A Rage in Harlem

A Rage in Harlem
A woman in a red dress, holding a gun behind her back.
Home video release poster
Directed byBill Duke
Written byJohn Toles-Bey
Bobby Crawford
Based onA Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
Produced byKerry Rock
Stephen Woolley
Starring
CinematographyToyomichi Kurita
Edited byCurtiss Clayton
Music byElmer Bernstein
Jeff Vincent
Production
company
Palace Productions[1]
Distributed byMiramax Films[1]
Release date
  • May 3, 1991 (1991-05-03)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8 million[1]
Box office$10.4 million (USA)[2]

A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 American crime film directed by Bill Duke and loosely based on Chester Himes' novel A Rage in Harlem. The film stars Forest Whitaker, Danny Glover, Badja Djola, Robin Givens and Gregory Hines. Producer Stephen Woolley intended it to be a comedy film,[3] and several reviewers have described it as such,[4][5][6] but this categorization has been disputed by director Bill Duke.[3]

The film premiered in competition at the 44th Cannes Film Festival[7] in its Grand Palais, receiving a "five-minute standing ovation."[8] It was also shown at the 2nd Stockholm International Film Festival.[9]

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  7. ^ "Festival de Cannes: A Rage in Harlem". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
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  9. ^ "A Rage in Harlem av Bill Duke". Stockholm International Film Festival. Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved November 6, 2010.