Deep cover
(DVD)
Contributors
Duke, Bill, 1943- film director.
David, Pierre, 1944- film producer.
Bean, Henry, film producer,
Tolkin, Michael, screenwriter.
Bazelli, Bojan, director of photography.
David, Pierre, 1944- film producer.
Bean, Henry, film producer,
Tolkin, Michael, screenwriter.
Bazelli, Bojan, director of photography.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Status
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-ray | DVD THRILLER DEEPC | On Hold Shelf |
| Courthouse - Adult DVD/ Blu-ray | DVD THRILLER DEEPC | On Hold Shelf |
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm)
Language
English
UPC
715515261715
Notes
General Note
Widescreen.
General Note
Title and credits from screen.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
General Note
Features: New 4K digital restoration; New interview with director Bill Duke; AFI Conservatory seminar from 2018 featuring Duke and actor Laurence Fishburne, moderated by film critic Elvis Mitchell; New conversation between film scholars Racquel J. Gates and Michael B. Gillespie about Deep Cover's place within both the Black film boom of the early 1990s and the noir genre; New conversation between scholar Claudrena N. Harold and professor, DJ, and podcaster Oliver Wang about the film's title track and its importance to the history of hip-hop; Trailer; An essay by Gillespie.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography Bojan Bazelli ; editor, John Carter ; music, Michel Colombier ; production designer, Pam Warner.
Participants/Performers
Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard, Gregory Sierra, Clarence Williams III, René Assa, Alex Colón, Roger Guenveur Smith, Sydney Lassick, Kamala Lopez, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Glynn Turman, James T. Morris, Sandra Gould, Charles Martin Smith.
Description
"Film noir hits the mean streets of 1990s Los Angeles in this stylish and subversive underworld odyssey from veteran actor-director Bill Duke. Laurence Fishburne stars as Russell Stevens, a police officer who goes undercover as 'John Hull,' the partner of a dangerously ambitious cocaine trafficker (Jeff Goldblum), in order to bring down a powerful Latin American drug ring operating in LA. But the further Stevens descends into this ruthless world of money, violence, and power, the more disillusioned he becomes--and the harder it is to make out the line between right and wrong, crime and justice. Steeped in shadowy, neon-soaked atmosphere and featuring Dr. Dre's debut solo single, Deep Cover is an unsung gem of the nineties' Black cinema explosion that delivers a riveting character study and sleek action thrills alongside a furious moral indictment of America and the devastating failures of the war on drugs"--Container.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R; for violence, language, drug use, and sensuality.
System Details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1:85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby 2.0 surround.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Duke, B., David, P., Bean, H., Tolkin, M., Bazelli, B., Colombier, M., Carter, J., Warner, P., Fishburne, L., III., Goldblum, J., Dillard, V., Sierra, G., Williams, C., III., Assa, R., Colon, A., Smith, R. G., Lassick, S., Lopez, K., Mechoso, J. O., Turman, G., Morris, J. T., Gould, S., & Smith, C. M. (2021). Deep cover (Director-approved two-DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bill Duke et al.. 2021. Deep Cover. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bill Duke et al.. Deep Cover The Criterion Collection, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Duke, Bill, et al. Deep Cover Director-approved two-DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2021.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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