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Nov 18, 1992 · Drama. 202 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 1992. Roger Ebert. November 18, 1992. 7 min read. Spike Lee ‘s “Malcolm X” is one of the great screen biographies, celebrating the whole sweep of an American life that began in sorrow and bottomed out on the streets and in prison before its hero reinvented himself. Watching the film, I understood more ...
Nov 18, 1992 · The movie becomes proper, well mannered and somber, like Malcolm's dark suits and narrow ties, as it dramatizes his rise in the Nation of Islam, founded by Elijah Muhammad.
- Spike Lee
Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven", the major winner of the Academy Awards in 1992 for best director and best film, is good solid film-making. However, "Malcolm X", produced and directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington in the title role, is a bona fide masterpiece--a 20th century film equivalent to a masterwork of the Renaissance.
Anchored by a powerful performance from Denzel Washington, Spike Lee's biopic of legendary civil rights leader Malcolm X brings his autobiography to life with an epic sweep and a nuanced...
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- Spike Lee
- PG-13
- Denzel Washington
Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Spike Lee
- 1992-11-18
Spike Lee has made a disappointingly conventional and sluggish film in “Malcolm X.” Attempting to relate the extraordinary journey that was the black leader’s life, Lee has set his sights ...
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Jul 26, 2023 · Malcolm X (1992) In the wrong hands, a biographical epic can be a real snooze. In the right ones—and with a perceptive, expressive actor at its center—it can have a kind of transportive...
