Woody then grabs her and carries her out of the room. The argument escalates as Carolyn yells for the children to turn off the television, before later turning it off herself.Ĭlinton turns his back on Carolyn and she grabs him for disobeying. One night, Woody and Carolyn argue about money Carolyn resents Woody for not appreciating their financial situation and using their money carelessly to fund his solo career. Troy, who has sneaked out to the corner store, sees Vic getting arrested as she leaves the store. One day, the Carmichael children get into an argument with Tony after he witnesses Wendell throwing trash into his area, which escalates when Carolyn and several neighborhood children get involved and is defused when Vic comes downstairs and then punches Tony in the face. The neighborhood is filled with colorful people, such as the Carmichaels' next-door neighbor Tony Eyes, whose house emits the foul smell of dog feces Tommy La-La, who continuously sings and plays his electric keyboard glue sniffers Snuffy and Right Hand Man and war veteran Vic Powell, who lives upstairs and rents from the Carmichaels. In 1973, 9-year-old Troy Carmichael and her brothers Clinton, Wendell, Nate, and Joseph live in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn with their parents Woody, a struggling musician, and Carolyn, a schoolteacher. Similarly to his past films such as School Daze, Do the Right Thing, and She's Gotta Have It, Spike Lee appears in Crooklyn, playing a young glue huffer named Snuffy, who likes to bully the local children.Ĭrooklyn is the second of only two films directed by Spike Lee to earn a PG-13 rating in the United States, alongside Malcolm X.Ģ3 years later, New Yorkers selected the film for simultaneous screenings across New York City as part of the 2017 One Film, One New York contest. A two-volume release of the soundtrack became available on CD alongside the release of the film. Throughout the film, Troy learns life lessons through her rowdy brothers Clinton, Wendell, Nate, and Joseph her loving but strict mother Carolyn ( Alfre Woodard), and her naive, struggling father Woody ( Delroy Lindo).Ī distinctive characteristic of Crooklyn is its soundtrack, composed completely of music from the 1960s and 1970s, except the hit single "Crooklyn" by the Crooklyn Dodgers, a rap crew consisted of Buckshot, Masta Ace, and Special Ed. Occurring in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, during the summer of 1973, the film primarily centers on a young girl named Troy Carmichael (played by Zelda Harris), and her family. Crooklyn is a 1994 American semi-autobiographical film produced and directed by Spike Lee and co-written with his sister Joie and brother Cinqué.
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