shot" (a close-up of blood and brains hitting a window) from a particularly violent action scene in one of Davis' movies.
Production[edit]
The footage of the Los Angeles Lakers game in the film was shot before anybody knew Lakers guard Earvin "Magic" Johnson was HIV+. Critic Rita Kempley, in discussing the film, pointed to this scene as proof that "... the filmmaker and his team ha[d] truly caught society on the verge."[2]
The character Davis is based on aggressive action film producer Joel Silver.[3]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Grand Canyon received generally positive reviews from critics; it has a 7/10 "fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes and a critical rating of 81% based on 32 reviews.[4] Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote,

Set in Los Angeles, and gliding gracefully among a representative set of characters, the film means to move through different economic strata, age groups and racial backgrounds in its search for common experience. If the ambition to do this is ultimately more impressive than the hazy, unfocused outcome, Mr. Kasdan still deserves a lot of credit for what he has tried."[5]
In a similar vein, Washington Post critic Rita Kempley wrote,

Grand Canyon considers the ever-widening chasms that divide us, the shifting demographic fault lines that have set society quaking like the needle on Richter's scale. ... This City of the Angels captured by Kasdan, its skies buzzing with helicopters, reminds us most of all of Vietnam. But this is not war, it's suicide, America in the latent stages of self-inflicted apocalypse. Kasdan validates our fears, but he doesn't strip us of all hope, for the central image also promises something greater than ourselves. The view from the edge can be awesome.[2]
Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly chided the film for its "... solemn zeitgeist chic," and called it "... way too self-conscious," but ultimately decided that "Grand Canyon is finally a very classy soap opera, one that holds a generous mirror up to its audience's anxieties. It's the sort of movie that says: Life is worth living. After a couple of hours spent with characters this enjoyable, the message — in all its forthright sentimentality — feels earned."[6]
Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars, and wrote, "In a time when our cities are wounded, movies like Grand Canyon can help to heal."[7] Ebert's television reviewing partner Gene Siskel also loved the film,[citation needed] with Ebert placing it at the #4 and Siskel at #6 on their 1991 top ten lists.[citation needed]
Awards[edit]
The film won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[8] The screenplay was nominated for the Oscar (as Best Original Screenplay), the Golden Globe and the Writers Guild of America.
Box office[edit]
Grand Canyon was considered a minor failure at the box office,[citation needed] taking in $40.9 million,[1][9] and did not reap notable profits until it was released on video.[citation needed]
Legacy[edit]
Phil Collins' 1993 song "Both Sides of the Story" references the scene from Grand Canyon where the young mugger tells Simon (played by Danny Glover) that he carries a gun to make sure people respect (and fear) him.[10]
See also[edit]
1992 Los Angeles riots
Crash
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Grand Canyon," Box Office Mojo. Accessed Dec. 23, 2011.
2.^ Jump up to: a b Kempley, Rita. "‘Grand Canyon’," The Washington Post (Jan. 10, 1992).
3.Jump up ^ ENOUGH ALREADY: Joel Silver, Model Mogul
4.Jump up ^ "Grand Canyon (1991)," Rotten Tomatoes. Accessed Dec. 22, 2011.
5.Jump up ^ Maslin, Janet. "Review/Film; The Accidents and Miracles in Everyday Life," New York Times (Dec. 25, 1991).
6.Jump up ^ Gleiberman, Owen. "Grand Canyon (1991)," Entertainment Weekly. (Jan 10, 1992).
7.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "Grand Canyon," Chicago Sun-Times (Jan. 10, 1992).
8.Jump up ^ "Berlinale: 1992 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
9.Jump up ^ "Grand Canyon (1991)," Yahoo! Movies. Accessed 2 November 2009.
10.Jump up ^ Kot, Greg. "Pop: Phil Collins, Regular Guy: And Like Regular Guys, He's Worried About His Kids," Chicago Tribune (Nov. 7, 1993).
External links[edit]
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Crash (2008 TV series)
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Crash
Intertitle of Crash
Created by
Glen Mazzara
Starring
Dennis Hopper
Arlene Tur
Ross McCall
Jocko Sims
Moran Atias
Tom Sizemore
Dana Ashbrook
Eric Roberts
Jake McLaughlin
Julie Warner
Keith Carradine
Linda Park
Tess Harper
Valerie Perrine
Country of origin
United States
No. of seasons
2
No. of episodes
26 (List of episodes)
Production

Executive producer(s)
Glen Mazzara
Paul Haggis
Robert Moresco
Bob Yari
Location(s)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Camera setup
Single-camera
Running time
43 minutes
Production company(s)
Starz Inc.
Lionsgate Television
Broadcast

Original channel
Starz
Picture format
480i SDTV
1080i HDTV
Audio format
Dolby Digital 5.1
Original run
October 17, 2008 – December 18, 2009
Crash is an American television drama series set in Los Angeles, California that starred Dennis Hopper and Eric Roberts. It is the first original series produced by the Starz network. The network ordered a 13 episode season which premiered on October 17, 2008. The series is based on the 2004 film of the same name. It was developed for television by Glen Mazzara. In Canada, Crash can be seen on Super Channel. Starz ordered a second season that premiered in September 2009 before concluding in December 2009. Lead actor Dennis Hopper died in May 2010 and the series did not continue.


Contents  [hide]
1 Production 1.1 Conception
1.2 Crew
1.3 Cast
2 Episodes 2.1 Season 1 (2008–2009)
2.2 Season 2 (2009)
3 Reception
4 Release
5 References
6 External links

Production[edit]
Conception[edit]
Starz began looking to develop original television series after the success of series developed by its rivals Showtime and HBO and advertised funding and creative freedom for original programming projects. Crash is the network's first foray into original scripted drama and is based on the Academy Award winning 2004 film of the same name. The writers of the film, Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco, were interested in developing a series based on the property. Lionsgate and Starz collaborated on developing the series for television.
Television writer and producer Glen Mazzara was brought in as an executive producer for the series. Mazzara has worked extensively as a writer and producer on The Shield and had developed new projects for the other networks including Life and Standoff.[1]
Crew[edit]
Glen Mazzara served as the series executive producer and showrunner.[1] The film's writers Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco and producer Bob Yari joined Mazzara as executive producers.[2] Thomas Becker, Mark R. Harris, Tom Nunan, and Jorg Westerkamp all worked as producers or production executives on the original film project and are credited as co-executive producers on the series.[2] Movie actor Don Cheadle, who was a star and producer of the 2004 film, is also on board as a co-executive producer.[1]
Mazzara hired a writing staff that he felt was used to coping with edgier material. Co-executive producer and writer Frank Renzulli had previously worked on HBO drama The Sopranos. Co-executive producer and writer Ted Mann worked on HBO drama Deadwood. Producer and writer Stacy Rukeyser worked with Mazzara on Standoff. Executive story editor Chris Collins came from the recently completed HBO drama The Wire. Executive story editor Randy Huggins had previously worked with Mazzara on The Shield.[1]
The pilot episode was directed by Sanford Bookstaver.[2]
Cast[edit]
The one season starred:
Dennis Hopper as record producer Ben Cendars
Ross McCall as police officer Kenny Battaglia
Arlene Tur as actress-turned-police officer partner Bebe Arcel
Clare Carey as Brentwood mother Christine Emory
D. B. Sweeney as Peter Emory her real-estate developer husband
Brian Tee as former gang member-turned-EMT Eddie Choi
Jocko Sims as street-smart driver Anthony Adams
Luis Chavez as undocumented Guatemalan immigrant Cesar Uman
Moran Atias as Inez
Nick E. Tarabay as a detective Axel Finet
Trilby Glover as his wife Ann Finet
Tom Sizemore as Detective Adrian Cooper.[2]
In season 2 new cast members:
Eric Roberts plays as billionaire Seth Blanchard,
Dana Ashbrook as LA crook Jimmy,
Linda Park as Blanchard's wife and children's author Maggie, and
Jake McLaughlin a former high school pitching ace now working for his diabetic mom (Tess Harper) in a hobby store.
Battaglia is a security guard and then begins working for Blanchard and some of the cast members from season 1, Tur, Carey, Sweeney, Tee, Chavez, Tarabay and Sizemore do not return for season 2. Jenny Mollen plays Tess, the new girlfriend to Kenny Battaglia.
Episodes[edit]

Season
Episodes
Originally aired
DVD release date

Season premiere
Season finale
 1 13 October 17, 2008 January 9, 2009 September 15, 2009[3]
 2 13 September 18, 2009 December 18, 2009 September 15, 2010[4]
Season 1 (2008–2009)[edit]

No.
#
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date

1
1 "Episode One" Sanford Bookstaver Glen Mazzara October 17, 2008
2
2 "The Doctor Is in" Robert Moresco Frank Renzulli October 17, 2008
3
3 "Panic" Seith Mann Stacy Rukeyser October 24, 2008
4
4 "Railroaded" Allison Liddi Sang Kyu Kim October 31, 2008
5
5 "Your Ass Belongs to the Gypsies" Sanford Bookstaver Ted Mann November 7, 2008
6
6 "Clusterfuck" Guy Ferland Randy Huggins November 14, 2008
7
7 "Los Muertos" Robert Moresco Chris Collins November 21, 2008
8
8 "Three Men and a Bebe" Stefan Schwartz Glen Mazzara December 5, 2008
9
9 "Pissing in the Sandbox" Stefan Schwartz Sang Kyu Kim December 12, 2008
10
10 "The Future Is Free" David Barrett Stacy Rukeyser December 19, 2008
11
11 "F-36, Sprint Left, T-4" Phil Abraham Michael Thomas December 26, 2008
12
12 "Ring Dings" Stefan Schwartz Frank Renzulli January 2, 2009
13
13 "The Pain Won't Stop" Stefan Schwartz Glen Mazzara January 9, 2009
Season 2 (2009)[edit]

No.
#
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date

14
1 "You Set the Scene" Andrew Bernstein Ira Steven Behr September 18, 2009
15
2 "Always See Your Face" Andrew Bernstein James DeMonaco September 25, 2009
16
3 "The World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss" Stefan Schwartz Todd Harthan October 3, 2009
17
4 "Can't Explain" Stefan Schwartz Devon Shepard October 9, 2009
18
5 "You, I'll Be Following" Bill Eagles Elizabeth Benjamin October 16, 2009
19
6 "No Matter What You Do" Vincent Misiano Jennifer Schuur October 30, 2009
20
7 "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline" John Behring Adam Levy November 6, 2009
21
8 "Lovers in Captivity" Stefan Schwartz James DeMonaco November 13, 2009
22
9 "Endangered Species" Colin Bucksey Todd Harthan November 20, 2009
23
10 "Master of Puppets" Peter Markle Elizabeth Benjamin November 27, 2009
24
11 "Calm Like a Bomb" Jerry Levine Jennifer Schuur December 4, 2009
25
12 "Alone Again Or…" Bill Eagles Ira Steven Behr December 11, 2009
26
13 "Los Angeles" Vincent Misiano Ira Steven Behr December 18, 2009
Reception[edit]


 This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2011)
Reviews of the series have been mixed: "Crash has a noirish appeal, and ambitions to tell a big story" said Ginia Bellafante of The New York Times; Mike Hughes of the Detroit Free Press said "Crash debut is masterful, intense"; and "Politically and socially ambitious" said the Los Angeles Times. However, Variety's Brian Lowry wrote; "There's not a whit of originality to it," and "The show possesses less substance than a brisk Santa Ana wind."[2] According to Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe, "None of the stories or characters is remotely interesting",[5] but Newsday wrote, "Gritty, jarring, profane, and smartly produced" (Verne Gay).
Release[edit]
The first series of Crash was released on DVD in the USA on September 15, 2009. The second series was released through Amazon.com on September 15, 2010.
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c d John Dempsey (2008-09-26). "Starz brakes for 'Crash'". Variety. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Brian Lowry (2008-10-10). "Crash review". Variety. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
3.Jump up ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TH8ZH8/
4.Jump up ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003HLT04G/
5.Jump up ^ Matthew Gilbert (2008-10-17). "As a series, 'Crash' flails to be daring". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
External links[edit]
Official website
Crash at the Internet Movie Database
Crash at TV.com


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Crash (2008 TV series)
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Crash
Intertitle of Crash
Created by
Glen Mazzara
Starring
Dennis Hopper
Arlene Tur
Ross McCall
Jocko Sims
Moran Atias
Tom Sizemore
Dana Ashbrook
Eric Roberts
Jake McLaughlin
Julie Warner
Keith Carradine
Linda Park
Tess Harper
Valerie Perrine
Country of origin
United States
No. of seasons
2
No. of episodes
26 (List of episodes)
Production

Executive producer(s)
Glen Mazzara
Paul Haggis
Robert Moresco
Bob Yari
Location(s)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Camera setup
Single-camera
Running time
43 minutes
Production company(s)
Starz Inc.
Lionsgate Television
Broadcast

Original channel
Starz
Picture format
480i SDTV
1080i HDTV
Audio format
Dolby Digital 5.1
Original run
October 17, 2008 – December 18, 2009
Crash is an American television drama series set in Los Angeles, California that starred Dennis Hopper and Eric Roberts. It is the first original series produced by the Starz network. The network ordered a 13 episode season which premiered on October 17, 2008. The series is based on the 2004 film of the same name. It was developed for television by Glen Mazzara. In Canada, Crash can be seen on Super Channel. Starz ordered a second season that premiered in September 2009 before concluding in December 2009. Lead actor Dennis Hopper died in May 2010 and the series did not continue.


