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Jungle Fever

  • 1991
  • R
  • 2h 12m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
21K
YOUR RATING
Jungle Fever (1991)
Trailer
Play trailer2:31
3 Videos
74 Photos
Psychological DramaDramaRomance

Friends and family of a married Black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.Friends and family of a married Black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.Friends and family of a married Black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.

  • Director
    • Spike Lee
  • Writer
    • Spike Lee
  • Stars
    • Wesley Snipes
    • Annabella Sciorra
    • Spike Lee
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    21K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Spike Lee
    • Writer
      • Spike Lee
    • Stars
      • Wesley Snipes
      • Annabella Sciorra
      • Spike Lee
    • 75User reviews
    • 52Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 12 nominations total

    Videos3

    Jungle Fever
    Trailer 2:31
    Jungle Fever
    Spike Lee: Four Decades of 'Wake Up!'
    Clip 3:05
    Spike Lee: Four Decades of 'Wake Up!'
    Spike Lee: Four Decades of 'Wake Up!'
    Clip 3:05
    Spike Lee: Four Decades of 'Wake Up!'
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    Video 4:04
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    Photos74

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    Top Cast57

    Wesley Snipes
    Wesley Snipes
    • Flipper Purify
    Annabella Sciorra
    Annabella Sciorra
    • Angie Tucci
    Spike Lee
    Spike Lee
    • Cyrus
    Ossie Davis
    Ossie Davis
    • The Good Reverend Doctor Purify
    Ruby Dee
    Ruby Dee
    • Lucinda Purify
    Samuel L. Jackson
    Samuel L. Jackson
    • Gator Purify
    Lonette McKee
    Lonette McKee
    • Drew
    John Turturro
    John Turturro
    • Paulie Carbone
    Frank Vincent
    Frank Vincent
    • Mike Tucci
    Anthony Quinn
    Anthony Quinn
    • Lou Carbone
    Halle Berry
    Halle Berry
    • Vivian
    Tyra Ferrell
    • Orin Goode
    Veronica Webb
    Veronica Webb
    • Vera
    Veronica Timbers
    Veronica Timbers
    • Ming
    David Dundara
    • Charlie Tucci
    Michael Imperioli
    Michael Imperioli
    • James Tucci
    Nicholas Turturro
    Nicholas Turturro
    • Vinny
    Steven Randazzo
    Steven Randazzo
    • Sonny
    • Director
      • Spike Lee
    • Writer
      • Spike Lee
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews75

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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Samuel L. Jackson had just undergone treatment for drug addiction, and had only two weeks from his discharge from rehab to the start of filming. Jackson has gone on record as saying that Gator's ravaged look was not make-up, but actually the result of Jackson's own detoxification.
    • Goofs
      At the start of the film, Flipper Purify tells his boss that he objects to having a white secretary, and instead demands "a woman of color." That would have resulted in his dismissal, especially in a New York City company. Such a demand would have been in open violation of local, state and federal civil rights laws banning discrimination in hiring based on race.
    • Quotes
      • Lucinda Purify: What happened to your father's color TV?
      • Gator Purify: Mama, I smoked the color TV!
    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits are printed on roadsigns that move across the frame.
    • Connections
      Edited into 2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Bless This House
      Music by May H. Brahe
      Words by Helen Taylor
      Used by permission of Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., ASCAP
      Performed by Mahalia Jackson
      Courtesy of Columbia Records
      by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

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    Details

    • Release date
      • June 7, 1991 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Fiebre de amor y locura
    • Filming locations
      • Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    • Budget
      • $14,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $32,482,682
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,332,860
      • Jun 9, 1991
    • Gross worldwide
      • $43,882,682
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 2h 12m(132 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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