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Crooklyn

Year:
Duration:
115 min
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
IMDB rate:
6.9
Director:
Spike Lee
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1994-05-13
Filming Locations: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Earnings
Budget: $14,000,000
Gross: $13,640,000 (USA) Related Links
Cast
Actor
Character
Alfre Woodard
Carolyn Carmichael
Delroy Lindo
Woody Carmichael
David Patrick Kelly
Tony Eyes / Jim
Zelda Harris
Troy
Carlton Williams
Clinton
Sharif Rashed
Wendell
Tse-Mach Washington
Joseph
Christopher Knowings
Nate
José Zúñiga
Tommy La La
Isaiah Washington
Vic
Ivelka Reyes
Jessica
Spike Lee
Snuffy
N. Jeremi Duru
Right Hand Man
Frances Foster
Aunt Song
Norman Matlock
Clem
Patriece Nelson
Viola
Joie Lee
Aunt Maxine (as Joie Susannah Lee)
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Uncle Brown
Manny Perez
Hector
Tiasha Reyes
Minnie
Raymond Reliford
Possom / George
Harvey Williams
Possom / Tracey
Peewee Love
Possom / Greg
Bokeem Woodbine
Richard
Mildred Clinton
Mrs. Columbo
Emelise Aleandri
Florence
Omar Scroggins
Quentin
Daniel K. Thomas
Diane
Asia Gilyard
Cathy
Carmen Tillery
Brenda
Taneal Royal
Poochie
Kendell Freeman
Ronald
Kewanna Bonaparte
Peanut
Gary Perez
Juan
Arthur French
West Indian Store Manager
Yolande Morris
Sheila
Dan Grimaldi
Con Ed Man
Susan J. Jacks
Tammy (as Susan Jacks)
Christopher Wynkoop
TV Evangelist
Rene Ojeda
Louie (as René Ojeda)
Tracy Vilar
Monica
Michele Shay
Drunk Woman
Hector M. Ricci
Tito (as Hector M. Ricci Jr.)
Nadijah Abdul-Khalia
Vicki
Bruce Hawkins
Funeral Mourner
Richard Whiten
Neighbour
Michelle Rosario
Neighbour
Maurie A. Chandler
Judy
Monet A. Chandler
Jody
Zay Smith
Boy in Street
Derrick Peart
Supermarket Customer
Ulysses Terrero
Supermarker Customer
Johnette Cook
Supermarket Customer
Desiree Murray
Supermarket Customer (as Desirée Murray)
Keith Johnson
Cornell
RuPaul
Bodega Woman
Richard Pierre-Louis
Store customer (uncredited)
Bob Wolff
Baseball Announcer (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
None of the children on set had any idea how to play any of the street games their characters engage in - Lee had to personally instruct them.
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Bokeem Woodbine's film debut.
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Cinqué Lee and Joie Lee originally wrote the script as a pilot for Nickelodeon. A test pilot was screened for inner city children who disliked it. The Lees converted their idea into a screenplay.
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Goofs
In the store, Troy buys a bag of chips, lemon heads, bazooka gum, licorice, fireballs and Boston baked beans. When she gets home all of the boys pull out all of the candy from the bag and Troy is seen eating a candy necklace, obviously something she did not buy.
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In the beginning of the movie, Troy is playing stick ball wearing moccasin shoes, in the next scene, she is still wearing the moccasin shoes.
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The amount of Trix cereal on the floor changes when Troy and Wendell are fighting for the box of Trix.
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Quotes
Carolyn Carmichael: Wendell, PLEASE close your mouth when you chew!
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Woody Carmichael: You're a big saint around here and I ain't shit, is that it?
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Carolyn Carmichael: Damn it, Woody, you bounced another check.
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