Contents  [hide]
1 Production 1.1 Conception
1.2 Crew
1.3 Cast
2 Episodes 2.1 Season 1 (2008–2009)
2.2 Season 2 (2009)
3 Reception
4 Release
5 References
6 External links

Production[edit]
Conception[edit]
Starz began looking to develop original television series after the success of series developed by its rivals Showtime and HBO and advertised funding and creative freedom for original programming projects. Crash is the network's first foray into original scripted drama and is based on the Academy Award winning 2004 film of the same name. The writers of the film, Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco, were interested in developing a series based on the property. Lionsgate and Starz collaborated on developing the series for television.
Television writer and producer Glen Mazzara was brought in as an executive producer for the series. Mazzara has worked extensively as a writer and producer on The Shield and had developed new projects for the other networks including Life and Standoff.[1]
Crew[edit]
Glen Mazzara served as the series executive producer and showrunner.[1] The film's writers Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco and producer Bob Yari joined Mazzara as executive producers.[2] Thomas Becker, Mark R. Harris, Tom Nunan, and Jorg Westerkamp all worked as producers or production executives on the original film project and are credited as co-executive producers on the series.[2] Movie actor Don Cheadle, who was a star and producer of the 2004 film, is also on board as a co-executive producer.[1]
Mazzara hired a writing staff that he felt was used to coping with edgier material. Co-executive producer and writer Frank Renzulli had previously worked on HBO drama The Sopranos. Co-executive producer and writer Ted Mann worked on HBO drama Deadwood. Producer and writer Stacy Rukeyser worked with Mazzara on Standoff. Executive story editor Chris Collins came from the recently completed HBO drama The Wire. Executive story editor Randy Huggins had previously worked with Mazzara on The Shield.[1]
The pilot episode was directed by Sanford Bookstaver.[2]
Cast[edit]
The one season starred:
Dennis Hopper as record producer Ben Cendars
Ross McCall as police officer Kenny Battaglia
Arlene Tur as actress-turned-police officer partner Bebe Arcel
Clare Carey as Brentwood mother Christine Emory
D. B. Sweeney as Peter Emory her real-estate developer husband
Brian Tee as former gang member-turned-EMT Eddie Choi
Jocko Sims as street-smart driver Anthony Adams
Luis Chavez as undocumented Guatemalan immigrant Cesar Uman
Moran Atias as Inez
Nick E. Tarabay as a detective Axel Finet
Trilby Glover as his wife Ann Finet
Tom Sizemore as Detective Adrian Cooper.[2]
In season 2 new cast members:
Eric Roberts plays as billionaire Seth Blanchard,
Dana Ashbrook as LA crook Jimmy,
Linda Park as Blanchard's wife and children's author Maggie, and
Jake McLaughlin a former high school pitching ace now working for his diabetic mom (Tess Harper) in a hobby store.
Battaglia is a security guard and then begins working for Blanchard and some of the cast members from season 1, Tur, Carey, Sweeney, Tee, Chavez, Tarabay and Sizemore do not return for season 2. Jenny Mollen plays Tess, the new girlfriend to Kenny Battaglia.
Episodes[edit]

Season
Episodes
Originally aired
DVD release date

Season premiere
Season finale
 1 13 October 17, 2008 January 9, 2009 September 15, 2009[3]
 2 13 September 18, 2009 December 18, 2009 September 15, 2010[4]
Season 1 (2008–2009)[edit]

No.
#
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date

1
1 "Episode One" Sanford Bookstaver Glen Mazzara October 17, 2008
2
2 "The Doctor Is in" Robert Moresco Frank Renzulli October 17, 2008
3
3 "Panic" Seith Mann Stacy Rukeyser October 24, 2008
4
4 "Railroaded" Allison Liddi Sang Kyu Kim October 31, 2008
5
5 "Your Ass Belongs to the Gypsies" Sanford Bookstaver Ted Mann November 7, 2008
6
6 "Clusterfuck" Guy Ferland Randy Huggins November 14, 2008
7
7 "Los Muertos" Robert Moresco Chris Collins November 21, 2008
8
8 "Three Men and a Bebe" Stefan Schwartz Glen Mazzara December 5, 2008
9
9 "Pissing in the Sandbox" Stefan Schwartz Sang Kyu Kim December 12, 2008
10
10 "The Future Is Free" David Barrett Stacy Rukeyser December 19, 2008
11
11 "F-36, Sprint Left, T-4" Phil Abraham Michael Thomas December 26, 2008
12
12 "Ring Dings" Stefan Schwartz Frank Renzulli January 2, 2009
13
13 "The Pain Won't Stop" Stefan Schwartz Glen Mazzara January 9, 2009
Season 2 (2009)[edit]

No.
#
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date

14
1 "You Set the Scene" Andrew Bernstein Ira Steven Behr September 18, 2009
15
2 "Always See Your Face" Andrew Bernstein James DeMonaco September 25, 2009
16
3 "The World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss" Stefan Schwartz Todd Harthan October 3, 2009
17
4 "Can't Explain" Stefan Schwartz Devon Shepard October 9, 2009
18
5 "You, I'll Be Following" Bill Eagles Elizabeth Benjamin October 16, 2009
19
6 "No Matter What You Do" Vincent Misiano Jennifer Schuur October 30, 2009
20
7 "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline" John Behring Adam Levy November 6, 2009
21
8 "Lovers in Captivity" Stefan Schwartz James DeMonaco November 13, 2009
22
9 "Endangered Species" Colin Bucksey Todd Harthan November 20, 2009
23
10 "Master of Puppets" Peter Markle Elizabeth Benjamin November 27, 2009
24
11 "Calm Like a Bomb" Jerry Levine Jennifer Schuur December 4, 2009
25
12 "Alone Again Or…" Bill Eagles Ira Steven Behr December 11, 2009
26
13 "Los Angeles" Vincent Misiano Ira Steven Behr December 18, 2009
Reception[edit]


 This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2011)
Reviews of the series have been mixed: "Crash has a noirish appeal, and ambitions to tell a big story" said Ginia Bellafante of The New York Times; Mike Hughes of the Detroit Free Press said "Crash debut is masterful, intense"; and "Politically and socially ambitious" said the Los Angeles Times. However, Variety's Brian Lowry wrote; "There's not a whit of originality to it," and "The show possesses less substance than a brisk Santa Ana wind."[2] According to Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe, "None of the stories or characters is remotely interesting",[5] but Newsday wrote, "Gritty, jarring, profane, and smartly produced" (Verne Gay).
Release[edit]
The first series of Crash was released on DVD in the USA on September 15, 2009. The second series was released through Amazon.com on September 15, 2010.
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c d John Dempsey (2008-09-26). "Starz brakes for 'Crash'". Variety. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Brian Lowry (2008-10-10). "Crash review". Variety. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
3.Jump up ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TH8ZH8/
4.Jump up ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003HLT04G/
5.Jump up ^ Matthew Gilbert (2008-10-17). "As a series, 'Crash' flails to be daring". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
External links[edit]
Official website
Crash at the Internet Movie Database
Crash at TV.com


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 Kung Faux (2005) ·
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2010s debuts
Boss (2011–12) ·
 Camelot (2011) ·
 Gravity (2010) ·
 Magic City (2012–13) ·
 The Pillars of the Earth (2010) ·
 Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010) ·
 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011) ·
 Spartacus: Vengeance (2012) ·
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Crash (2004 film)
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Not to be confused with the 1996 David Cronenberg film Crash.
Crash
Crash ver2.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Paul Haggis
Produced by
Cathy Schulman
Don Cheadle
Bob Yari
 Mark R. Harris
Bobby Moresco
 Paul Haggis
Screenplay by
Paul Haggis
 Bobby Moresco
Story by
Paul Haggis
Starring
Sandra Bullock
 Don Cheadle
Matt Dillon
Jennifer Esposito
William Fichtner
Brendan Fraser
Terrence Howard
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
Thandie Newton
Ryan Phillippe
Larenz Tate
Music by
Mark Isham
Cinematography
J. Michael Muro
Edited by
Hughes Winborne

Production
 company

Yari Film Group
DEJ Productions

Distributed by
Lionsgate (US)
Pathé (UK)

Release dates

September 10, 2004 (TIFF)
May 6, 2005 (United States)


Running time
 112 minutes[1]
Country
United States
 Germany
Language
English
 Persian
 Spanish
 Mandarin
 Korean
Budget
$6.5 million[2]
Box office
$98,410,061[2]
Crash is a 2004 ensemble drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real-life incident, in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991.[3]
Several characters' stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles: a black detective estranged from his mother; his criminal younger brother and gang associate; the white district attorney and his irritated, pampered wife; a racist white police officer who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner; an African American Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with the officer; a Persian-immigrant father who is wary of others; and a hard-working Hispanic family man, a locksmith. The film differs from many other films about racism in its rather impartial approach to the issue. Rather than separating the characters into victims and offenders, victims of racism are often shown to be prejudiced themselves in different contexts and situations. Also, racist remarks and actions are often shown to stem from ignorance and misconception rather than a malicious personality.
The film stars Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Peña, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, and Ryan Phillippe. Matt Dillon was particularly praised for his performance and received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Additionally, the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Haggis, and won three for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the 78th Academy Awards. It was also nominated for nine BAFTA awards, and won two, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Thandie Newton.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception 3.1 Critical response
3.2 Box office
4 Accolades 4.1 Best Picture Oscar controversy
5 Music 5.1 Score
5.2 iTunes Version (Complete Score)
5.3 Soundtrack
6 Home media
7 Television series
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Plot[edit]
Farhad, a Persian shop owner, and his daughter, Dorri, argue with a gun store owner as Farhad tries to buy a revolver. However, the shop owner refers to him as "Osama", while Farhad tells the shop owner that he is an American citizen. After the shop keeper grows impatient and orders Farhad outside, Dorri defiantly finishes the gun purchase, which she had opposed.
In another part of town, two black men, Anthony and Peter, carjack Rick Cabot, the local district attorney, and his wife Jean as they are about to enter their Lincoln Navigator. Later, at the Cabot house, Hispanic locksmith Daniel Ruiz is changing their locks when he overhears Jean complaining about having been carjacked and now having to endure a Hispanic man changing their locks, feeling he will give copies of the keys to "his other gang members".
Detectives Waters and Ria arrive at the scene of a shooting between two drivers. The surviving shooter is a white male, identified as an undercover police officer. The dead shooter, a black male, is revealed also to be an undercover police officer. There is a large amount of cash found in the black officer's trunk. This is the third time the white officer has shot and killed a black man.
After witnessing a car passenger performing fellatio on the driver of a moving vehicle, LAPD officer John Ryan and his partner, Tom Hansen, pull over a Navigator similar to the one carjacked earlier, despite discrepancies in the descriptions. They order the couple, television director Cameron Thayer and his wife Christine, to exit. Cameron is cooperative, but Christine is argumentative. This annoys Ryan, who manually molests Christine under the pretense of administering a pat-down. Intimidated, Cameron says nothing. The couple is released without a citation. Once home, Christine becomes enraged that Cameron did nothing while she was being violated. Cameron insists that what he did was correct and storms out.
Arriving home from work long after dark, Daniel finds his young daughter, Lara, hiding under her bed after hearing a gunshot outside. To comfort her, Daniel gives her an "invisible impenetrable cloak", which makes her feel safe enough to fall asleep in her bed. In the carjacked SUV, Anthony and Peter, arguing and distracted, hit a Korean man while passing a parked white van. They argue about what to do with him, finally dumping him in front of a hospital and driving away.
The next day, at the Los Angeles Police Department station, Hansen talks to his superior, Lt. Dixon, about switching partners. Dixon, a black man, claims that Hansen's charge of Ryan as a racist could cost both Hansen and Dixon their jobs. Dixon suggests a transfer to a one-man car and mockingly tells Hansen that he should justify it by claiming to have uncontrollable flatulence. Ryan visits Shaniqua Johnson, a "managed care" insurance representative with whom he argued earlier. He explains that his father was previously diagnosed with a bladder infection, but he fears it may be prostate cancer. Ryan wants him to see a different doctor, but Shaniqua denies the request. Ryan then proceeds to insult Shaniqua by calling her an affirmative action hire. Shaniqua has him escorted out of her office.
Daniel is seen replacing a lock at Farhad's shop and tries to explain to him that the door frame needs to be replaced. Farhad, whose English is limited, misunderstands and accuses Daniel of cheating him and refuses to pay. The next morning, Farhad discovers the store has been wrecked and defaced with graffiti. His insurance company does not cover the damage, calling it a case of negligence due to the defective door, so he vows revenge on Daniel.
Detective Waters visits his mother, a hard drug abuser. She asks him to find his missing younger brother. He promises and takes notice that there is almost no food in the apartment as he is leaving.
Ryan comes across a car accident and as he crawls into the overturned vehicle, he finds Christine trapped. Upon recognizing Ryan, Christine becomes hysterical, but gasoline is leaking from the tank and running downhill towards another wreck, which has already caught fire. He calms her down, and with the assistance of his partner and spectators, Ryan pulls Christine out just as her car bursts into flames.
Anthony and Peter attempt to carjack Cameron, who reached his limit of being pushed around and resists. Anthony tells Peter to shoot Cameron, but Peter does not. As police officers arrive, Cameron and Anthony both race for the car and jump in. Cameron drives away, with Anthony continuing to hold a gun on him. A car chase ensues, and one of the police responders to the chase is Tom Hansen, who recognizes the vehicle. Cameron drives to a dead end, grabs Anthony's gun, and gets out of the car, all the while yelling insults at the officers. Just before he pulls out the gun, Hansen convinces him to stop aggravating the situation and just go home. Hansen vouches for Cameron to the other officers, promising to give him a "harsh" warning. Later, Cameron tells Anthony that as a black man he is embarrassed for him and drops Anthony at a bus stop.
Farhad locates Daniel's home address and travels there with his gun. As Daniel's wife Elizabeth watches in horror, Farhad shoots at Daniel as Daniel's daughter Lara jumps into his arms to protect her father with the "invisible cloak". It takes the grief-stricken parents a moment to realize that Lara is miraculously unharmed. The box of ammunition that Dorri had selected contained blanks. Farhad later tells his daughter that he believes that the little girl was his angel, saving him from committing a terrible crime.
Jean is complaining to someone she knows over the phone that she's angry every day and doesn't know why. Just after, she slips and falls down a flight of stairs. Later, she talks with Rick, and it's revealed that she's okay, thanks to the maid she had previously treated badly.
Peter, who is hitchhiking, is picked up by Hansen. Peter sees that Hansen has a small statuette of Saint Christopher like his own. He begins to laugh as he realizes that there is no difference between the two of them, but Hansen thinks that he is being racist. Peter moves to pull the statuette out of his pocket, but Hansen thinks it is a gun and shoots and kills Peter. Hansen dumps the body and then torches his own car. Peter is revealed to be Waters' missing brother. Waters and his mother meet up at the morgue, and Waters promises to find who is responsible. His mother tells him she blames him for his brother's death.
Anthony returns to the white van owned by the Korean man that they had run over earlier. Finding the keys still hanging from the door lock, he drives the van away. The Korean man's wife Kim Lee arrives at a hospital looking for her husband, the man who was run over, named Choi Jin Gui. Conscious and coherent, he tells her to go and immediately cash a check that he has in his wallet. Anthony has driven the white van to a chop shop he frequents, and as they inspect the van, a number of Cambodian immigrants are discovered locked in the back of the van, revealing that Choi was involved in human trafficking. Anthony is offered $500 for each person in the van. Lastly, a white van is parked in Chinatown, where Anthony sets the Cambodian people free. As Anthony drives away, he passes a minor crash, which turns out to involve Shaniqua. Shaniqua and the other driver hurl racial insults at one another.
Cast[edit]
##Sandra Bullock as Jean Cabot
##Don Cheadle as Det. Graham Waters
##Matt Dillon as Officer John Ryan
##Jennifer Esposito as Ria
##Michael Peña as Daniel Ruiz
##Brendan Fraser as Rick Cabot
##Terrence Howard as Cameron Thayer
##Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Anthony
##Thandie Newton as Christine Thayer
##Ryan Phillippe as Officer Tom Hansen
##Larenz Tate as Peter Waters
##Shaun Toub as Farhad
##Bahar Soomekh as Dorri
##Keith David as Lt. Dixon
##William Fichtner as Flanagan
##Beverly Todd as Mrs. Waters
##Ashlyn Sanchez as Lara Ruiz
##Karina Arroyave as Elizabeth Ruiz
##Daniel Dae Kim as Park
##Bruce Kirby as 'Pop' Ryan
##Loretta Devine as Shaniqua Johnson
##Tony Danza as Fred
##Kathleen York as Officer Johnson
##Sylva Kelegian as Nurse Hodges
##Marina Sirtis as Shereen
##Nona Gaye as Karen
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
The film received mostly positive reviews. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 148 out of the 196 reviews they tallied were positive, for a score of 76% positive reviews and a certification of "fresh," with an average score of 7.1 out of 10,[4] and the critical consensus "A raw and unsettling morality piece on modern angst and urban disconnect, Crash examines the dangers of bigotry and xenophobia in the lives of interconnected Angelenos," while Metacritic tallied an average score of 69 out of 100 for Crash '​s critical consensus.[5] Roger Ebert gave the film four-out-of-four stars and described it as "a movie of intense fascination,"[6] listing it as the best film of 2005. The film also ranks at #460 in Empire '​s 2008 poll of the "500 Greatest Films of All Time."[7]
From an alternate perspective, the film has been critiqued for "laying bare the racialized fantasy of the American dream and Hollywood narrative aesthetics," and for depicting the Persian shopkeeper as a "deranged, paranoid individual who is only redeemed by what he believes is a mystical act of God."[8] The film has also been criticized for using multicultural and sentimental imagery to cover over material and "historically sedimented inequalities" that continue to affect different racial groups in Los Angeles.[9]
Box office[edit]
Crash opened in wide release on May 6, 2005, and was a box-office success in the late spring of 2005. The film had a budget of $6.5 million (plus $1 million in financing).[2] Because of the financial constraints, director Haggis filmed in his own house, borrowed a set from the TV show Monk, used his car in parts of the film, and even used cars from other staff members.[citation needed] The film grossed $53.4 million domestically, making back more than seven times its budget.[2] Despite its success in relation to its cost, Crash was the lowest grossing film at the domestic box office to win Best Picture since The Last Emperor in 1987.[citation needed]
Accolades[edit]
Crash was nominated for six awards at the 78th Academy Awards and won three, including the win for Best Picture. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor (Matt Dillon) and the other for Best Screenplay (Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco).
Other awards include Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards; Best Original Screenplay at the Writers Guild of America Awards 2005; Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Newton) at the 59th British Academy Film Awards; Best Writer at the Critics' Choice Awards; Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role (Howard) at the Black Movie Awards; Best First Feature and Best Supporting Male (Dillon) at the Independent Spirit Awards; Best Cast and Best Writer at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards; and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Howard) and Outstanding Motion Picture at the NAACP Image Awards.
Crash was one of the 400 nominated movies for the American Film Institute's 2007 list AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition).[10]

