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Plot. Cast. Production. Themes. Racism. Drugs. Music. Release. Theatrical. Reception. Critical response. Accolades. References. External links. Jungle Fever is a 1991 American romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee.
Synopsis. Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) is a successfully married African American man who works at an architectural firm in New York City. One day, an Italian American woman named Angela "Angie" Tucci (Annabella Sciorra) is hired as a temporary secretary at the place.
Jun 7, 1991 · Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Jungle Fever" is Spike Lee's term for unhealthy sexual attraction between the races - for relationships based on stereotypes. Too often, he believes, when blacks and whites go to bed with one another, they are motivated, not by love or affection, but by media-based myths about the sexual allure of the ...
Jun 7, 1991 · Jungle Fever: Directed by Spike Lee. With Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis. Friends and family of a married Black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.
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- 1991-06-07
A married black lawyer named Flipper (Wesley Snipes) begins an affair with Angie (Annabella Sciorra), his white secretary. When the news is leaked through an acquaintance, Flipper's wife (Lonette...
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- Spike Lee
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- Wesley Snipes
Jungle Fever is a 1991 American romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee. Starring Lee, Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Frank Vincent, Tim Robbins, Brad Dourif, Giancarlo Esposito, Debi Mazar, Michael Imperioli, Anthony Quinn, and Halle Berry and ...
Jun 7, 1991 · Synopsis by Paul Brenner. Spike Lee defines "jungle fever" as sexual attraction between members of two races. In his film Jungle Fever, he examines the repercussions of an interracial affair upon two very distinct communities. Wesley Snipes is Flipper, a happily married and successful architect, and Annabella Sciorra is Angie, an office temp.
