Clockers (1995)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Spike Lee

Writers (WGA):

Richard Price (book)
Richard Price (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

13 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Mystery

Tagline:

When there's murder on the streets, everyone is a suspect.

Plot:

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug-lord Rodney Little, who, when not playing...

Plot Keywords:

Drug Lord | Drugs | Train | Housing Project | Racing

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Harvey Keitel	...	Det. Rocco Klein
John Turturro	...	Det. Larry Mazilli
Delroy Lindo	...	Rodney Little
Mekhi Phifer	...	Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
Isaiah Washington	...	Victor Dunham
Keith David	...	André the Giant
Peewee Love	...	Tyrone 'Shorty' Jeeter (as Pee Wee Love)
Regina Taylor	...	Iris Jeeter
Thomas Jefferson Byrd	...	Errol Barnes (as Tom Byrd)
Sticky Fingaz	...	Scientific
Fredro Starr	...	Go (as Fredro)
Elvis Nolasco	...	Horace (as E.O. Nolasco)
Lawrence B. Adisa	...	Stan
Hassan Johnson	...	Skills
Frances Foster	...	Gloria

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence, strong language and drug content.

Runtime:

128 min | Argentina:129 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #33764) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:R | Argentina:16 | Canada:18A | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

88th Precinct - 298 Classon Avenue, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Trivia:

When Martin Scorsese was signed on as director, Robert De Niro was to play Detective Rocco Klein. However, both dropped out to do Casino (1995).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Errol is threatening the kid on the trunk of the car, the helmet falls off. When the shot widens, the helmet is back on the kid's head.

Quotes:

Andre The Giant: [to Strike] Dont you want to go some place you've never been before? I mean, you love trains, but you've only ridden the subway.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Bad Boy No Go a Jail

Absolutely stunning Inner-City drama

This movie is very misunderstood. I've heard people call it stereotypical, but this is only because they missed the obvious. The stereotypical aspect people see is all part of the story. The white police stereotypically harassing the street dealers is only stereotypical because society so commonly commits the very same actions. The movie is all about blame, who society blames, who society would like to blame, and sometimes whomever can be blamed. In actuality the movie has an extremely tense message about accepting ones own blame, while all throughout the movie blame is wrongly placed on nearly everyone. To avoid spoiling the movie I won't be overly specific but by the end of the movie Spike Lee had painted Injustice onto the screen.