Red hook summer stars jules brown, thomas jefferson byrd and toni lysaith. Red hook summer is a 2012 american film cowritten and directed by spike lee. Red hook summer was shot on both a digital camera and super 8 film, and comes with a glorious 1080p transfer presented in 1. Theres been much talk in the buildup to sundance about spike lee revisiting, with red hook summer, the guerrillastyle independent filmmaking terrain where he began. Come early and enjoy live blues and roots music from the brooklyn corn. Jan 23, 2012 the first sign of trouble in red hook summer is a reminder of a much better spike lee joint set in the same neighborhood over 20 years ago. Red hook summer, directed by spike lee the new york times. But this strange, unruly beast of a movie selffinanced and. Red hook summer tells the story of flik royale jules brown, a sullen young boy from middleclass atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, bishop enoch. It is filled with whispers of his other worksnot just in lees brief reprisal of his. Significantly, spike lee is backnot just to his peoplemover cameras and sloppy pageantsize emotions, but back to brooklyn.
Sep 04, 2012 this weekend was opening weekend for spike lees new film red hook summer. Aug 22, 2012 spike lees red hook summer plays as if the director is making it up as he goes along. Russell hornsby, bruce hornsby and keith hornsby attend the red hook summer premiere at the dga theater on august 6, 2012 in new york city. Its hard to pinpoint where, exactly, spike lee went wrong in red hook summer, mainly because he takes most of the runtime to even make a truly proper step.
Some of the acting is phenomenal, but the rest falls flat, party because of poor writing, surprisingly, red hook summer contains strong christian content. Red hook summer movie 2012 soundtrack list tracklist ost listen to original theme music from the motion picture, film score list, all songs list playlist, who sings them, including end credits. None of the other songs from other artists are included. Spike lee always makes movies you want to wrestle with, even if the rewards this time around arent as worthwhile. Here is lee at his most spontaneous and sincere, but he could have used another screenplay. With its focus on the church, the film is almost a musical. Image entertainments one village label will release the film on both bluray. Spike lees red hook summer plays as if the director is making it up as he goes along. A middleclass boy from atlanta finds his worldview changed as he spends the summer with his deeply religious grandfather in the housing projects of red hook, brooklyn. The latest in spike lees chronicles of brooklyn series which also include shes gotta have it, do the right thing, crooklyn, clockers, and he got game, red hook summer tells the story of flik royale, a sullen young boy from middleclass atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, bishop enoch rouse, in the housing projects of.
Aug 10, 2012 watch the movie trailer for red hook summer 2012. Red hook summer tells the story of flik royale jules brown, a sullen young boy from. Below you can view the red hook summer complete soundtrack list. Red hook summer film complete e serie tv in streaming. Spike lee shot his first feature film, shes gotta have it, over 12 days in 1986.
Jul 20, 2017 a middleclass boy from atlanta finds his worldview changed as he spends the summer with his deeply religious grandfather in the housing projects of red hook, brooklyn. When his mom deposits him at the red hook housing project in brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather hes never met, young flik may as well have landed on mars. It is mentioned in red hook summer, a 2012 american film directed by spike lee. We follow the story of a ragtag team of successful collage students as they band together to complete a scavenger hunt. Lees films, has a prominent musical soundtrack that underscores the editorial tone of the screenplay, written by.
Red hook summer 2012 ecco una breve sintesi di red hook summer film completo. Red hook summer tells the story of flik royale jules brown, a sullen young boy from middleclass atlanta who has come to spend the summer with. The movies most disturbing scene is a flashback of suggested sexual violence committed by a grown man upon a 12 year. The story documents the experience of a young africanamerican male who is shipped from atlanta to new york red hook specifically by his mother to spend his summer vacation with his grandfather the mothers dad a baptist preacher. The low budget for red hook summer detracts from its visual depth. Red hook summer is a strange, meandering, complex movie more along the lines of a minor movie like lees crooklyn than one of his masterpieces. We can hardly wait for the season of sunsets and cinema to begin. Rent red hook summer 2012 on dvd and bluray netflix. Red hook summer 2012 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Set in the projects known best as the birthplace of new york knick carmelo.
Agoraphobic freshman in new york city must join a scavenger hunt to save her boyfriend from a murderous gamemaster. Red hook summer music from the original motion picture. He shot his latest, red hook summer, in just a week more, selffinancing the lowbudget picture and using a crew comprised partially of his nyu film school students. Sep 23, 20 further proof, if more were needed, that theres no connection between a movies commercial success and its artistic merit is found in spike lees red hook summer. Frank oz, free movies red hook, free movies valentino pier, free summer events, free summer movies, free summer movies in red hook, fulla shirts, gelfling, jim henson, marks pizza. If you are the sort of bruce hornsby fan who goes to his concerts particularly his oneman performances and leans forward intently to catch every nuance of his instrumental work, who writes twohand independence on a note to leave at the edge of the stage as a request before. This is the sixth film in spike lees series brooklyn chronicles. Thats not entirely a bad thing, although some will be thrown offbalance by an abrupt plot development halfway through that appears entirely out of the blue and is so shocking that the movie never really recovers. Jan 24, 2012 like many of lees films, red hook summer is constantly biting off more than it can chew. Spike lee on the childabuse scene in red hook summer. With terrence mann, christina brucato, tate ellington, alex brightman. Red hook summer finds the director in an experimental mood, engaging in feats of stylistic daring that might seem like folly on paper, but. Set in the red hook projects and neighborhoods, lees film offers the tale of a young man jules brown from suburban atlanta who is sent by his mother to spend the summer with his uncle, a church minister played by clarke peters in red hook.