Award
Category
Winner(s) and nominee(s)
Outcome
78th Academy Awards Best Director Paul Haggis Nominated
Best Film Editing Hughes Winborne Won
Best Picture Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman Won
Best Original Song "In the Deep" Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Matt Dillon Nominated
2006 ALMA Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Michael Peña Won
1st Austin Film Critics Association Awards Best Director Paul Haggis Won
Best Film
Won
59th BAFTA Film Awards Best Cinematography J. Michael Muro Nominated
Best Director Paul Haggis Nominated
Best Editing Hughes Winborne Nominated
Best Film
Nominated
Best Sound
Nominated
Best Screenplay – Original Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Best Supporting Actor Don Cheadle Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Thandie Newton Won
Black Reel Awards 2005 Best Actor Don Cheadle Nominated
Best Ensemble
Won
Best Film
Won
Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Won
Matt Dillon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Thandie Newton Nominated
11th BFCA Critics' Choice Awards Best Cast
Won
Best Director Paul Haggis Nominated
Best Film
Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Nominated
Best Writer Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Casting Society of America Awards 2005 Best Film Casting – Drama Sarah Finn and Randi Hiller Won
18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Film
Won
Best Screenplay Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Nominated
Cinema Audio Society Awards 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
Nominated
12th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Won
58th Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement Paul Haggis Nominated
Empire Awards Best Actor Matt Dillon Nominated
Best Actress Thandie Newton Won
Best Film
Nominated
Scene of the Year
Nominated
63rd Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Matt Dillon Nominated
37th NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Motion Picture
Won
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Terrence Howard Won
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Chris "Ludacris" Bridges Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Don Cheadle Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Larenz Tate Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Thandie Newton Nominated
17th Producers Guild of America Awards Motion Picture Producer of the Year Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman Nominated
12th Screen Actors Guild Awards Best Cast
Won
Best Supporting Actor Don Cheadle Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated
6th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Won
4th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Cast
Won
Best Film
Nominated
Best Screenplay – Original Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Nominated
58th Writers Guild of America Awards Best Screenplay – Original Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Best Picture Oscar controversy[edit]
Crash won the Best Picture Oscar at the 78th Academy Awards, controversially beating the critically favored Brokeback Mountain and making it only the second film ever (the other being The Sting) to win the Academy Award for Best Picture without having been nominated for any of the three Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture (Best Drama, Best Comedy/Musical and Best Foreign Film).
The film's use of moral quandary as a storytelling medium was widely reported as ironic, since many saw it as the "safe" choice to Brokeback Mountain. Critic Kenneth Turan suggested that Crash benefited from anti-homosexual discomfort among Academy members,[11][12] while critic Roger Ebert was of a different opinion, arguing that the better film won that year. He went on to question why many critics were not mentioning the other nominees and that they were just mindlessly bashing Crash merely because it won over Brokeback Mountain. Ebert also placed Crash on his best ten list as #1 best film of 2005,[13] and correctly predicted it to win Best Picture.[14]
Film Comment magazine placed Crash first on their list of "Worst Winners of Best Picture Oscars," followed by Slumdog Millionaire at #2, and Chicago at #3.[15]
Music[edit]
Score[edit]

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All songs were written and composed by Mark Isham, except where noted. The original score was released through labels Gut and Colosseum in 2005. The iTunes release is the complete score released through Yari Music Group, and has the cues isolated and in film order (unlike the commercial score CD which is edited, incomplete, in a different order, and in suite form).[16]

No.
Title
Note
Length

1. "Crash"     3:21
2. "Go Forth My Son"     0:57
3. "Hands in Plain Sight"     3:48
4. "...Safe Now"     1:03
5. "No Such Things as Monsters"     3:59
6. "Find My Baby"     4:23
7. "Negligence"     2:56
8. "Flames"     7:59
9. "Siren"     4:41
10. "A Really Good Cloak"     3:28
11. "A Harsh Warning"     2:51
12. "Saint Christopher"     1:55
13. "Sense of Touch"     6:44
14. "In the Deep"   Co-written by Bird York and Michael Becker; performed by Bird York 5:55
15. "Maybe Tomorrow"   Performed by Stereophonics 4:34
iTunes Version (Complete Score)[edit]

No.
Title
Length

1. "Main Title"   5:14
2. ""We've Got Guns""   1:00
3. "Black Navigator / The Grope"   5:05
4. "A Warning"   1:18
5. "Magic Cloak"   4:00
6. "Back to the Toilet"   1:34
7. ""Your Father Sounds Like a Good Man""   4:22
8. "Negligencia"   1:39
9. "Cameron - Receipt"   2:23
10. "The Rescue"   5:57
11. "News Conference"   2:35
12. "Car Jack II"   1:46
13. ""I Didn't Ask for Your Help""   2:51
14. ""Your Embarrass Me""   1:24
15. "The Shooting"   3:29
16. "Jean's Fall"   1:55
17. "Illegals / Morgue"   6:43
Soundtrack[edit]

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The soundtrack's title is: Crash: Music from and Inspired by the Film.

No.
Title
Artist
Length

1. "If I..."   KansasCali 4:18
2. "Plastic Jesus"   Billy Idol 4:49
3. "Are You Beautiful"   Chris Pierce 2:52
4. "Free"   Civilization 3:43
5. "Hey God"   Randy Coleman 4:04
6. "Take the Pain Away"   Al Berry 4:19
7. "Problems"   Move.meant 3:49
8. "Arrival"   Pale 3/Beth Hirsch 5:08
9. "Acedia (The Noonday Demon)"   Quinn 3:00
10. "In the Deep"   Bird York 3:48
11. "Afraid"   Quincy 5:08
12. "Maybe Tomorrow"   Stereophonics 4:37

Note: The country song playing during the carjacking scene is Whiskey Town by Moot Davis.
Home media[edit]
Crash was released on DVD on September 6, 2005, in widescreen and fullscreen one-disc versions, with a number of bonus features, including a music video by KansasCali (now known as The Rocturnals) for the song "If I..." off of "Inspired by Soundtrack to Crash." The Director's cut of the film was released in a 2-disc special edition DVD on April 4, 2006, with more bonus content than the one-disc set. The director's cut is three minutes longer than the theatrical cut. The scene where Daniel is talking with his daughter under her bed is extended and a new scene is added with officer Hansen in the police station locker room.[citation needed]
The film also was released in a limited-edition VHS version. It was the last Academy Award (for Best Picture) winning film to be released in the VHS-tape format.[citation needed] It was also the first Best Picture winner to be released on Blu-ray Disc in the USA, on June 27, 2006.[17]
Television series[edit]
Main article: Crash (2008 TV series)
A 13-episode series premiered on the Starz network on October 17, 2008. The series features Dennis Hopper as a record producer in Los Angeles, California, and how his life is connected to other characters in the city, including a police officer (Ross McCall) and his partner, actress-turned-police officer, Arlene Tur. The cast consists of a Brentwood mother (Clare Carey), her real-estate developer husband (D. B. Sweeney), a former gang member-turned-EMT (Brian Tee), a street-smart driver (Jocko Sims), an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant (Luis Chavez), and a detective (Nick Tarabay).[18]
See also[edit]
##Grand Canyon (1991 film)


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Not to be confused with the 1996 David Cronenberg film Crash.
Crash
Crash ver2.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Paul Haggis
Produced by
Cathy Schulman
Don Cheadle
Bob Yari
 Mark R. Harris
Bobby Moresco
 Paul Haggis
Screenplay by
Paul Haggis
 Bobby Moresco
Story by
Paul Haggis
Starring
Sandra Bullock
 Don Cheadle
Matt Dillon
Jennifer Esposito
William Fichtner
Brendan Fraser
Terrence Howard
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
Thandie Newton
Ryan Phillippe
Larenz Tate
Music by
Mark Isham
Cinematography
J. Michael Muro
Edited by
Hughes Winborne

Production
 company

Yari Film Group
DEJ Productions

Distributed by
Lionsgate (US)
Pathé (UK)

Release dates

September 10, 2004 (TIFF)
May 6, 2005 (United States)


