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Clockers (1995)

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Reviews Counted: 31 Fresh: 24  Rotten:7 Average Rating: 6.9/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins

Synopsis: Director Spike Lee examines the violent world of urban drug dealing through the eyes of Strike (Mekhi Phifer), a 19-year-old "clocker," short for round-the-clock pusher. Strike agrees to kill a fellow employee of his boss Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), an influential, popular drug lord.... Director Spike Lee examines the violent world of urban drug dealing through the eyes of Strike (Mekhi Phifer), a 19-year-old "clocker," short for round-the-clock pusher. Strike agrees to kill a fellow employee of his boss Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), an influential, popular drug lord. But when the hit goes down, it is Strike's moral, law-abiding brother Victor (Isaiah Washington) who confesses, shocking everyone. The detective assigned to the case, Rocco Klein (Harvey Keitel), doesn't believe Victor--the more that Klein, along with others in Strike's life, start putting the heat on, the more the clocker finds himself up against the wall. The question is: Who is the real killer? A gritty, realistic adaptation of Richard Price's best-selling novel, Lee's film is also one of his most highly invigorating. Shooting with a gritty, washed-out film stock, with startling moments of saturated primary color, CLOCKERS feels like a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the daily lives of a group of New York City drug dealers, featuring a star-making performance by Phifer. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Mekhi Phifer, Harvey Keitel, Delroy Lindo, John Turturro, Isaiah Washington

Director: Spike Lee

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 5, 1999

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Production Notes
  • Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew

DVD-ROM Features:

  • Web Links

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06/09/08
Todd McCarthy
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Spike Lee gets a good perfromance from newcomer Phifer as the young crack dealer, but the movie is diffuse, paying too much attention to the urban environment and not enough to the personas and dilemmas of the central characters.

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02/18/08
Emanuel Levy
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Clockers is messy and didactic, but it's complex in a way that a tidy film can't be.

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07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
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09/24/06
Cole Smithey
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07/06/05
Emanuel Levy
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1/5

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03/18/05
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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3.5/4

A fascinating and engrossing character study.

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01/08/05
Michael Dequina
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2/5

Sub-par Spike Lee

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10/23/04
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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4/5

One of the best films of the 90's....a knockout

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10/11/04
Clint Morris
Moviehole
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3/5

Decent urban drama.

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05/01/04
Fred Topel
About.com
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4/5

A trilha sonora intrusiva acaba cansando, mas o filme se sobressai graças à complexidade de seus personagens.

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02/06/04
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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2/5

A too-passive lead character sinks this otherwise interesting film.

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12/28/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner
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09/04/03
Mike McGranaghan
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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05/21/03
David Bradley
New York Times
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05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly
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03/19/03
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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02/17/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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01/31/03
Dragan Antulov
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