Malcolm X (Two-Disc Special Edition)
starring: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Al Freeman Jr., Sonny Jim Gaines, Albert Hall
directed by: Spike Lee
directed by: Spike Lee
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FEARED AND REVERED, MALCOM X CRYSTALLIZED THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF BLACKS, DEMANDING HUMAN RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS DURING THE RACIALLY TUMULTUOUS AND DIVISIVE DECADES OF THIS 1950S AND60S UNTIL HIS 1965 ASSASSINATION IN NEW YORK, AT THE AGE OF THIRTY NINE.
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Just as Do the Right Thing was the capstone of Spike Lee's earlier career, Malcolm X marked the next milestone in the filmmaker's artistic maturity. It seemed everything Lee had done up to that point was to prepare him for this epic biography of America's fiery civil-rights leader, who is superbly played by Oscar-nominated Denzel Washington, from his early days as a zoot-suited hustler known as "Detroit Red" to his spiritual maturity after his pilgrimage to Mecca, as a Black Muslim by the name of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. Do the Right Thing climaxed with the photographic images of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King engulfed by flames of rage; Malcolm X explores the genesis and evolution of that rage over Malcolm's lifetime, and how these two great figures--held up to the public as polar-opposites within the African American human rights movement (King for nonviolent civil disobedience, Malcolm for achieving equality "by any means necessary")--were each essential to the agenda of the other. Lee careens from the hedonistic ebullience of Malcolm's early days to the stark despair of prison, from his life-changing conversion to Islam to his emergence as a dynamic political leader--all with an epic sweep and vitality that illuminates personal details as well as political ideology. Angela Bassett is also terrific as Malcolm's wife, Betty Shabazz. --Jim Emerson
FEARED AND REVERED, MALCOM X CRYSTALLIZED THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF BLACKS, DEMANDING HUMAN RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS DURING THE RACIALLY TUMULTUOUS AND DIVISIVE DECADES OF THIS 1950S AND60S UNTIL HIS 1965 ASSASSINATION IN NEW YORK, AT THE AGE OF THIRTY NINE.
Amazon.com essential video:
Just as Do the Right Thing was the capstone of Spike Lee's earlier career, Malcolm X marked the next milestone in the filmmaker's artistic maturity. It seemed everything Lee had done up to that point was to prepare him for this epic biography of America's fiery civil-rights leader, who is superbly played by Oscar-nominated Denzel Washington, from his early days as a zoot-suited hustler known as "Detroit Red" to his spiritual maturity after his pilgrimage to Mecca, as a Black Muslim by the name of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. Do the Right Thing climaxed with the photographic images of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King engulfed by flames of rage; Malcolm X explores the genesis and evolution of that rage over Malcolm's lifetime, and how these two great figures--held up to the public as polar-opposites within the African American human rights movement (King for nonviolent civil disobedience, Malcolm for achieving equality "by any means necessary")--were each essential to the agenda of the other. Lee careens from the hedonistic ebullience of Malcolm's early days to the stark despair of prison, from his life-changing conversion to Islam to his emergence as a dynamic political leader--all with an epic sweep and vitality that illuminates personal details as well as political ideology. Angela Bassett is also terrific as Malcolm's wife, Betty Shabazz. --Jim Emerson
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- Denzel Washington's finest performance
Denzel Washington did deserve an Oscar for his performance in "Training Day," but he should have won it earlier in his career. "Malcolm X" truly showcases the man's greatest acting abilities. Here, he portrays a legendary figure known throughout the world as Malcolm X. The man is one of the most important and most interesting African Americans of the United States, and Washington "became" him in the film. He didn't just act as Malcolm X; he became the man whenever he was on screen. Just listen to ... Read More
Rating: - Another aamzing performance from Denzel!
Purchased this along with Glory.What can I say but the man is amazing.The way he personafies Malcom in this movie is incredible.Denzel and Spike, you've outdone yourselves with this one!
Rating: - Highlights of Malcom X the movie
This movie shows a lot of details about the late Malcom X before and after Islam. Malcom was a drinker smoker & drug user, a smooth criminal, until he was locked up for 8 years for robbery. He met this brother from the radical Nation of Islamwhich he accepted.After Malcom was released and started talking to people about Eligahi Muhammud and the nation of Islam, his so called brothers started to hate on him. Malcom knew that Islam did not teach hatred, that it's not about skin tone but it's about ... Read More
Rating: - wonderful rendition of an emblematic American life
I grew up in the civil rights era, whose public face for us (in the suburbs) was the reasonable MLKing.The other side - the violence and militancy, the hate that hate produced - was only dimly heard, seemingly much farther away.It was a great shock for me to read Haley's autobio, but utterly fascinating and important to understand who we Americans are.
Spike Lee has taken the Haley version and grafted almost all of the important incidents into a single long film.In my viewing, it is ... Read More
Rating: - educational standpoint
For history and English, I use this dvd to supplement my lessons.As a high-school teacher for English foundations and/or American History for resource students, I must utilize movies as a visual aide supplement to help them connect with the characters, setting, dialogue... I strongly recommend using this dvd to support your curriculum to teach on all levels of student learning (auditory, kinesthetic, visual).
- Denzel Washington's finest performanceDenzel Washington did deserve an Oscar for his performance in "Training Day," but he should have won it earlier in his career. "Malcolm X" truly showcases the man's greatest acting abilities. Here, he portrays a legendary figure known throughout the world as Malcolm X. The man is one of the most important and most interesting African Americans of the United States, and Washington "became" him in the film. He didn't just act as Malcolm X; he became the man whenever he was on screen. Just listen to ... Read More
- Another aamzing performance from Denzel!Purchased this along with Glory.What can I say but the man is amazing.The way he personafies Malcom in this movie is incredible.Denzel and Spike, you've outdone yourselves with this one!
- Highlights of Malcom X the movieThis movie shows a lot of details about the late Malcom X before and after Islam. Malcom was a drinker smoker & drug user, a smooth criminal, until he was locked up for 8 years for robbery. He met this brother from the radical Nation of Islamwhich he accepted.After Malcom was released and started talking to people about Eligahi Muhammud and the nation of Islam, his so called brothers started to hate on him. Malcom knew that Islam did not teach hatred, that it's not about skin tone but it's about ... Read More
- wonderful rendition of an emblematic American lifeI grew up in the civil rights era, whose public face for us (in the suburbs) was the reasonable MLKing.The other side - the violence and militancy, the hate that hate produced - was only dimly heard, seemingly much farther away.It was a great shock for me to read Haley's autobio, but utterly fascinating and important to understand who we Americans are.
Spike Lee has taken the Haley version and grafted almost all of the important incidents into a single long film.In my viewing, it is ... Read More
- educational standpointFor history and English, I use this dvd to supplement my lessons.As a high-school teacher for English foundations and/or American History for resource students, I must utilize movies as a visual aide supplement to help them connect with the characters, setting, dialogue... I strongly recommend using this dvd to support your curriculum to teach on all levels of student learning (auditory, kinesthetic, visual).