Running time
 112 minutes[1]
Country
United States
 Germany
Language
English
 Persian
 Spanish
 Mandarin
 Korean
Budget
$6.5 million[2]
Box office
$98,410,061[2]
Crash is a 2004 ensemble drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real-life incident, in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991.[3]
Several characters' stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles: a black detective estranged from his mother; his criminal younger brother and gang associate; the white district attorney and his irritated, pampered wife; a racist white police officer who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner; an African American Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with the officer; a Persian-immigrant father who is wary of others; and a hard-working Hispanic family man, a locksmith. The film differs from many other films about racism in its rather impartial approach to the issue. Rather than separating the characters into victims and offenders, victims of racism are often shown to be prejudiced themselves in different contexts and situations. Also, racist remarks and actions are often shown to stem from ignorance and misconception rather than a malicious personality.
The film stars Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Peña, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, and Ryan Phillippe. Matt Dillon was particularly praised for his performance and received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Additionally, the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Haggis, and won three for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the 78th Academy Awards. It was also nominated for nine BAFTA awards, and won two, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Thandie Newton.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception 3.1 Critical response
3.2 Box office
4 Accolades 4.1 Best Picture Oscar controversy
5 Music 5.1 Score
5.2 iTunes Version (Complete Score)
5.3 Soundtrack
6 Home media
7 Television series
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Plot[edit]
Farhad, a Persian shop owner, and his daughter, Dorri, argue with a gun store owner as Farhad tries to buy a revolver. However, the shop owner refers to him as "Osama", while Farhad tells the shop owner that he is an American citizen. After the shop keeper grows impatient and orders Farhad outside, Dorri defiantly finishes the gun purchase, which she had opposed.
In another part of town, two black men, Anthony and Peter, carjack Rick Cabot, the local district attorney, and his wife Jean as they are about to enter their Lincoln Navigator. Later, at the Cabot house, Hispanic locksmith Daniel Ruiz is changing their locks when he overhears Jean complaining about having been carjacked and now having to endure a Hispanic man changing their locks, feeling he will give copies of the keys to "his other gang members".
Detectives Waters and Ria arrive at the scene of a shooting between two drivers. The surviving shooter is a white male, identified as an undercover police officer. The dead shooter, a black male, is revealed also to be an undercover police officer. There is a large amount of cash found in the black officer's trunk. This is the third time the white officer has shot and killed a black man.
After witnessing a car passenger performing fellatio on the driver of a moving vehicle, LAPD officer John Ryan and his partner, Tom Hansen, pull over a Navigator similar to the one carjacked earlier, despite discrepancies in the descriptions. They order the couple, television director Cameron Thayer and his wife Christine, to exit. Cameron is cooperative, but Christine is argumentative. This annoys Ryan, who manually molests Christine under the pretense of administering a pat-down. Intimidated, Cameron says nothing. The couple is released without a citation. Once home, Christine becomes enraged that Cameron did nothing while she was being violated. Cameron insists that what he did was correct and storms out.
Arriving home from work long after dark, Daniel finds his young daughter, Lara, hiding under her bed after hearing a gunshot outside. To comfort her, Daniel gives her an "invisible impenetrable cloak", which makes her feel safe enough to fall asleep in her bed. In the carjacked SUV, Anthony and Peter, arguing and distracted, hit a Korean man while passing a parked white van. They argue about what to do with him, finally dumping him in front of a hospital and driving away.
The next day, at the Los Angeles Police Department station, Hansen talks to his superior, Lt. Dixon, about switching partners. Dixon, a black man, claims that Hansen's charge of Ryan as a racist could cost both Hansen and Dixon their jobs. Dixon suggests a transfer to a one-man car and mockingly tells Hansen that he should justify it by claiming to have uncontrollable flatulence. Ryan visits Shaniqua Johnson, a "managed care" insurance representative with whom he argued earlier. He explains that his father was previously diagnosed with a bladder infection, but he fears it may be prostate cancer. Ryan wants him to see a different doctor, but Shaniqua denies the request. Ryan then proceeds to insult Shaniqua by calling her an affirmative action hire. Shaniqua has him escorted out of her office.
Daniel is seen replacing a lock at Farhad's shop and tries to explain to him that the door frame needs to be replaced. Farhad, whose English is limited, misunderstands and accuses Daniel of cheating him and refuses to pay. The next morning, Farhad discovers the store has been wrecked and defaced with graffiti. His insurance company does not cover the damage, calling it a case of negligence due to the defective door, so he vows revenge on Daniel.
Detective Waters visits his mother, a hard drug abuser. She asks him to find his missing younger brother. He promises and takes notice that there is almost no food in the apartment as he is leaving.
Ryan comes across a car accident and as he crawls into the overturned vehicle, he finds Christine trapped. Upon recognizing Ryan, Christine becomes hysterical, but gasoline is leaking from the tank and running downhill towards another wreck, which has already caught fire. He calms her down, and with the assistance of his partner and spectators, Ryan pulls Christine out just as her car bursts into flames.
Anthony and Peter attempt to carjack Cameron, who reached his limit of being pushed around and resists. Anthony tells Peter to shoot Cameron, but Peter does not. As police officers arrive, Cameron and Anthony both race for the car and jump in. Cameron drives away, with Anthony continuing to hold a gun on him. A car chase ensues, and one of the police responders to the chase is Tom Hansen, who recognizes the vehicle. Cameron drives to a dead end, grabs Anthony's gun, and gets out of the car, all the while yelling insults at the officers. Just before he pulls out the gun, Hansen convinces him to stop aggravating the situation and just go home. Hansen vouches for Cameron to the other officers, promising to give him a "harsh" warning. Later, Cameron tells Anthony that as a black man he is embarrassed for him and drops Anthony at a bus stop.
Farhad locates Daniel's home address and travels there with his gun. As Daniel's wife Elizabeth watches in horror, Farhad shoots at Daniel as Daniel's daughter Lara jumps into his arms to protect her father with the "invisible cloak". It takes the grief-stricken parents a moment to realize that Lara is miraculously unharmed. The box of ammunition that Dorri had selected contained blanks. Farhad later tells his daughter that he believes that the little girl was his angel, saving him from committing a terrible crime.
Jean is complaining to someone she knows over the phone that she's angry every day and doesn't know why. Just after, she slips and falls down a flight of stairs. Later, she talks with Rick, and it's revealed that she's okay, thanks to the maid she had previously treated badly.
Peter, who is hitchhiking, is picked up by Hansen. Peter sees that Hansen has a small statuette of Saint Christopher like his own. He begins to laugh as he realizes that there is no difference between the two of them, but Hansen thinks that he is being racist. Peter moves to pull the statuette out of his pocket, but Hansen thinks it is a gun and shoots and kills Peter. Hansen dumps the body and then torches his own car. Peter is revealed to be Waters' missing brother. Waters and his mother meet up at the morgue, and Waters promises to find who is responsible. His mother tells him she blames him for his brother's death.
Anthony returns to the white van owned by the Korean man that they had run over earlier. Finding the keys still hanging from the door lock, he drives the van away. The Korean man's wife Kim Lee arrives at a hospital looking for her husband, the man who was run over, named Choi Jin Gui. Conscious and coherent, he tells her to go and immediately cash a check that he has in his wallet. Anthony has driven the white van to a chop shop he frequents, and as they inspect the van, a number of Cambodian immigrants are discovered locked in the back of the van, revealing that Choi was involved in human trafficking. Anthony is offered $500 for each person in the van. Lastly, a white van is parked in Chinatown, where Anthony sets the Cambodian people free. As Anthony drives away, he passes a minor crash, which turns out to involve Shaniqua. Shaniqua and the other driver hurl racial insults at one another.
Cast[edit]
##Sandra Bullock as Jean Cabot
##Don Cheadle as Det. Graham Waters
##Matt Dillon as Officer John Ryan
##Jennifer Esposito as Ria
##Michael Peña as Daniel Ruiz
##Brendan Fraser as Rick Cabot
##Terrence Howard as Cameron Thayer
##Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Anthony
##Thandie Newton as Christine Thayer
##Ryan Phillippe as Officer Tom Hansen
##Larenz Tate as Peter Waters
##Shaun Toub as Farhad
##Bahar Soomekh as Dorri
##Keith David as Lt. Dixon
##William Fichtner as Flanagan
##Beverly Todd as Mrs. Waters
##Ashlyn Sanchez as Lara Ruiz
##Karina Arroyave as Elizabeth Ruiz
##Daniel Dae Kim as Park
##Bruce Kirby as 'Pop' Ryan
##Loretta Devine as Shaniqua Johnson
##Tony Danza as Fred
##Kathleen York as Officer Johnson
##Sylva Kelegian as Nurse Hodges
##Marina Sirtis as Shereen
##Nona Gaye as Karen
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
The film received mostly positive reviews. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 148 out of the 196 reviews they tallied were positive, for a score of 76% positive reviews and a certification of "fresh," with an average score of 7.1 out of 10,[4] and the critical consensus "A raw and unsettling morality piece on modern angst and urban disconnect, Crash examines the dangers of bigotry and xenophobia in the lives of interconnected Angelenos," while Metacritic tallied an average score of 69 out of 100 for Crash '​s critical consensus.[5] Roger Ebert gave the film four-out-of-four stars and described it as "a movie of intense fascination,"[6] listing it as the best film of 2005. The film also ranks at #460 in Empire '​s 2008 poll of the "500 Greatest Films of All Time."[7]
From an alternate perspective, the film has been critiqued for "laying bare the racialized fantasy of the American dream and Hollywood narrative aesthetics," and for depicting the Persian shopkeeper as a "deranged, paranoid individual who is only redeemed by what he believes is a mystical act of God."[8] The film has also been criticized for using multicultural and sentimental imagery to cover over material and "historically sedimented inequalities" that continue to affect different racial groups in Los Angeles.[9]
Box office[edit]
Crash opened in wide release on May 6, 2005, and was a box-office success in the late spring of 2005. The film had a budget of $6.5 million (plus $1 million in financing).[2] Because of the financial constraints, director Haggis filmed in his own house, borrowed a set from the TV show Monk, used his car in parts of the film, and even used cars from other staff members.[citation needed] The film grossed $53.4 million domestically, making back more than seven times its budget.[2] Despite its success in relation to its cost, Crash was the lowest grossing film at the domestic box office to win Best Picture since The Last Emperor in 1987.[citation needed]
Accolades[edit]
Crash was nominated for six awards at the 78th Academy Awards and won three, including the win for Best Picture. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor (Matt Dillon) and the other for Best Screenplay (Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco).
Other awards include Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards; Best Original Screenplay at the Writers Guild of America Awards 2005; Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Newton) at the 59th British Academy Film Awards; Best Writer at the Critics' Choice Awards; Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role (Howard) at the Black Movie Awards; Best First Feature and Best Supporting Male (Dillon) at the Independent Spirit Awards; Best Cast and Best Writer at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards; and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Howard) and Outstanding Motion Picture at the NAACP Image Awards.
Crash was one of the 400 nominated movies for the American Film Institute's 2007 list AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition).[10]

Award
Category
Winner(s) and nominee(s)
Outcome
78th Academy Awards Best Director Paul Haggis Nominated
Best Film Editing Hughes Winborne Won
Best Picture Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman Won
Best Original Song "In the Deep" Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Matt Dillon Nominated
2006 ALMA Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Michael Peña Won
1st Austin Film Critics Association Awards Best Director Paul Haggis Won
Best Film
Won
59th BAFTA Film Awards Best Cinematography J. Michael Muro Nominated
Best Director Paul Haggis Nominated
Best Editing Hughes Winborne Nominated
Best Film
Nominated
Best Sound
Nominated
Best Screenplay – Original Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Best Supporting Actor Don Cheadle Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Thandie Newton Won
Black Reel Awards 2005 Best Actor Don Cheadle Nominated
Best Ensemble
Won
Best Film
Won
Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Won
Matt Dillon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Thandie Newton Nominated
11th BFCA Critics' Choice Awards Best Cast
Won
Best Director Paul Haggis Nominated
Best Film
Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Nominated
Best Writer Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Casting Society of America Awards 2005 Best Film Casting – Drama Sarah Finn and Randi Hiller Won
18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Film
Won
Best Screenplay Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Nominated
Cinema Audio Society Awards 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
Nominated
12th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Won
58th Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement Paul Haggis Nominated
Empire Awards Best Actor Matt Dillon Nominated
Best Actress Thandie Newton Won
Best Film
Nominated
Scene of the Year
Nominated
63rd Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Matt Dillon Nominated
37th NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Motion Picture
Won
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Terrence Howard Won
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Chris "Ludacris" Bridges Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Don Cheadle Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Larenz Tate Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Thandie Newton Nominated
17th Producers Guild of America Awards Motion Picture Producer of the Year Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman Nominated
12th Screen Actors Guild Awards Best Cast
Won
Best Supporting Actor Don Cheadle Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated
6th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Won
4th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Cast
Won
Best Film
Nominated
Best Screenplay – Original Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Terrence Howard Nominated
58th Writers Guild of America Awards Best Screenplay – Original Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Won
Best Picture Oscar controversy[edit]
Crash won the Best Picture Oscar at the 78th Academy Awards, controversially beating the critically favored Brokeback Mountain and making it only the second film ever (the other being The Sting) to win the Academy Award for Best Picture without having been nominated for any of the three Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture (Best Drama, Best Comedy/Musical and Best Foreign Film).
The film's use of moral quandary as a storytelling medium was widely reported as ironic, since many saw it as the "safe" choice to Brokeback Mountain. Critic Kenneth Turan suggested that Crash benefited from anti-homosexual discomfort among Academy members,[11][12] while critic Roger Ebert was of a different opinion, arguing that the better film won that year. He went on to question why many critics were not mentioning the other nominees and that they were just mindlessly bashing Crash merely because it won over Brokeback Mountain. Ebert also placed Crash on his best ten list as #1 best film of 2005,[13] and correctly predicted it to win Best Picture.[14]
Film Comment magazine placed Crash first on their list of "Worst Winners of Best Picture Oscars," followed by Slumdog Millionaire at #2, and Chicago at #3.[15]
Music[edit]
Score[edit]

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All songs were written and composed by Mark Isham, except where noted. The original score was released through labels Gut and Colosseum in 2005. The iTunes release is the complete score released through Yari Music Group, and has the cues isolated and in film order (unlike the commercial score CD which is edited, incomplete, in a different order, and in suite form).[16]

No.
Title
Note
Length

1. "Crash"     3:21
2. "Go Forth My Son"     0:57
3. "Hands in Plain Sight"     3:48
4. "...Safe Now"     1:03
5. "No Such Things as Monsters"     3:59
6. "Find My Baby"     4:23
7. "Negligence"     2:56
8. "Flames"     7:59
9. "Siren"     4:41
10. "A Really Good Cloak"     3:28
11. "A Harsh Warning"     2:51
12. "Saint Christopher"     1:55
13. "Sense of Touch"     6:44
14. "In the Deep"   Co-written by Bird York and Michael Becker; performed by Bird York 5:55
15. "Maybe Tomorrow"   Performed by Stereophonics 4:34
iTunes Version (Complete Score)[edit]

No.
Title
Length

1. "Main Title"   5:14
2. ""We've Got Guns""   1:00
3. "Black Navigator / The Grope"   5:05
4. "A Warning"   1:18
5. "Magic Cloak"   4:00
6. "Back to the Toilet"   1:34
7. ""Your Father Sounds Like a Good Man""   4:22
8. "Negligencia"   1:39
9. "Cameron - Receipt"   2:23
10. "The Rescue"   5:57
11. "News Conference"   2:35
12. "Car Jack II"   1:46
13. ""I Didn't Ask for Your Help""   2:51
14. ""Your Embarrass Me""   1:24
15. "The Shooting"   3:29
16. "Jean's Fall"   1:55
17. "Illegals / Morgue"   6:43
Soundtrack[edit]

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The soundtrack's title is: Crash: Music from and Inspired by the Film.

No.
Title
Artist
Length

1. "If I..."   KansasCali 4:18
2. "Plastic Jesus"   Billy Idol 4:49
3. "Are You Beautiful"   Chris Pierce 2:52
4. "Free"   Civilization 3:43
5. "Hey God"   Randy Coleman 4:04
6. "Take the Pain Away"   Al Berry 4:19
7. "Problems"   Move.meant 3:49
8. "Arrival"   Pale 3/Beth Hirsch 5:08
9. "Acedia (The Noonday Demon)"   Quinn 3:00
10. "In the Deep"   Bird York 3:48
11. "Afraid"   Quincy 5:08
12. "Maybe Tomorrow"   Stereophonics 4:37

Note: The country song playing during the carjacking scene is Whiskey Town by Moot Davis.
Home media[edit]
Crash was released on DVD on September 6, 2005, in widescreen and fullscreen one-disc versions, with a number of bonus features, including a music video by KansasCali (now known as The Rocturnals) for the song "If I..." off of "Inspired by Soundtrack to Crash." The Director's cut of the film was released in a 2-disc special edition DVD on April 4, 2006, with more bonus content than the one-disc set. The director's cut is three minutes longer than the theatrical cut. The scene where Daniel is talking with his daughter under her bed is extended and a new scene is added with officer Hansen in the police station locker room.[citation needed]
The film also was released in a limited-edition VHS version. It was the last Academy Award (for Best Picture) winning film to be released in the VHS-tape format.[citation needed] It was also the first Best Picture winner to be released on Blu-ray Disc in the USA, on June 27, 2006.[17]
Television series[edit]
Main article: Crash (2008 TV series)
A 13-episode series premiered on the Starz network on October 17, 2008. The series features Dennis Hopper as a record producer in Los Angeles, California, and how his life is connected to other characters in the city, including a police officer (Ross McCall) and his partner, actress-turned-police officer, Arlene Tur. The cast consists of a Brentwood mother (Clare Carey), her real-estate developer husband (D. B. Sweeney), a former gang member-turned-EMT (Brian Tee), a street-smart driver (Jocko Sims), an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant (Luis Chavez), and a detective (Nick Tarabay).[18]
See also[edit]
##Grand Canyon (1991 film)


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A Raisin in the Sun
Raisin in the Sun 2008.jpg
Poster

Genre
Drama
Directed by
Kenny Leon
Produced by
Sean Combs
Craig Zadan
Neil Meron
Screenplay by
Paris Qualles
Based on
A Raisin in the Sun
 by Lorraine Hansberry
Starring
Sean Combs
Phylicia Rashad
Audra McDonald
Sanaa Lathan
 and
John Stamos
Music by
Mervyn Warren
Country
United States
Language
English
Original channel
ABC
Release date
February 25, 2008

Running time
131 minutes
Preceded by
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun is a 2008 television film directed by Kenny Leon. The teleplay by Paris Qualles is based on the award-winning 1959 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry. The film debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008. According to Nielsen Media Research, the program was watched by 12.7 million viewers and ranked #9 in the ratings for the week ending March 2, 2008.[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot synopsis
2 Production notes
3 Cast
4 Critical reception
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links

