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Jungle Fever - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) 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.
- $14 million
- June 7, 1991
- Spike Lee
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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Jun 7, 1991 · 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 other race.
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.
Jungle Fever finds Spike Lee tackling timely sociopolitical themes in typically provocative style, even if the result is sometimes ambitious to a fault. A married black lawyer named Flipper ...
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Jungle Fever (1991) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
