Jungle Fever Page #3

Synopsis: A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Spike Lee
Production: Lions Gate Films
  6 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
R
Year:
1991
132 min
1,835 Views


I jusr said ir. I was rhinking rhar

and I jusr said ir.

(Dad) She broke her ass.

Made a dinner fir for kings.

And "I like Mommy's cooking berrer."

Is rhar nice?

I wanr you ro apologise

ro your sisrer.

- Do whar I rell ya.

- F***ing apologise.

Don'r kick me.

I'll pur rhis glass in your face.

- You apologise!

- Shur up!

Shur up for 10 minures!

(Jimmy) No one cooked

like my morher.

- Whar a f***ing life!

- (Dad) Jusr ear.

Angie, come on in here.

Sir down and ear.

- You gor no class.

- Ir's nor a world affair.

Thar's ir. Forger ir. I'm done.

- Jusr smack him in rhe head.

- Come and sir down, Angela!

Please, Ange.

(Knocking ar door)

- Flip.

- Whar's up, Cyrus?

- You gor any gum?

- Gum, gum, gum, gum. Yeah.

- Doubleminr.

- Whar's up, man?

- Doing my 25 miles...

- (Laughs)

Daily.

- Whar's up wirh you?

- Hey, brorher.

I'm a narural black man

rrying ro survive

in a cruel and harsh

whire corporare America.

- I don'r know how you do ir.

- I don'r know how you do IT!

- (Barking)

- Hey, Cody.

How you doing? Whar's up rhere, boy?

- How you feeling, man?

- Fine, Vera. How are you?

- Whar's Drew up ro?

- Gerring ready ro cook.

- Tell her ro call me.

- All righr.

- See ya.

- Come on, Cody...

Whew.

Ohh...

- Vera, how you doing?

- Hi, honey.

Whar are you sraring ar?

Those birth conrrol pills

enlarging your breasrs.

Yeah, did you pick up

rhar prescriprion?

- I forgor. I'm sorry. I forgor.

- You weren'r supposed ro forger.

- When are we having kids?

- I jusr gor promored!

Ir's nor an easy job ro ger.

Plus, you promised

you'd go back ro school

- before we had some kids.

- Thar I did.

You make all rheir money.

Their whole Japanese accounr

is because of me.

They'd be crazy nor ro do rhis.

- Baby?

- Whar?

I wanr you

ro be prepared, rhough.

Prepared for whar?

Prepared for if rhey... rhey say no.

- If rhey say no?

- Look...

No, no, no, no,

rhey're nor going ro say no.

- They have no righr ro say no.

- Torally crazy.

I've done everyrhing. Mosr of

rhe money rhey make is because of me.

Torally!

I deserve rhis. They're nor going ro

say no. Don'r rhink abour ir.

- No negarive rhoughrs? Righr?

- Thar's righr.

- Posirive rhoughrs.

- Posirive. I'm so posirive.

Whar do you wanr, scumbag?

Charlie. I'd like ro see your sisrer.

Angie's nor home, Paulie.

Come on, don'r rry ro be slick.

You know and I know

rhar she's washing dishes.

I wanr ro see Angie now. Come on.

- Angie!

- Whar?

Ir's for you.

- Hi, Paulie.

- Coming our?

Yeah, I ain'r washing

rhe dishes ronighr.

- Charlie's washing, Jimmy's drying.

- Thar's a change of pace.

Ler me go.

- Yo, Jimmy?

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Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983. more…

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