Plot synopsis[edit]
Set in 1959, the story focuses on the Youngers, an African American family living on Chicago's South Side. They're anticipating a life insurance check for Lena's husband's death in the amount of $10,000, and each of them has an idea as to what he or she would like to do with this money. Matriarch Lena wants to buy a house to fulfill the dream she shared with her deceased husband. Walter Lee would rather use the money to invest in a liquor store, believing the income would put an end to the family’s financial woes. His wife Ruth, wanting to provide more space and better opportunities for their son Travis, agrees with Lena. Beneatha would like to use the money to pay her medical school tuition.
Lena spends $3,500 for down payment on a house in Clybourne Park, and after being agitated many times by Walter, gives him the remaining $6,500 and tells him to save $3,000 of it for Beneatha's medical school and take the remaining $3,500 for his own investments.
Ruth discovers she is pregnant and, fearing another child will add to the financial pressures, considers having an abortion, a suggestion to which Walter voices no objection, but Lena is strongly against, saying "I thought we gave children life, not take it away from them". Lena puts a down payment on a house in Clybourne Park, an entirely white section of the city. When their future neighbors find out the Youngers are moving in, they send Karl Lindner from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association to offer the Youngers money in return for staying away, but they refuse the deal. Meanwhile, Walter has lost the balance of the insurance payment to his friend Willy Harris, who "took the cash to invest in the liquor store" but in reality made off with the money. It turns out that Walter did not even put the $3,000 for Beneatha's schooling in the bank.
Beneatha rejects her suitor George, believing he's blind to the problems of their race. She receives a marriage proposal from Nigerian Joseph Asagai, who wants her to complete her medical studies and return to Africa with him.
Walter, depressed and angry, forms a new idea about the "takers and the tooken", an idea that repulses everyone in the Younger household. When Walter calls back Lindner to confirm the deal, he has a last-minute change of heart and seeking to restore the Youngers' pride, rejects Lindner's offer again. The Youngers eventually move out of their apartment, fulfilling their dream. The future seems uncertain and slightly dangerous, but they believe that they can succeed through optimism, determination, and remaining together as a family.
Production notes[edit]
The title was inspired by poet Langston Hughes' reflection that a deferred dream dries up like a raisin in the sun.
Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, and Sanaa Lathan reprised the roles they played in the 2004 Broadway revival, which also was directed by Kenny Leon. It ran at the Royale Theatre for 31 previews and 89 performances. McDonald and Rashad both won the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for their performances, and Lathan was honored with the prestigious Theatre World Award.
Cast[edit]
Sean Combs as Walter Lee Younger
Sanaa Lathan as Beneatha Younger
Audra McDonald as Ruth Younger
Phylicia Rashād as Lena Younger
Justin Martin as Travis Younger
Bill Nunn as Bobo
David Oyelowo as Joseph Asagai
Ron C. Jones as Willy Harris
Sean Patrick Thomas as George Murchison
John Stamos as Karl Lindner
Sandi Ross as Earline Johnson
Rudy Webb as Mr Johnson
Martin Roach as Walter Lee Sr
Rosemary Dunsmore as Mrs. Arnold
Paul Stephen as Mr. Arnold
Critical reception[edit]
In his review in Variety, Dennis Harvey said, "Strong performances and a brisk pace downplay the original script's more dated, preachy aspects . . . No one will mistake this well-produced but inevitably dialogue-driven piece for pure cinema, but Leon and adapter Paris Qualles open up the play just enough to avoid the usual stage-to-screen claustrophobia. Mervyn Warren's score is a bit more earnest and old-fashioned than would be ideal for this essentially faithful yet refreshed take on a dramatic golden oldie." [2]
James Greenberg of The Hollywood Reporter said, "A Raisin in the Sun never totally transcends its origins on the stage and it's a long way from cutting edge cinema. But those who can relax into the leisurely pace and lush language will be rewarded with an earnest and moving night at the movies . . . As he did on stage, Leon gets the most out of his actors and with Hansberry's words, that's what carries the film. Rashad beautifully captures the wounded pride and hopes of the older generation, while the rapper and music entrepreneur Combs holds his own in his first major movie role. Balanced between her mother-in-law's idealism and her husband's pragmatism is Walter's wife Ruth, who may be getting the worst of both worlds. McDonald gives the role a heartbreaking dimension."[3]
In the Wall Street Journal, Dorothy Rabinowitz observed the three-hour production "flies by with lightning speed - and that cast led by Ms. Rashad as Lena, is no small part of the reason. Ms. McDonald is heartbreaking as Ruth, desperate to understand her husband's descent into misery, and Mr. Combs, who portrays that husband, delivers a sterling performance." [4]
Joanne Ostrow of the Denver Post said, "Overall, this Raisin is a proud, important addition to the history of stage adaptations for TV, one that could touch many more millions of people than ever saw the play, thanks both to its star power and the reach of the medium." [5]
In Entertainment Weekly, Ken Tucker rated the production B+ and called it "a model of subtle adaptation." [6]
Awards and nominations[edit]
The film was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Made For Television Movie but lost to Recount. Phylicia Rashad was nominated Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie but lost to Laura Linney for John Adams. Audra McDonald was nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie but lost to Eileen Atkins for Cranford.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Chart," Entertainment Weekly, March 14, 2008
2.Jump up ^ Harvey, Dennis. A Raisin in the Sun." (film review) Variety. Tuesday January 29, 2008.
3.Jump up ^ Greenberg, James. "A Raisin in the Sun." (film review) The Hollywood Reporter. February 2, 2008.
4.Jump up ^ Rabinowitz, Dorothy. "A Raisin in the Sun." (film review) Wall Street Journal review. February 22, 2008.
5.Jump up ^ Ostrow, Joanne. ""Raisin" shines with relevance in ABC movie Television." Denver Post. February 22, 2008.
6.Jump up ^ Tucker, Ken. "A Raisin in the Sun." (film review). Entertainment Weekly. February 22, 2009.
External links[edit]

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A Raisin in the Sun
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Poster

Genre
Drama
Directed by
Kenny Leon
Produced by
Sean Combs
Craig Zadan
Neil Meron
Screenplay by
Paris Qualles
Based on
A Raisin in the Sun
 by Lorraine Hansberry
Starring
Sean Combs
Phylicia Rashad
Audra McDonald
Sanaa Lathan
 and
John Stamos
Music by
Mervyn Warren
Country
United States
Language
English
Original channel
ABC
Release date
February 25, 2008

Running time
131 minutes
Preceded by
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun is a 2008 television film directed by Kenny Leon. The teleplay by Paris Qualles is based on the award-winning 1959 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry. The film debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008. According to Nielsen Media Research, the program was watched by 12.7 million viewers and ranked #9 in the ratings for the week ending March 2, 2008.[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot synopsis
2 Production notes
3 Cast
4 Critical reception
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links

Plot synopsis[edit]
Set in 1959, the story focuses on the Youngers, an African American family living on Chicago's South Side. They're anticipating a life insurance check for Lena's husband's death in the amount of $10,000, and each of them has an idea as to what he or she would like to do with this money. Matriarch Lena wants to buy a house to fulfill the dream she shared with her deceased husband. Walter Lee would rather use the money to invest in a liquor store, believing the income would put an end to the family’s financial woes. His wife Ruth, wanting to provide more space and better opportunities for their son Travis, agrees with Lena. Beneatha would like to use the money to pay her medical school tuition.
Lena spends $3,500 for down payment on a house in Clybourne Park, and after being agitated many times by Walter, gives him the remaining $6,500 and tells him to save $3,000 of it for Beneatha's medical school and take the remaining $3,500 for his own investments.
Ruth discovers she is pregnant and, fearing another child will add to the financial pressures, considers having an abortion, a suggestion to which Walter voices no objection, but Lena is strongly against, saying "I thought we gave children life, not take it away from them". Lena puts a down payment on a house in Clybourne Park, an entirely white section of the city. When their future neighbors find out the Youngers are moving in, they send Karl Lindner from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association to offer the Youngers money in return for staying away, but they refuse the deal. Meanwhile, Walter has lost the balance of the insurance payment to his friend Willy Harris, who "took the cash to invest in the liquor store" but in reality made off with the money. It turns out that Walter did not even put the $3,000 for Beneatha's schooling in the bank.
Beneatha rejects her suitor George, believing he's blind to the problems of their race. She receives a marriage proposal from Nigerian Joseph Asagai, who wants her to complete her medical studies and return to Africa with him.
Walter, depressed and angry, forms a new idea about the "takers and the tooken", an idea that repulses everyone in the Younger household. When Walter calls back Lindner to confirm the deal, he has a last-minute change of heart and seeking to restore the Youngers' pride, rejects Lindner's offer again. The Youngers eventually move out of their apartment, fulfilling their dream. The future seems uncertain and slightly dangerous, but they believe that they can succeed through optimism, determination, and remaining together as a family.
Production notes[edit]
The title was inspired by poet Langston Hughes' reflection that a deferred dream dries up like a raisin in the sun.
Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, and Sanaa Lathan reprised the roles they played in the 2004 Broadway revival, which also was directed by Kenny Leon. It ran at the Royale Theatre for 31 previews and 89 performances. McDonald and Rashad both won the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for their performances, and Lathan was honored with the prestigious Theatre World Award.
Cast[edit]
Sean Combs as Walter Lee Younger
Sanaa Lathan as Beneatha Younger
Audra McDonald as Ruth Younger
Phylicia Rashād as Lena Younger
Justin Martin as Travis Younger
Bill Nunn as Bobo
David Oyelowo as Joseph Asagai
Ron C. Jones as Willy Harris
Sean Patrick Thomas as George Murchison
John Stamos as Karl Lindner
Sandi Ross as Earline Johnson
Rudy Webb as Mr Johnson
Martin Roach as Walter Lee Sr
Rosemary Dunsmore as Mrs. Arnold
Paul Stephen as Mr. Arnold
Critical reception[edit]
In his review in Variety, Dennis Harvey said, "Strong performances and a brisk pace downplay the original script's more dated, preachy aspects . . . No one will mistake this well-produced but inevitably dialogue-driven piece for pure cinema, but Leon and adapter Paris Qualles open up the play just enough to avoid the usual stage-to-screen claustrophobia. Mervyn Warren's score is a bit more earnest and old-fashioned than would be ideal for this essentially faithful yet refreshed take on a dramatic golden oldie." [2]
James Greenberg of The Hollywood Reporter said, "A Raisin in the Sun never totally transcends its origins on the stage and it's a long way from cutting edge cinema. But those who can relax into the leisurely pace and lush language will be rewarded with an earnest and moving night at the movies . . . As he did on stage, Leon gets the most out of his actors and with Hansberry's words, that's what carries the film. Rashad beautifully captures the wounded pride and hopes of the older generation, while the rapper and music entrepreneur Combs holds his own in his first major movie role. Balanced between her mother-in-law's idealism and her husband's pragmatism is Walter's wife Ruth, who may be getting the worst of both worlds. McDonald gives the role a heartbreaking dimension."[3]
In the Wall Street Journal, Dorothy Rabinowitz observed the three-hour production "flies by with lightning speed - and that cast led by Ms. Rashad as Lena, is no small part of the reason. Ms. McDonald is heartbreaking as Ruth, desperate to understand her husband's descent into misery, and Mr. Combs, who portrays that husband, delivers a sterling performance." [4]
Joanne Ostrow of the Denver Post said, "Overall, this Raisin is a proud, important addition to the history of stage adaptations for TV, one that could touch many more millions of people than ever saw the play, thanks both to its star power and the reach of the medium." [5]
In Entertainment Weekly, Ken Tucker rated the production B+ and called it "a model of subtle adaptation." [6]
Awards and nominations[edit]
The film was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Made For Television Movie but lost to Recount. Phylicia Rashad was nominated Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie but lost to Laura Linney for John Adams. Audra McDonald was nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie but lost to Eileen Atkins for Cranford.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Chart," Entertainment Weekly, March 14, 2008
2.Jump up ^ Harvey, Dennis. A Raisin in the Sun." (film review) Variety. Tuesday January 29, 2008.
3.Jump up ^ Greenberg, James. "A Raisin in the Sun." (film review) The Hollywood Reporter. February 2, 2008.
4.Jump up ^ Rabinowitz, Dorothy. "A Raisin in the Sun." (film review) Wall Street Journal review. February 22, 2008.
5.Jump up ^ Ostrow, Joanne. ""Raisin" shines with relevance in ABC movie Television." Denver Post. February 22, 2008.
6.Jump up ^ Tucker, Ken. "A Raisin in the Sun." (film review). Entertainment Weekly. February 22, 2009.
External links[edit]

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 Beneatha Younger ·
 George Murchison ·
 Joseph Asagai
 

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A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film) ·
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Raisin (musical)
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Raisin
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Original Cast Recording

Music
Judd Woldin
Lyrics
Robert Brittan
Book
Robert B. Nemiroff
Charlotte Zaltzberg
Basis
Lorraine Hansberry's play
A Raisin in the Sun
Productions
1973 Broadway
Awards
Tony Award for Best Musical
Raisin is a musical theatre adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun, with songs by Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan, and a book by Robert Nemiroff (who was Hansberry's former husband) and Charlotte Zaltzberg.
The story concerns an African-American family in Chicago in 1951. The musical was nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning two, including Best Musical, and the Broadway production ran for 847 performances.


Contents  [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Songs
3 Characters and original cast
4 Productions
5 Critical reception
6 Awards and nominations 6.1 Original Broadway production
7 References
8 External links

Synopsis[edit]
In Chicago in 1951, an African-American family, Ruth Younger, her husband Walter Lee Younger, their son Travis and Walter's mother are living in a cramped apartment. Walter is a chauffeur but thinks that his father's life insurance policy proceeds will buy a way to a better life. He plans on buying a liquor store, but his mother Mama Lena Younger is against the selling of liquor. Tensions arise as Walter tries to convince Mama Lena to forget her dream of buying the family its own small house ("A Whole Lotta Sunlight").
Walter decides to make the deal for the liquor store and signs the papers with his partners Bobo Jones and Willie Harris. Beaneatha Younger, Walter's sister, is in college and is romantically involved with an African exchange student, Asagai. When Walter comes home drunk he joins Beaneatha in a celebratory dance, picturing himself as a chieftain ("African Dance"). Ruth and Walter fight about their future but they reconcile ("Sweet Time"). Mama arrives to announce that she has bought a house in the white neighborhood of Clybourne Park, and Walter leaves in anger.
Walter has not returned home and Mama finds him in a bar. She apologizes and gives him an envelope filled with money. She asks him to deposit $3,000 for Beaneatha's college education, and tells him the rest is for him. As the family packs to move, a representative of Clybourne Park, Karl Lindner, arrives and offers to buy back the house. Walter, Ruth and Beaneatha mockingly tell Mama of the enlightened attitude of their new neighbors. Just then Bobo arrives to tell the family the bad news that Willie has run off with the money. This forces Walter to contact Lindner and accept the offer to buy back the house. Although Beaneatha berates her brother for not standing up for principles, Mama shows compassion and understanding ("Measure the Valleys").
When Lindner arrives, Walter announces that the family will, after all, move to the new house.
Songs[edit]
Act I"Prologue" - Company
"Man Say" - Walter Lee Younger
"Whose Little Angry Man" - Ruth Younger
"Runnin' to Meet the Man" - Walter Lee Younger and Company
"A Whole Lotta Sunlight" - Mama
"Booze" - Bar Girl, Bobo Jones, Walter Lee Younger, Willie Harris and Company
"Alaiyo" - Asagai and Beneatha Younger
"African Dance - Beneatha Younger, Walter Lee Younger and Company
"Sweet Time" - Ruth Younger and Walter Lee Younger
"You Done Right" - Walter Lee Younger
 Act II"He Come Down This Morning" - Pastor, Pastor's Wife, Mama and Mrs. Johnson
"It's a Deal" - Walter Lee Younger
"Sweet Time (Reprise)" - Ruth Younger and Walter Lee Younger
"Sidewalk Tree" - Travis Younger
"Not Anymore" - Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger and Beneatha Younger
"Alaiyo (Reprise)" - Asagai
"It's a Deal (Reprise)" - Walter Lee Younger
"Measure the Valleys" - Mama
"He Come Down This Morning (Reprise)" - Company

