Jungle Fever

Kino

Love the Hard Way

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.

Rating: R

Running Time: 132 mins.

Running Time: 131 mins. (video version)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Frank Vincent, Anthony Quinn

director: Spike Lee, Doctor Walter Turnbull

Jungle Fever

The story of a romance between a young, married African-American architect from Harlem and an Italian-American woman from Bensonhurst, and the repercussions it has on their respective social circles.

December 8, 2000

Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) is a married black architect from Harlem. Angela Tucci (Annabella Sciorra) is an Italian secretary from Bensonhurst. And they've gotta have it. In Jungle Fever, Spike Lee is less interested in their affair than the environment in which it takes place. As Lee sees it, racial and class conflicts -- intensified by sex, drugs, violence, politics, religion, music and myth -- have turned urban America into a powder keg. Lee tips his hand by dedicating the film to Yusuf…