Clockers (film)

Clockers
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySpike Lee
Screenplay byRichard Price
Spike Lee
Based onClockers
by Richard Price
Produced byMartin Scorsese
Spike Lee
Jon Kilik
Starring
CinematographyMalik Hassan Sayeed
Edited bySam Pollard
Music byTerence Blanchard
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • September 15, 1995 (1995-09-15)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million
Box office$13,071,518[1]

Clockers is a 1995 American crime drama film directed by Spike Lee. It is an adaptation of the 1992 novel of the same name by Richard Price, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Lee. The film stars Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, and Mekhi Phifer in his debut film role. Set in New York City, Clockers tells the story of Strike (Phifer), a street-level drug dealer who becomes entangled in a murder investigation.

The film originally entered production with Martin Scorsese attached to direct; he had previously collaborated with Price on his 1986 film The Color of Money. Scorsese eventually dropped out of production to focus on his passion project Casino, at which point Lee stepped in to direct and rewrite the script, Scorsese remained a co-producer alongside Lee. Clockers received generally positive reviews from film critics, but was a box office failure, grossing only around $13 million on a $25 million budget.

  1. ^ "Clockers". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on September 21, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2021.