Characters and original cast[edit]
Ruth Younger — Ernestine Jackson
Travis Younger — Ralph Carter
Mrs. Johnson — Helen Martin
Walter Lee Younger — Joe Morton
Beneatha Younger — Debbie Allen
Mama Lena Younger — Virginia Capers
Joseph Asagai — Robert Jackson
Productions[edit]
The musical began a pre-Broadway tryout on May 30, 1973 at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C..[1] It premiered on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre on October 18, 1973, transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on January 13, 1975, and closed on December 8, 1975 after 847 performances. Donald McKayle was the director and choreographer, and the cast featured Virginia Capers as Lena, Joe Morton as Walter, Ernestine Jackson as Ruth, Debbie Allen as Beneatha, Ralph Carter as Travis, Helen Martin as Mrs. Johnson, and Ted Ross as Bobo. Capers later starred in the national tour. The production won the Tony Award for Best Musical.[2]
The Long Beach Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, California presented the musical in February and March 2003.
The Court Theatre in Chicago staged the musical from September 14 through October 22, 2006. The cast included Ernestine Jackson, who formerly had played Ruth, in the role of Lena Younger.[3]
Critical reception[edit]
In reviewing a performance in Washington (Arena Stage), Clive Barnes of The New York Times called it "a warm and loving work."[1] In his review of the Broadway production, Barnes noted that the book of the musical "is perhaps even better than the play.... 'Raisin' is one of those unusual musicals that should not only delight people who love musicals, but might also well delight people who don't".[4]
After the Broadway opening, Walter Kerr of The New York Times wrote, "The strength of Raisin lies in the keen intelligence and restless invention of a musical underscoring that has simply invaded Lorraine Hansbury's once tightly-knit, four-walled, close-quartered play, A Raisin in the Sun, plucking the walls away, spilling the action onto the streets with a jittery down-flight of strings, mocking and matching realistic speech with frog-throated sass from the heavy-breathing viols."[5] The New York Times also reported that there are "ovations every night at the 46th Street Theatre for 'Raisin'. But they are for the cast, not individual performers. There are no stars.... It was at the Arena Theater in Washington, where the play first opened this spring, that Mr. McKayle said he started evolving the ensemble-acting concept."[6]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Original Broadway production[edit]

Year
Award
Category
Nominee
Result
1974 Tony Award[7] Best Musical Won
Best Book of a Musical Robert Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzberg Nominated
Best Original Score Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan Nominated
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Joe Morton Nominated
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Virginia Capers Won
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Ralph Carter Nominated
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Ernestine Jackson Nominated
Best Direction of a Musical Donald McKayle Nominated
Best Choreography Nominated
Theatre World Award Ralph Carter Won
Ernestine Jackson Won
Joe Morton Won
1975 Grammy Award Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin (composers); Thomas Z. Shepard (producer); the original cast (Virginia Capers, Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen, Helen Martin) Won
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Barnes, Clive. "Stage:Capitol's 'Raisin'", The New York Times, May 31, 1973, p. 49
2.Jump up ^ "Sing 'Em All! The Tony Awards Songbook". 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
3.Jump up ^ 'Raisin' at the Court Theatre, 2006 www.courttheatre.org, accessed August 15, 2009
4.Jump up ^ "The musical is 'Raisin' and it has come to Broadway via Washington's Arena Stage". Barnes, Clive. "Theater: 'Raisin' in Musical Form", The New York Times, October 19, 1973, p. 59
5.Jump up ^ Kerr, Walter. "Raisin is Sweet, Could Be Sweeter", The New York Times, October 28, 1973, p. 127
6.Jump up ^ Campbell, Barbara. "Cast of 'Raisin' Works as Close as a Bunch of Grapes", The New York Times, October 27, 1973, p. 20
7.Jump up ^ Tony Awards, 1974 tonyawards.com, accessed August 15, 2009
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Raisin (musical)
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Raisin
Raisin musical.jpg
Original Cast Recording

Music
Judd Woldin
Lyrics
Robert Brittan
Book
Robert B. Nemiroff
Charlotte Zaltzberg
Basis
Lorraine Hansberry's play
A Raisin in the Sun
Productions
1973 Broadway
Awards
Tony Award for Best Musical
Raisin is a musical theatre adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun, with songs by Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan, and a book by Robert Nemiroff (who was Hansberry's former husband) and Charlotte Zaltzberg.
The story concerns an African-American family in Chicago in 1951. The musical was nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning two, including Best Musical, and the Broadway production ran for 847 performances.


Contents  [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Songs
3 Characters and original cast
4 Productions
5 Critical reception
6 Awards and nominations 6.1 Original Broadway production
7 References
8 External links

Synopsis[edit]
In Chicago in 1951, an African-American family, Ruth Younger, her husband Walter Lee Younger, their son Travis and Walter's mother are living in a cramped apartment. Walter is a chauffeur but thinks that his father's life insurance policy proceeds will buy a way to a better life. He plans on buying a liquor store, but his mother Mama Lena Younger is against the selling of liquor. Tensions arise as Walter tries to convince Mama Lena to forget her dream of buying the family its own small house ("A Whole Lotta Sunlight").
Walter decides to make the deal for the liquor store and signs the papers with his partners Bobo Jones and Willie Harris. Beaneatha Younger, Walter's sister, is in college and is romantically involved with an African exchange student, Asagai. When Walter comes home drunk he joins Beaneatha in a celebratory dance, picturing himself as a chieftain ("African Dance"). Ruth and Walter fight about their future but they reconcile ("Sweet Time"). Mama arrives to announce that she has bought a house in the white neighborhood of Clybourne Park, and Walter leaves in anger.
Walter has not returned home and Mama finds him in a bar. She apologizes and gives him an envelope filled with money. She asks him to deposit $3,000 for Beaneatha's college education, and tells him the rest is for him. As the family packs to move, a representative of Clybourne Park, Karl Lindner, arrives and offers to buy back the house. Walter, Ruth and Beaneatha mockingly tell Mama of the enlightened attitude of their new neighbors. Just then Bobo arrives to tell the family the bad news that Willie has run off with the money. This forces Walter to contact Lindner and accept the offer to buy back the house. Although Beaneatha berates her brother for not standing up for principles, Mama shows compassion and understanding ("Measure the Valleys").
When Lindner arrives, Walter announces that the family will, after all, move to the new house.
Songs[edit]
Act I"Prologue" - Company
"Man Say" - Walter Lee Younger
"Whose Little Angry Man" - Ruth Younger
"Runnin' to Meet the Man" - Walter Lee Younger and Company
"A Whole Lotta Sunlight" - Mama
"Booze" - Bar Girl, Bobo Jones, Walter Lee Younger, Willie Harris and Company
"Alaiyo" - Asagai and Beneatha Younger
"African Dance - Beneatha Younger, Walter Lee Younger and Company
"Sweet Time" - Ruth Younger and Walter Lee Younger
"You Done Right" - Walter Lee Younger
 Act II"He Come Down This Morning" - Pastor, Pastor's Wife, Mama and Mrs. Johnson
"It's a Deal" - Walter Lee Younger
"Sweet Time (Reprise)" - Ruth Younger and Walter Lee Younger
"Sidewalk Tree" - Travis Younger
"Not Anymore" - Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger and Beneatha Younger
"Alaiyo (Reprise)" - Asagai
"It's a Deal (Reprise)" - Walter Lee Younger
"Measure the Valleys" - Mama
"He Come Down This Morning (Reprise)" - Company

Characters and original cast[edit]
Ruth Younger — Ernestine Jackson
Travis Younger — Ralph Carter
Mrs. Johnson — Helen Martin
Walter Lee Younger — Joe Morton
Beneatha Younger — Debbie Allen
Mama Lena Younger — Virginia Capers
Joseph Asagai — Robert Jackson
Productions[edit]
The musical began a pre-Broadway tryout on May 30, 1973 at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C..[1] It premiered on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre on October 18, 1973, transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on January 13, 1975, and closed on December 8, 1975 after 847 performances. Donald McKayle was the director and choreographer, and the cast featured Virginia Capers as Lena, Joe Morton as Walter, Ernestine Jackson as Ruth, Debbie Allen as Beneatha, Ralph Carter as Travis, Helen Martin as Mrs. Johnson, and Ted Ross as Bobo. Capers later starred in the national tour. The production won the Tony Award for Best Musical.[2]
The Long Beach Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, California presented the musical in February and March 2003.
The Court Theatre in Chicago staged the musical from September 14 through October 22, 2006. The cast included Ernestine Jackson, who formerly had played Ruth, in the role of Lena Younger.[3]
Critical reception[edit]
In reviewing a performance in Washington (Arena Stage), Clive Barnes of The New York Times called it "a warm and loving work."[1] In his review of the Broadway production, Barnes noted that the book of the musical "is perhaps even better than the play.... 'Raisin' is one of those unusual musicals that should not only delight people who love musicals, but might also well delight people who don't".[4]
After the Broadway opening, Walter Kerr of The New York Times wrote, "The strength of Raisin lies in the keen intelligence and restless invention of a musical underscoring that has simply invaded Lorraine Hansbury's once tightly-knit, four-walled, close-quartered play, A Raisin in the Sun, plucking the walls away, spilling the action onto the streets with a jittery down-flight of strings, mocking and matching realistic speech with frog-throated sass from the heavy-breathing viols."[5] The New York Times also reported that there are "ovations every night at the 46th Street Theatre for 'Raisin'. But they are for the cast, not individual performers. There are no stars.... It was at the Arena Theater in Washington, where the play first opened this spring, that Mr. McKayle said he started evolving the ensemble-acting concept."[6]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Original Broadway production[edit]

Year
Award
Category
Nominee
Result
1974 Tony Award[7] Best Musical Won
Best Book of a Musical Robert Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzberg Nominated
Best Original Score Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan Nominated
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Joe Morton Nominated
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Virginia Capers Won
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Ralph Carter Nominated
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Ernestine Jackson Nominated
Best Direction of a Musical Donald McKayle Nominated
Best Choreography Nominated
Theatre World Award Ralph Carter Won
Ernestine Jackson Won
Joe Morton Won
1975 Grammy Award Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin (composers); Thomas Z. Shepard (producer); the original cast (Virginia Capers, Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen, Helen Martin) Won
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Barnes, Clive. "Stage:Capitol's 'Raisin'", The New York Times, May 31, 1973, p. 49
2.Jump up ^ "Sing 'Em All! The Tony Awards Songbook". 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
3.Jump up ^ 'Raisin' at the Court Theatre, 2006 www.courttheatre.org, accessed August 15, 2009
4.Jump up ^ "The musical is 'Raisin' and it has come to Broadway via Washington's Arena Stage". Barnes, Clive. "Theater: 'Raisin' in Musical Form", The New York Times, October 19, 1973, p. 59
5.Jump up ^ Kerr, Walter. "Raisin is Sweet, Could Be Sweeter", The New York Times, October 28, 1973, p. 127
6.Jump up ^ Campbell, Barbara. "Cast of 'Raisin' Works as Close as a Bunch of Grapes", The New York Times, October 27, 1973, p. 20
7.Jump up ^ Tony Awards, 1974 tonyawards.com, accessed August 15, 2009
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A Raisin in the Sun
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One of original theatrical posters

Directed by
Daniel Petrie
Produced by
Philip Rose
David Susskind
Written by
Lorraine Hansberry
Starring
Sidney Poitier
Ruby Dee
Claudia McNeil
Diana Sands
 Stephen Perry
Music by
Laurence Rosenthal
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures

Release dates

May 29, 1961


Running time
 128 min.
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1.5 million
A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 drama film, starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Louis Gossett, and adapted from the play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry. It follows a black family that wants a better life away from the city.
In 2005, A Raisin in the Sun was selected for preservation in the United States of America National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".


Contents  [hide]
1 Cast
2 Differences from play
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links

Cast[edit]
Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger
Ruby Dee as Ruth Younger
Claudia McNeil as Lena Younger
Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger
Stephen Perry as Travis Younger
John Fiedler as Karl Lindner
Ivan Dixon as Joseph Asagai
Louis Gossett, Jr. as George Murchison
Joel Fluellen as Bobo
Roy Glenn as Willie Harris
Louis Terrel as Herman
Differences from play[edit]
There are few differences between the original play and the film. One difference is that in the movie, Lena Younger (Claudia McNeil) gives Walter $6,500 in a bar. In the play, this is done in their apartment (the only setting throughout the play). The family also leaves the apartment in order to visit the house bought by Lena. The scene where Walter tells Lena that the liquor store is important to him is in Lena's bedroom, while in the play, it's shown in the living room. The film also shows the character of Willie Harris (played by Roy Glenn) who talks Walter into the liquor store investment and then runs off with the money Walter invested.
Awards[edit]
Ruby Dee won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. Both Poitier and MacNeil were nominated for Golden Globe Awards, and Petrie received a special "Gary Cooper Award" at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Festival de Cannes: A Raisin in the Sun". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
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A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)
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A Raisin in the Sun
Raisin in the sun 1961 poster horizontal b.jpg
One of original theatrical posters

Directed by
Daniel Petrie
Produced by
Philip Rose
David Susskind
Written by
Lorraine Hansberry
Starring
Sidney Poitier
Ruby Dee
Claudia McNeil
Diana Sands
 Stephen Perry
Music by
Laurence Rosenthal
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures

Release dates

May 29, 1961


Running time
 128 min.
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1.5 million
A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 drama film, starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Louis Gossett, and adapted from the play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry. It follows a black family that wants a better life away from the city.
In 2005, A Raisin in the Sun was selected for preservation in the United States of America National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".


