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Directed by | Spike Lee |
Screenplay by | Richard Price Spike Lee |
Based on | Clockers by Richard Price |
Produced by | Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Jon Kilik |
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Cinematography | Malik Hassan Sayeed |
Edited by | Sam Pollard |
Music by | Terence Blanchard |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25 million |
Box office | $13,071,518[1] |
Clockers is a 1995 American crime drama film directed by Spike Lee. It is an adaptation of the 1992 novel of the same name by Richard Price, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Lee. The film stars Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, and Mekhi Phifer in his debut film role. Set in New York City, Clockers tells the story of Strike (Phifer), a street-level drug dealer who becomes entangled in a murder investigation.
The film originally entered production with Martin Scorsese attached to direct; he had previously collaborated with Price on his 1986 film The Color of Money. Scorsese eventually dropped out of production to focus on his passion project Casino, at which point Lee stepped in to direct and rewrite the script, Scorsese remained a co-producer alongside Lee. Clockers received generally positive reviews from film critics, but was a box office failure, grossing only around $13 million on a $25 million budget.
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