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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Additional Scenes, Audio Commentary, Documentary, Featurette, English, French, Spanish Subtitled, 2 Discs
Filmmaker Spike Lee and actor Denzel Washington (a New York Film Critics Award winner and Academy Award nominee as Best Actor) join other top talents to bring to the screen the life and times of Malcolm X. "Here's a man who rose up from the dregs of society, spent time in jail, reeducated himslf and, through spiritual enlightenment, rose to the top," says Lee. "This is an incredible story and I know it will inspire people."
"A...measured and intelligent portrait..." Leonard Maltin
"Smashing. An event movie that lives up to the event." Mike Clark, USA Today
"A spiritually enriching testament to the human capacity for change -- and surely Spike Lee's most universally appealing film." Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Editor's Note
Spike Lee brings the life of African-American leader Malcolm X (an intense Denzel Washington in an Oscar-nominated performance) to the big screen in this sprawling, epic biographical drama. Born Malcolm Little, son of a Nebraska preacher, on May 19, 1925, he became one of the most militant leaders and charismatic spokesmen of the black liberation movement before his assassination at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on February 21, 1965. The film sweeps through his early life as a small-time hustler and thief with his friend Shorty (Lee), his conversion to Islam in jail, and his subsequent life as a controversial spiritual leader and husband of Betty Shabazz (Angela Bassett). Malcolm's tragic assassination is presented as a conspiracy of Nation of Islam leaders; the film shows how his philosophy has been realized in the lives of others who have been moved by his words. Filmed with great visual flair by Lee, the film is a work of entertainment as much as it is a historical artifact. Washington captures the spiritual conversion of the hero with a sincerity that is entirely as believable and ultimately moving as it was in the book that inspired the film, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X.
Plot Summary
The controversial chronicle of the life of spiritual and political leader, Malcolm X, assassinated at age 39 by black extremists, this well-made, epic film is directed by African-American auteur Spike Lee, garnering an Academy Award nomination for Denzel Washington as the charismatic leader.
| Features | 10 Additional Scenes | | 1972 Documentary | | 2-Disc Set | | Audio Commentary | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; French Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Making Of Featurette | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Theatrical Trailer | | Audio Commentary by Spike Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Barry Alexander Brown, and Ruth Carter | | Academy Award Nominated Feature-Length Documentary "Malcolm X" (1972) | | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of Malcolm X Featurette | | Widescreen Presentation | | Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, French Dolby Surround Stereo (2.0) |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 2/8/2005 |
| Running Time: 202 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1992 | | Catalog ID: 3351 | | UPC: 00085393353124 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Al Freeman, Jr. | | Albert Hall | | Angela Bassett | | Denzel Washington | | Alex Haley - Based on Novel By | | Barry Alexander Brown - Editor | | Ernest R. Dickerson - Cinematographer | | Malcolm X - Based on Novel By | | Ruth E. Carter - Costume Designer | | Spike Lee - Director | | Spike Lee, et al. - Screenplay | | Spike Lee, et al. - Producer | | Terence Blanchard - Musical Score | | Wynn Thomas - Production Designer |
| Awards |
Oscar (1993) | | | Denzel Washington, Nominee, Best Actor | | | Ruth E. Carter, Nominee, Best Costume Design | |
Berlin International Film Festival (1993) |  | Denzel Washington, Winner, Best Actor | |
Casting Society Of America, USA (1993) | | Robi Reed-Humes, Winner, Best Casting For Feature Film, Comedy | |
Golden Globe (1993) | | | Denzel Washington, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Drama | |
MTV Award (1993) | | Denzel Washington, Winner, Best Male Performance |
| Memorable Quotes| "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us."---- Malcolm X (Denzel Washington) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Triumphant....Denzel Washington gives the performance of the year..." 12/10/1992 p.192USA Today
"...Washington's great performance dominates....MALCOLM X conveys its subject's magnetism and lifelong evolution, while forever synergizing its lead performer and his role..." -- 4 out of 4 stars 11/18/1992 p.1D Entertainment Weekly
"...A triumph, an intimate and engrossing biographical saga....With MALCOLM X, Lee has created a galvanizing political tragedy..." 11/20/1993 p.68-70 Chicago Sun-Times
"...In a time when political currents are moving quickly, Lee is one of the few American filmmakers with the clout and the will to make a controversial film like this..." 12/27/1992 p.3 Total Film
"...It quivers with righteous rage. Washington is remarkable throughout..." 05/01/2000 p.122 Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 9 of 10
Sweeping biography of the black leader, tracing his transformation from street hustler to prison inm - Leonard Maltin
Washington Post 8 of 10
The much-hyped Malcolm X happens to be a spiritually enriching testament to the human capacit - Rita Kempley
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