Contents  [hide]
1 Cast
2 Differences from play
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links

Cast[edit]
Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger
Ruby Dee as Ruth Younger
Claudia McNeil as Lena Younger
Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger
Stephen Perry as Travis Younger
John Fiedler as Karl Lindner
Ivan Dixon as Joseph Asagai
Louis Gossett, Jr. as George Murchison
Joel Fluellen as Bobo
Roy Glenn as Willie Harris
Louis Terrel as Herman
Differences from play[edit]
There are few differences between the original play and the film. One difference is that in the movie, Lena Younger (Claudia McNeil) gives Walter $6,500 in a bar. In the play, this is done in their apartment (the only setting throughout the play). The family also leaves the apartment in order to visit the house bought by Lena. The scene where Walter tells Lena that the liquor store is important to him is in Lena's bedroom, while in the play, it's shown in the living room. The film also shows the character of Willie Harris (played by Roy Glenn) who talks Walter into the liquor store investment and then runs off with the money Walter invested.
Awards[edit]
Ruby Dee won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. Both Poitier and MacNeil were nominated for Golden Globe Awards, and Petrie received a special "Gary Cooper Award" at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Festival de Cannes: A Raisin in the Sun". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
External links[edit]


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A Raisin in the Sun
Front cover of the first edition
First-edition publication (Random House 1959)

Written by
Lorraine Hansberry
Characters
Walter Younger
Ruth Younger
Travis Younger
Lena Younger (Mama)
Beneatha Younger
George Murchison
Joseph Asagai
Karl Lindner
Mrs. Johnson



Date premiered
March 11, 1959
Place premiered
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Original language
English
Genre
Domestic tragedy
Setting
South Side, Chicago
A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959.[1] The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred"[2]) by Langston Hughes. The story is based upon a black family's experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Litigation
3 Production and reception
4 Other versions 4.1 1961 film
4.2 1973 musical
4.3 1989 TV film
4.4 Broadway revival, 2004
4.5 Broadway revival, 2014
4.6 2008 TV film
5 The Raisin Cycle
6 Cultural References
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
Walter and Ruth Younger, their son Travis, along with Walter's mother Lena (Mama) and sister Beneatha, live in poverty in a dilapidated two-bedroom apartment on Chicago's south side. Walter is barely making a living as a limousine driver. Though Ruth is content with their lot, Walter is not and desperately wishes to become wealthy, to which end he plans to invest in a liquor store in partnership with Willy and Bobo, street-smart acquaintances of Walter's.
At the beginning of the play, their father has recently died, and Mama is waiting for a life insurance check for $10,000. Walter has a sense of entitlement to the money, but Mama has religious objections to alcohol and Beneatha has to remind him it is Mama's call how to spend it. Eventually Mama puts some of the money down on a new house, choosing an all-white neighborhood over a black one for the practical reason that it happens to be much cheaper. Later she relents and gives the rest of the money to Walter to invest with the provision that he reserve $3,000 for Beneatha's education. Walter passes the money on to Willy's naive sidekick Bobo, who gives it to Willy, who absconds with it, depriving Walter and Beneatha of their dreams, though not the Youngers of their new home. Meanwhile, Karl Lindner, a white representative of the neighborhood they plan to move to, makes a generous offer to buy them out. He wishes to avoid neighborhood tensions over interracial population, which to the three women's horror Walter prepares to accept as a solution to their financial setback. Lena says that while money was something they try to work for, they should never take it if it was a person's way of telling them they weren't fit to walk the same earth as them.
While all this is going on, Beneatha's character and direction in life are being defined for us by two different men: Beneatha's wealthy and educated boyfriend George Murchison, and Joseph Asagai. Neither man is actively involved in the Youngers' financial ups and downs. George represents the "fully assimilated black man" who denies his African heritage with a "smarter than thou" attitude, which Beneatha finds disgusting, while dismissively mocking Walter's lack of money and education. Asagai patiently teaches Beneatha about her African heritage; he gives her thoughtfully useful gifts from Africa, while pointing out she is unwittingly assimilating herself into white ways. She straightens her hair, for example, which he characterizes as "mutilation."
When Beneatha becomes distraught at the loss of the money, she is upbraided by Joseph for her materialism. She eventually accepts his point of view that things will get better with a lot of effort, along with his proposal of marriage and his invitation to move with him to Nigeria to practice medicine.
Walter is oblivious to the stark contrast between George and Joseph: his pursuit of wealth can only be attained by liberating himself from Joseph's culture, to which he attributes his poverty, and rising to George's level, wherein he sees his salvation. To Walter, this is the American dream, which he pursues as fruitlessly as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman, with the added handicap of being black in white America. But whereas Loman dies at the end of his story, Walter redeems himself and black pride at the end by changing his mind and not accepting the buyout offer, stating that they are proud of who they are and will try to be good neighbors. The play closes with the family leaving for their new home but uncertain future.
The character Mrs. Johnson and a few scenes are often cut in reproductions. Mrs. Johnson is the Younger Family's Neighbor. She is nosy, loud and cannot understand how the family can consider moving to a white neighborhood. Her lines are employed as comic relief, but Hansberry also uses this scene to mock those who are too scared to stand up for their rights.
Litigation[edit]



What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
“
”
Langston Hughes (1951)[3]
All experiences in this play echo a lawsuit (Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940)), to which the playwright Lorraine Hansberry's family was a party when they fought to have their day in court because a previous class action about racially motivated restrictive covenants (Burke v. Kleiman, 277 Ill. App. 519 (1934)) was similar to the case at hand. This case was held prior to the passage of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968), which prohibits discrimination in housing and created the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. The Hansberrys won their right to be heard as a matter of due process of law in relation to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court held that the Hansberry defendants were not bound by the Burke decision because the class of defendants in the respective cases had conflicting goals, and thus could not be considered to be the same class.
Interestingly, the plaintiff in the first action was Olive Ida Burke, who brought the suit on behalf of the property owner's association to enforce the racial restriction in 1934. Her husband, James Burke, was the person who sold the property to Carl Hansberry (Lorraine's father) when he changed his mind about the validity of the covenant. Mr. Burke's decision may have been motivated by the changing demographics of the neighborhood, but it was also influenced by the Depression. The demand for houses was so low among white buyers that Mr. Hansberry may have been the only prospective purchaser available.[4]
Lorraine reflects upon the litigation in her book To Be Young, Gifted, and Black:

"25 years ago, [my father] spent a small personal fortune, his considerable talents, and many years of his life fighting, in association with NAACP attorneys, Chicago’s ‘restrictive covenants’ in one of this nation's ugliest ghettos. That fight also required our family to occupy disputed property in a hellishly hostile ‘white neighborhood’ in which literally howling mobs surrounded our house… My memories of this ‘correct’ way of fighting white supremacy in America include being spat at, cursed and pummeled in the daily trek to and from school. And I also remember my desperate and courageous mother, patrolling our household all night with a loaded German Luger (pistol), doggedly guarding her four children, while my father fought the respectable part of the battle in the Washington court."
The Hansberry house, the red-brick three-flat at 6140 S. Rhodes in Washington Park that they bought in 1937, was given landmark status by the Chicago City Council's Committee on Historical Landmarks Preservation in 2010. [5]
Production and reception[edit]

Scene from the play. Ruby Dee as Ruth, Claudia McNeil as Lena, Glynn Turman as Travis, Sidney Poitier as Walter, and John Fiedler as Karl Lindner.

 Scene from the play. Ruby Dee as Ruth, Claudia McNeil as Lena, Glynn Turman as Travis, Sidney Poitier as Walter, and John Fiedler as Karl Lindner.
With a cast in which all but one minor character is African-American, A Raisin in the Sun was considered to be a risky investment, and it took over a year for producer Philip Rose to raise enough money to launch the play.
After touring to positive reviews, the play premiered on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March 11, 1959. The play transferred to the Belasco Theatre on October 19, 1959 and closed on June 25, 1960 after 530 total performances. Directed by Lloyd Richards, the cast featured Sidney Poitier (Walter Lee Younger), Ruby Dee (Ruth Younger), Ivan Dixon (Joseph Asagai), Lonne Elder III (Bobo), John Fiedler (Karl Lindner), Louis Gossett (George Murchison), Claudia McNeil (Lena Younger) and Diana Sands (Beneatha Younger). Ossie Davis later played Walter Lee Younger.
Waiting for the curtain to rise on opening night, Hansberry and producer Rose did not expect the play to be a success, for it had already received mixed reviews from a preview audience the night before. Though it received popular and critical acclaim, reviewers argued about whether the play was "universal" or particular to African-American experiences.[6] The New York Drama Critics' Circle named it the best play of 1959.
It was then produced on tour. A Raisin in the Sun was the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway, as well as the first play with a black director (Lloyd Richards) on Broadway.[7]
Hansberry noted that it introduced details of black life to the overwhelmingly white Broadway audiences, while director Richards observed that it was the first play to which large numbers of black people were drawn.[7] Frank Rich, in The New York Times stated that A Raisin in the Sun "changed American theater forever."[8]
In 1960 A Raisin In The Sun was nominated for four Tony Awards:
Best Play - written by Lorraine Hansberry; produced by Philip Rose, David J. Cogan
Best Actor in Play - Sidney Poitier
Best Actress in a Play - Claudia McNeil
Best Direction of a Play - Lloyd Richards
Other versions[edit]
1961 film[edit]
Main article: A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)
In 1961, a film version of A Raisin in the Sun was released featuring its original Broadway cast of Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett, Jr. and John Fiedler. Hansberry wrote the screenplay, and the film was directed by Daniel Petrie. It was released by Columbia Pictures and Ruby Dee won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. Both Poitier and McNeil were nominated for Golden Globe Awards, and Petrie received a special "Gary Cooper Award" at the Cannes Film Festival.
1973 musical[edit]
Main article: Raisin (musical)
A musical version of the play, Raisin, ran on Broadway from October 18, 1973 to December 7, 1975. The book of the musical, which stayed close to the play, was written by Hansberry's former husband, Robert Nemiroff. Music and lyrics were by Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan. The cast included Joe Morton (Walter Lee), Virginia Capers (Momma), Ernestine Jackson (Ruth), Debbie Allen (Beneatha) and Ralph Carter (Travis, the Youngers' young son). The show won the Tony Award for Best musical.
1989 TV film[edit]
In 1989 the play was adapted into a TV film for PBS' American Playhouse series, starring Danny Glover and Esther Rolle. This production received three Emmy Award nominations, but all were for technical categories. Bill Duke directed the production, while Chiz Schultz produced the production, which also featured Starletta DuPois and John Fiedler, who had starred in the original Broadway production and the 1961 film version. This production was based on an off-Broadway revival produced by the Roundabout Theatre.
The cast included Danny Glover (Walter Lee), Starletta DuPois (Ruth), Esther Rolle (Mama), and Kim Yancey (Beneatha).
Broadway revival, 2004[edit]
A revival ran on Broadway at the Royale Theatre from April 26, 2004 to July 11, 2004[9] at the Royale Theatre with the following cast:
Sean Combs – Walter Lee Younger
Audra McDonald – Ruth Younger
Phylicia Rashad – Lena Younger
Sanaa Lathan – Beneatha Younger
Bill Nunn – Bobo
David Aaron Baker – Karl Lindner
Lawrence Ballard – Moving Man
Teagle F. Bougere – Joseph Asagai
Frank Harts – George Murchison
Billy Eugene Jones – Moving Man
Alexander Mitchell – Travis Younger-Robert Jones
The director was Kenny Leon with David Binder and Vivek Tiwary producers.
The play won two 2004 Tony Awards: Best Actress in a Play (Phylicia Rashad) and Best Featured Actress in a Play (Audra McDonald), and was nominated for Best Revival of a Play and Best Featured Actress in a Play (Sanaa Lathan).
Broadway revival, 2014[edit]
A second revival ran on Broadway from April 3, 2014 to June 15, 2014 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.[10][11] The play won three 2014 Tony Awards: Best Revival of a Play, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Sophie Okonedo) and Best Direction of a Play (Kenny Leon).[12]
Denzel Washington – Walter Lee Younger
Sophie Okonedo – Ruth Younger
LaTanya Richardson Jackson – Lena Younger
Anika Noni Rose – Beneatha Younger
Stephen McKinley Henderson – Bobo
David Cromer – Karl Lindner
Keith Eric Chappelle – Moving Man
Sean Patrick Thomas – Joseph Asagai
Jason Dirden – George Murchison
Billy Eugene Jones – Moving Man
Bryce Clyde Jenkins – Travis Younger-Robert Jones
2008 TV film[edit]
Main article: A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film)
In 2008, Sean Combs (P. Diddy) and Audra McDonald starred in a television film directed by Kenny Leon. The film debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008. McDonald received an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Ruth.[13] According to Nielsen Media Research, the program was watched by 12.7 million viewers and ranked #9 in the ratings for the week ending March 2, 2008.[14]
The Raisin Cycle[edit]
The 2010 Bruce Norris play Clybourne Park depicts the white family that sold the house to the Youngers. The first act takes place just after the events of A Raisin in the Sun; the second act takes place 50 years later.[15]
The 2013 play by Kwame Kwei-Armah entitled Beneatha's Place follows Beneatha after she leaves with Asagai to Nigeria, and instead of becoming a doctor, she becomes the Dean of Social Sciences at a respected and unnamed California University.[16]
The two above plays are often referred to as "The Raisin Cycle" and were produced by Baltimore's Center Stage in the 2012-2013 season.[17] (The entire trilogy of plays, including A Raisin in The Sun, may also be referred to as "The Raisin Cycle.")
Cultural References[edit]
Season 1, Episode 3 of Strangers with Candy is based around a school production of A Raisin in the Sun, and features an excerpt from the 1961 movie as well as Stephen Colbert reciting "A Dream Deferred" just before the closing credits.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Internet Broadway Database. "A Raisin in the Sun | Ethel Barrymore Theatre (3/11/1959 - 10/17/1959)". IBDB. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
2.Jump up ^ "A Dream Deferred (by Langston Hughes)". Cswnet.com. 1996-06-25. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
3.Jump up ^ http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/journey/hughes-transcript.html
4.Jump up ^ Kamp, Allen R. "The History Behind Hansberry v. Lee," 20 U.S. Davis L. Rev. 481 (1987).
5.Jump up ^ "Lorraine Hansberry House". Chicago Landmarks. City of Chicago. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
6.Jump up ^ Robin Bernstein, "Inventing a Fishbowl: White Supremacy and the Critical Reception of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun", Modern Drama 42(1): 16-27.
7.^ Jump up to: a b Corley, Cheryl, "'A Raisin in the Sun', Present at the Creation", National Public Radio, March 11, 2002.
8.Jump up ^ Rich, Frank, "Theater: 'Raisin in Sun,' Anniversary in Chicago", The New York Times, October 5, 1983.
9.Jump up ^ Internet Broadway Database. "A Raisin in the Sun | Royale Theatre (4/26/2004 - 7/11/2004)". IBDB. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
10.Jump up ^ Playbill Vault. "A Raisin in the Sun". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
11.Jump up ^ Gioia, Michael. "Tony-Winning Revival of 'A Raisin in the Sun' Plays Final Performance Tonight" playbill.com, June 15, 2014
12.Jump up ^ Purcell, Carey. "'Gent's Guide', 'All The Way', 'Hedwig And the Angry Inch', 'Raisin in the Sun 'Win Top Prizes at 68th Annual Tony Awards" playbill.com, June 8, 2014
13.Jump up ^ "Chenoweth, Dench, Linney, McDonald, Rashad Nominated for Emmy Awards". Playbill.
14.Jump up ^ Ginia Bellafante, "Raisin in the Sun: A Tale of Race and Family and a $10,000 Question", The New York Times, February 25, 2008.
15.Jump up ^ Brantley, Ben, "Good Defenses Make Good Neighbors," The New York Times, February 22, 2010.
16.Jump up ^ Paul Harris, Legit Review: ‘Beneatha’s Place’, http://variety.com/2013/legit/reviews/legit-review-beneathas-place-1200488433/
17.Jump up ^ David Zurawik, "Baltimore's Center Stage looks very good in PBS documentary on 'Raisin' cycle", "The Baltimore Sun", October 25, 2013, http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-10-25/entertainment/bal-baltimore-center-stage-pbs-raisin-cycle-20131018_1_sun-revisited-kwame-kwei-armah-raisin-cycle
External links[edit]
 Wikimedia Commons has media related to A Raisin in the Sun.

