Red Hook Summer

Director: Spike Lee
Writer: Spike Lee, James McBride
Cast: Clarke Peters, Jules Brown, Toni Lysaith, James Ransone
Language: English
Theatrical Release Date: Fri Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2012
Festivals: Sundance Film Festival

Synopsis: A young Atlanta boy spends his summer in Brooklyn with his grandfather, who he's never seen before. [Synopsis courtesy of Sundance]

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On DVD or Blu-Ray from Redbox and Netflix.

Shadow and Act News

Spike Lee's 'Red Hook Summer' Now Available On Netflix Streaming

If you didn't get to see it when it was in a limited theatrical release, and are interested, you should know that Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer is now streaming on Netflix, via Image Entertainment’s One Village label. It was released today.
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Shadow and Act News

Image Entertainment Sets DVD/Blu-ray Release Date For Spike Lee's 'Red Hook Summer'

All the info you need follows in the press release below...
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The Playlist News

In Theaters: 'Campaign' Your Friends To See 'The Bourne Legacy' Or Spend '2 Days In New York' This 'Red Hook Summer' Weekend

Happy Friday everyone! This weekend’s theatrical rollout has adopted a definite tenor, one that should have you rolling in the aisles…or groaning into your popcorn, as the case may be. But, hey – you can’t win ‘em all. The studios have put out the comedies in spades, with a little bit of every flavo...
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Shadow and Act News

New In USA Theaters This Weekend - '2 Days In New York' & 'Red Hook Summer'

Both make their theatrical debuts this weekend - although 2 Days In New York has been available as a VOD rental for about a month now, meaning some of you likely have already seen it.
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The Playlist News

Exclusive: Spike Lee Explains What Happened To Mookie & Sal After The End Of 'Do The Right Thing'

Jason Bourne might be back this weekend, but there's one return that we're a little more excited about: Spike Lee, who has a new movie in theaters for the first time since 2008's "Miracle At St. Anna." And while that picture was a sprawling, World War Two epic, his latest, "Red Hook Summer," is a re...
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Thompson on Hollywood Reviews

Spike Lee's Tightened 'Red Hook Summer' Marks a Personal, Affectionate and Tough Return to Steamy Brooklyn

Beware screening your movie too early at a big festival. Richard Kelly's "Southland Tales" was one example of an unfinished movie getting creamed at Cannes. Spike Lee, who defines the current indie model --lucrative commercial director by day, scrappy indie doc and featuremaker by nigh...
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The Playlist Reviews

Review: Spike Lee Reconnects With His Artistic Voice With The Emotionally Devastating 'Red Hook Summer'

It’s hard to say how long it’s been since Spike Lee was as ambitious, and as focused, as he is on “Red Hook Summer.” Telling a story that evokes “Crooklyn” in its depiction of children coming of age, filtered through two subsequent decades of his professional succ...
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Shadow and Act Reviews

Review - 'Red Hook Summer' (An Attempt To Make Sense Of Spike Lee's Trip To Wonderland)

Well, after first seeing the film at the Sundance Film Festival in January, I wrote a lengthy piece sharing my many reactions to what I saw then; skip ahead almost 8 months later, when I saw the revised cut of the film at a press screening about 2 weeks ago, and, despite it being 15 minutes shorter,...
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Indiewire Reviews

Out This Week: 6 Capsule Reviews of New Indie Releases

Reviews from various Indiewire contributors highlight the various independent releases opening this week in both select cities and around the country.
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Criticwire Reviews

Criticwire Picks: Renner and 'Bourne Legacy' Draw Favorable Early Returns

"The Bourne Legacy" wins favor among Indiewire's Criticwire Network participants.
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