Clockers
By: Universal Pictures presents a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; executive producers, Rosalie Swedlin, Monty Ross ; screenplay by Richard Price and Spike Lee ; produced by Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Jon Kilik ; directed by Spike Lee
Contributors: Keitel, Harvey, actor; Turturro, John, 1957- actor; Lindo, Delroy, 1952- actor; Phifer, Mekhi, 1975- actor; Washington, Isaiah, actor; David, Keith, actor; Love, Pee Wee, actor; Taylor, Regina, 1960- actor; Byrd, Thomas Jefferson, 1941- actor; Sticky Fingaz (Rapper), actor; Starr, Fredro, actor; Nolasco, Elvis, actor; Adisa, Lawrence B., actor; Johnson, Hassan, actor; Foster, Frances, 1924- actor; Imperioli, Michael, 1966- actor; Anderson, Lisa Arrindell, actor; Calderon, Paul, 1959- actor; Kelly, Brendan, actor; Starr, Mike, 1950- actor; Carter, Ruthe, costume designer; McAlpine, Andrew, production designer; Blanchard, Terence, composer (expression); Pollard, Sam, editor of moving image work; Sayeed, Malik, director of photography; Universal Pictures (Firm); Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks; Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
Edition: Widescreen.
Published: 1999
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Subjects: Drug dealers; Drama; Murder; Brothers; African American criminals; Film adaptations
Description: Two brothers grow up together in the same Brooklyn housing projects, but they are as opposite as good and evil. Victor Dunham has a family, works two jobs and leads a respectable life. His 19-year-old brother, Strike, hangs out with his friends on a bench and sells crack cocaine. Strike agrees to kill a rival dealer as a favor to Rodney, the neighborhood drug kingpin, but when the man is murdered, it is Victor who confesses. Detective Rocco Kleine won't buy Victor's confession, and begins to attempt to break down the stories of both brothers in order to save Victor.
Notes: Based on the book by Richard Price.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.

Bonus materials: Production notes; Cast and filmmakers; Theatrical trailer; Universal web links.

Costume designer, Ruth Carter ; production designer, Andrew McAlpine ; original music, Terence Blanchard ; editor, Sam Pollard ; director of photography, Malik Hassan Sayeed.

Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Isaiah Washington, Keith David, Pee Wee Love, Regina Taylor, Tom Byrd, Sticky Fingaz, Fredro, E.O. Nolasco, Lawrence B. Adisa, Hassan Johnson, Frances Foster, Michael Imperioli, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Paul Calderon, Brendan Kelly, Mike Starr.

Rated R.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; 5.1 Dolby surround; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); single layer.

In English or French; includes Spanish subtitled version and English captioned version.