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A Raisin in the Sun at the Internet Broadway Database
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A Raisin in the Sun
Front cover of the first edition
First-edition publication (Random House 1959)

Written by
Lorraine Hansberry
Characters
Walter Younger
Ruth Younger
Travis Younger
Lena Younger (Mama)
Beneatha Younger
George Murchison
Joseph Asagai
Karl Lindner
Mrs. Johnson



Date premiered
March 11, 1959
Place premiered
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Original language
English
Genre
Domestic tragedy
Setting
South Side, Chicago
A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959.[1] The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred"[2]) by Langston Hughes. The story is based upon a black family's experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Litigation
3 Production and reception
4 Other versions 4.1 1961 film
4.2 1973 musical
4.3 1989 TV film
4.4 Broadway revival, 2004
4.5 Broadway revival, 2014
4.6 2008 TV film
5 The Raisin Cycle
6 Cultural References
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
Walter and Ruth Younger, their son Travis, along with Walter's mother Lena (Mama) and sister Beneatha, live in poverty in a dilapidated two-bedroom apartment on Chicago's south side. Walter is barely making a living as a limousine driver. Though Ruth is content with their lot, Walter is not and desperately wishes to become wealthy, to which end he plans to invest in a liquor store in partnership with Willy and Bobo, street-smart acquaintances of Walter's.
At the beginning of the play, their father has recently died, and Mama is waiting for a life insurance check for $10,000. Walter has a sense of entitlement to the money, but Mama has religious objections to alcohol and Beneatha has to remind him it is Mama's call how to spend it. Eventually Mama puts some of the money down on a new house, choosing an all-white neighborhood over a black one for the practical reason that it happens to be much cheaper. Later she relents and gives the rest of the money to Walter to invest with the provision that he reserve $3,000 for Beneatha's education. Walter passes the money on to Willy's naive sidekick Bobo, who gives it to Willy, who absconds with it, depriving Walter and Beneatha of their dreams, though not the Youngers of their new home. Meanwhile, Karl Lindner, a white representative of the neighborhood they plan to move to, makes a generous offer to buy them out. He wishes to avoid neighborhood tensions over interracial population, which to the three women's horror Walter prepares to accept as a solution to their financial setback. Lena says that while money was something they try to work for, they should never take it if it was a person's way of telling them they weren't fit to walk the same earth as them.
While all this is going on, Beneatha's character and direction in life are being defined for us by two different men: Beneatha's wealthy and educated boyfriend George Murchison, and Joseph Asagai. Neither man is actively involved in the Youngers' financial ups and downs. George represents the "fully assimilated black man" who denies his African heritage with a "smarter than thou" attitude, which Beneatha finds disgusting, while dismissively mocking Walter's lack of money and education. Asagai patiently teaches Beneatha about her African heritage; he gives her thoughtfully useful gifts from Africa, while pointing out she is unwittingly assimilating herself into white ways. She straightens her hair, for example, which he characterizes as "mutilation."
When Beneatha becomes distraught at the loss of the money, she is upbraided by Joseph for her materialism. She eventually accepts his point of view that things will get better with a lot of effort, along with his proposal of marriage and his invitation to move with him to Nigeria to practice medicine.
Walter is oblivious to the stark contrast between George and Joseph: his pursuit of wealth can only be attained by liberating himself from Joseph's culture, to which he attributes his poverty, and rising to George's level, wherein he sees his salvation. To Walter, this is the American dream, which he pursues as fruitlessly as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman, with the added handicap of being black in white America. But whereas Loman dies at the end of his story, Walter redeems himself and black pride at the end by changing his mind and not accepting the buyout offer, stating that they are proud of who they are and will try to be good neighbors. The play closes with the family leaving for their new home but uncertain future.
The character Mrs. Johnson and a few scenes are often cut in reproductions. Mrs. Johnson is the Younger Family's Neighbor. She is nosy, loud and cannot understand how the family can consider moving to a white neighborhood. Her lines are employed as comic relief, but Hansberry also uses this scene to mock those who are too scared to stand up for their rights.
Litigation[edit]



What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
“
”
Langston Hughes (1951)[3]
All experiences in this play echo a lawsuit (Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940)), to which the playwright Lorraine Hansberry's family was a party when they fought to have their day in court because a previous class action about racially motivated restrictive covenants (Burke v. Kleiman, 277 Ill. App. 519 (1934)) was similar to the case at hand. This case was held prior to the passage of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968), which prohibits discrimination in housing and created the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. The Hansberrys won their right to be heard as a matter of due process of law in relation to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court held that the Hansberry defendants were not bound by the Burke decision because the class of defendants in the respective cases had conflicting goals, and thus could not be considered to be the same class.
Interestingly, the plaintiff in the first action was Olive Ida Burke, who brought the suit on behalf of the property owner's association to enforce the racial restriction in 1934. Her husband, James Burke, was the person who sold the property to Carl Hansberry (Lorraine's father) when he changed his mind about the validity of the covenant. Mr. Burke's decision may have been motivated by the changing demographics of the neighborhood, but it was also influenced by the Depression. The demand for houses was so low among white buyers that Mr. Hansberry may have been the only prospective purchaser available.[4]
Lorraine reflects upon the litigation in her book To Be Young, Gifted, and Black:

"25 years ago, [my father] spent a small personal fortune, his considerable talents, and many years of his life fighting, in association with NAACP attorneys, Chicago’s ‘restrictive covenants’ in one of this nation's ugliest ghettos. That fight also required our family to occupy disputed property in a hellishly hostile ‘white neighborhood’ in which literally howling mobs surrounded our house… My memories of this ‘correct’ way of fighting white supremacy in America include being spat at, cursed and pummeled in the daily trek to and from school. And I also remember my desperate and courageous mother, patrolling our household all night with a loaded German Luger (pistol), doggedly guarding her four children, while my father fought the respectable part of the battle in the Washington court."
The Hansberry house, the red-brick three-flat at 6140 S. Rhodes in Washington Park that they bought in 1937, was given landmark status by the Chicago City Council's Committee on Historical Landmarks Preservation in 2010. [5]
Production and reception[edit]

Scene from the play. Ruby Dee as Ruth, Claudia McNeil as Lena, Glynn Turman as Travis, Sidney Poitier as Walter, and John Fiedler as Karl Lindner.

 Scene from the play. Ruby Dee as Ruth, Claudia McNeil as Lena, Glynn Turman as Travis, Sidney Poitier as Walter, and John Fiedler as Karl Lindner.
With a cast in which all but one minor character is African-American, A Raisin in the Sun was considered to be a risky investment, and it took over a year for producer Philip Rose to raise enough money to launch the play.
After touring to positive reviews, the play premiered on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March 11, 1959. The play transferred to the Belasco Theatre on October 19, 1959 and closed on June 25, 1960 after 530 total performances. Directed by Lloyd Richards, the cast featured Sidney Poitier (Walter Lee Younger), Ruby Dee (Ruth Younger), Ivan Dixon (Joseph Asagai), Lonne Elder III (Bobo), John Fiedler (Karl Lindner), Louis Gossett (George Murchison), Claudia McNeil (Lena Younger) and Diana Sands (Beneatha Younger). Ossie Davis later played Walter Lee Younger.
Waiting for the curtain to rise on opening night, Hansberry and producer Rose did not expect the play to be a success, for it had already received mixed reviews from a preview audience the night before. Though it received popular and critical acclaim, reviewers argued about whether the play was "universal" or particular to African-American experiences.[6] The New York Drama Critics' Circle named it the best play of 1959.
It was then produced on tour. A Raisin in the Sun was the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway, as well as the first play with a black director (Lloyd Richards) on Broadway.[7]
Hansberry noted that it introduced details of black life to the overwhelmingly white Broadway audiences, while director Richards observed that it was the first play to which large numbers of black people were drawn.[7] Frank Rich, in The New York Times stated that A Raisin in the Sun "changed American theater forever."[8]
In 1960 A Raisin In The Sun was nominated for four Tony Awards:
Best Play - written by Lorraine Hansberry; produced by Philip Rose, David J. Cogan
Best Actor in Play - Sidney Poitier
Best Actress in a Play - Claudia McNeil
Best Direction of a Play - Lloyd Richards
Other versions[edit]
1961 film[edit]
Main article: A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)
In 1961, a film version of A Raisin in the Sun was released featuring its original Broadway cast of Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett, Jr. and John Fiedler. Hansberry wrote the screenplay, and the film was directed by Daniel Petrie. It was released by Columbia Pictures and Ruby Dee won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. Both Poitier and McNeil were nominated for Golden Globe Awards, and Petrie received a special "Gary Cooper Award" at the Cannes Film Festival.
1973 musical[edit]
Main article: Raisin (musical)
A musical version of the play, Raisin, ran on Broadway from October 18, 1973 to December 7, 1975. The book of the musical, which stayed close to the play, was written by Hansberry's former husband, Robert Nemiroff. Music and lyrics were by Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan. The cast included Joe Morton (Walter Lee), Virginia Capers (Momma), Ernestine Jackson (Ruth), Debbie Allen (Beneatha) and Ralph Carter (Travis, the Youngers' young son). The show won the Tony Award for Best musical.
1989 TV film[edit]
In 1989 the play was adapted into a TV film for PBS' American Playhouse series, starring Danny Glover and Esther Rolle. This production received three Emmy Award nominations, but all were for technical categories. Bill Duke directed the production, while Chiz Schultz produced the production, which also featured Starletta DuPois and John Fiedler, who had starred in the original Broadway production and the 1961 film version. This production was based on an off-Broadway revival produced by the Roundabout Theatre.
The cast included Danny Glover (Walter Lee), Starletta DuPois (Ruth), Esther Rolle (Mama), and Kim Yancey (Beneatha).
Broadway revival, 2004[edit]
A revival ran on Broadway at the Royale Theatre from April 26, 2004 to July 11, 2004[9] at the Royale Theatre with the following cast:
Sean Combs – Walter Lee Younger
Audra McDonald – Ruth Younger
Phylicia Rashad – Lena Younger
Sanaa Lathan – Beneatha Younger
Bill Nunn – Bobo
David Aaron Baker – Karl Lindner
Lawrence Ballard – Moving Man
Teagle F. Bougere – Joseph Asagai
Frank Harts – George Murchison
Billy Eugene Jones – Moving Man
Alexander Mitchell – Travis Younger-Robert Jones
The director was Kenny Leon with David Binder and Vivek Tiwary producers.
The play won two 2004 Tony Awards: Best Actress in a Play (Phylicia Rashad) and Best Featured Actress in a Play (Audra McDonald), and was nominated for Best Revival of a Play and Best Featured Actress in a Play (Sanaa Lathan).
Broadway revival, 2014[edit]
A second revival ran on Broadway from April 3, 2014 to June 15, 2014 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.[10][11] The play won three 2014 Tony Awards: Best Revival of a Play, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Sophie Okonedo) and Best Direction of a Play (Kenny Leon).[12]
Denzel Washington – Walter Lee Younger
Sophie Okonedo – Ruth Younger
LaTanya Richardson Jackson – Lena Younger
Anika Noni Rose – Beneatha Younger
Stephen McKinley Henderson – Bobo
David Cromer – Karl Lindner
Keith Eric Chappelle – Moving Man
Sean Patrick Thomas – Joseph Asagai
Jason Dirden – George Murchison
Billy Eugene Jones – Moving Man
Bryce Clyde Jenkins – Travis Younger-Robert Jones
2008 TV film[edit]
Main article: A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film)
In 2008, Sean Combs (P. Diddy) and Audra McDonald starred in a television film directed by Kenny Leon. The film debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008. McDonald received an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Ruth.[13] According to Nielsen Media Research, the program was watched by 12.7 million viewers and ranked #9 in the ratings for the week ending March 2, 2008.[14]
The Raisin Cycle[edit]
The 2010 Bruce Norris play Clybourne Park depicts the white family that sold the house to the Youngers. The first act takes place just after the events of A Raisin in the Sun; the second act takes place 50 years later.[15]
The 2013 play by Kwame Kwei-Armah entitled Beneatha's Place follows Beneatha after she leaves with Asagai to Nigeria, and instead of becoming a doctor, she becomes the Dean of Social Sciences at a respected and unnamed California University.[16]
The two above plays are often referred to as "The Raisin Cycle" and were produced by Baltimore's Center Stage in the 2012-2013 season.[17] (The entire trilogy of plays, including A Raisin in The Sun, may also be referred to as "The Raisin Cycle.")
Cultural References[edit]
Season 1, Episode 3 of Strangers with Candy is based around a school production of A Raisin in the Sun, and features an excerpt from the 1961 movie as well as Stephen Colbert reciting "A Dream Deferred" just before the closing credits.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Internet Broadway Database. "A Raisin in the Sun | Ethel Barrymore Theatre (3/11/1959 - 10/17/1959)". IBDB. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
2.Jump up ^ "A Dream Deferred (by Langston Hughes)". Cswnet.com. 1996-06-25. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
3.Jump up ^ http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/journey/hughes-transcript.html
4.Jump up ^ Kamp, Allen R. "The History Behind Hansberry v. Lee," 20 U.S. Davis L. Rev. 481 (1987).
5.Jump up ^ "Lorraine Hansberry House". Chicago Landmarks. City of Chicago. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
6.Jump up ^ Robin Bernstein, "Inventing a Fishbowl: White Supremacy and the Critical Reception of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun", Modern Drama 42(1): 16-27.
7.^ Jump up to: a b Corley, Cheryl, "'A Raisin in the Sun', Present at the Creation", National Public Radio, March 11, 2002.
8.Jump up ^ Rich, Frank, "Theater: 'Raisin in Sun,' Anniversary in Chicago", The New York Times, October 5, 1983.
9.Jump up ^ Internet Broadway Database. "A Raisin in the Sun | Royale Theatre (4/26/2004 - 7/11/2004)". IBDB. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
10.Jump up ^ Playbill Vault. "A Raisin in the Sun". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
11.Jump up ^ Gioia, Michael. "Tony-Winning Revival of 'A Raisin in the Sun' Plays Final Performance Tonight" playbill.com, June 15, 2014
12.Jump up ^ Purcell, Carey. "'Gent's Guide', 'All The Way', 'Hedwig And the Angry Inch', 'Raisin in the Sun 'Win Top Prizes at 68th Annual Tony Awards" playbill.com, June 8, 2014
13.Jump up ^ "Chenoweth, Dench, Linney, McDonald, Rashad Nominated for Emmy Awards". Playbill.
14.Jump up ^ Ginia Bellafante, "Raisin in the Sun: A Tale of Race and Family and a $10,000 Question", The New York Times, February 25, 2008.
15.Jump up ^ Brantley, Ben, "Good Defenses Make Good Neighbors," The New York Times, February 22, 2010.
16.Jump up ^ Paul Harris, Legit Review: ‘Beneatha’s Place’, http://variety.com/2013/legit/reviews/legit-review-beneathas-place-1200488433/
17.Jump up ^ David Zurawik, "Baltimore's Center Stage looks very good in PBS documentary on 'Raisin' cycle", "The Baltimore Sun", October 25, 2013, http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-10-25/entertainment/bal-baltimore-center-stage-pbs-raisin-cycle-20131018_1_sun-revisited-kwame-kwei-armah-raisin-cycle
External links[edit]
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A Raisin in the Sun at the Internet Broadway Database
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EDSITEment's lesson Raisin in the Sun the Quest for the American Dream
New York Times Learning Network's lesson Raisin in the Sun and Discrimination in Housing Against Nonwhites Persists Quietly


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