Red hook summer dvd movie spike lee clarke peters drama. Lees films, has a prominent musical soundtrack that underscores the editorial tone of the screenplay, written by mr. The color and detail are gorgeous throughout, showing the bright colors of the buildings in red hook, but never being vague about the decaying conditions of some of the housing and land. Aug 03, 2012 but just as they find a common ground, their family bond is severely tested in red hook summer. The first sign of trouble in red hook summer is a reminder of a much better spike lee joint set in the same neighborhood over 20 years ago.
The latest in spike lees chronicles of brooklyn series which also include shes gotta have it, do the right thing, crooklyn, clockers, and he got game, red hook summer tells the story of flik royale, a sullen young boy from middleclass atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, bishop enoch rouse, in the housing projects of red hook. Red hook summer 2012 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Red hook summer dvd movie the latest in spike lees chronicles of brooklyn series which also include shes gotta have it, do the right thing, crooklyn, clockers, and he got game, red hook summer tells the story of flik royale, a sullen young boy from middleclass atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, bishop enoch rouse, in the housing. Jan 24, 2012 theres been much talk in the buildup to sundance about spike lee revisiting, with red hook summer, the guerrillastyle independent filmmaking terrain where he began. For its first twothirds, spike lees new lowbudget joint red hook summer is a spunky comingofage tale about a pampered privateschool kid named flik jules brown learning life lessons from. Lees latest film feels like several intriguing ideas in search of an overarching story. Red hook summer tells the story of flik royale jules brown, a sullen young boy from middleclass atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, bishop enoch rouse clarke peters, in the housing projects of red hook. Clarke peters and jules brown in red hook summer 2012 toni lysaith and jules brown in red hook summer 2012 thomas jefferson byrd and.
Aug 14, 2012 marking a return to his beloved brooklyn, spike lees latest film is the moving lowbudget drama red hook summer. Red hook summer soundtrack list red hook summer movie. Red hook summer 2012 full movie download full hd youtube. Though it opens as a somewhat nostalgic nod to the neighborhoods that lee found his art in, including beautiful establishing shots of red hook and its cast of characters, the film quickly dissolves into an somewhat coherent rant including mr. Sexual innuendo is mild and infrequent mostly some talk about pregnant girls, but product placement is strong, with frequent use and mention of an apple ipad in particular, plus some other products. Red hook summer soundtrack list red hook summer movie 2012. Aug 29, 2012 for its first twothirds, spike lees new lowbudget joint red hook summer is a spunky comingofage tale about a pampered privateschool kid named flik jules brown learning life lessons from. Marking a return to his beloved brooklyn, spike lees latest film is the moving lowbudget drama red hook summer. While staying with his preacher grandfather, a sheltered teenage boy watches controversy unfold on the streets of brooklyn during his summer vacation.
Get red hook summer dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Also some innuendo, such as mentions of girls getting pregnant. Our hero, jenny traylor must rise to the occasion to save her friends. This weeks film is brought to us by wet whistle wines and dolce brooklyn. Red hook summer 2012 stream and watch online moviefone. As always, weve got a fantastic slate of films for youfrom eighties cult classics to last years oscarwinner for best animated picture to one of the great political satires of all timeall paired with some of the best food that red hook has to offer. The limits of faith and temptation are tested in the upcoming dvd and bluray release of spike lees red hook summer. Watch red hook summer starring clarke peters in this drama on directv. Overall, red hook summer is a film with complex messages thats clearly intended for more mature viewers. Aug 09, 2012 red hook summer finds the director in an experimental mood, engaging in feats of stylistic daring that might seem like folly on paper, but actually work in practice. A welltodo atlanta teen jules brown documents a summer spent in the brooklyn housing projects with his devout grandfather clarke peters. Fresh from his cushy life in atlanta, hes bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept jesus christ as his personal savior.
With jules brown, thomas jefferson byrd, toni lysaith, limary agosto. This is the solo piano music from the movie soundtrack. However someone, who isnt gavin, is trying to kill them. Like many of lees films, red hook summer is constantly biting off more than it can chew.
The red hook summer academy red hook education foundation. Red hook summer, lees latest, and the first narrative film hes written or co written, in this case with novelist james mcbride, who also wrote. Watch red hook summer full movie in hd visit when his mom deposits him at the red hook housing project in brookl. Watch the front row red hook summer the new yorker video. Red hook is the first dance battle that takes place in the 2010 film step up 3d, in the lead up to the world jam competition. Here is lee at his most spontaneous and sincere, but he could. Red hook is a film that explores new possibilities in the horror genre.
Red hook summer dvd movie the latest in spike lees chronicles of brooklyn series which also include shes gotta have it, do the right thing, crooklyn, clockers, and he got game, red hook summer tells the story of flik royale, a sullen young boy from middleclass atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, bishop. Watch red hook summer full movie in hd visit movie 84328 when his mom deposits him at the red hook housing project in brookl. Watch red hook summer online stream full movie directv. Bishop enoch rouse clarke peters, in the housing projects of red hook. Red hook summer 2012 a welltodo atlanta teen jules brown documents a summer spent in the brooklyn housing projects with his devout grandfather clarke peters. Red hook summer marked the first time that lee appeared in one of his films since summer of sam 1999. Summer is upon us and in just one month so are movies on the pier. Dec 21, 2012 get red hook summer dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Red hook summer is the 2012 chapter in director spike lees intermittent yet careerlong idyll of brooklyn.
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