Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySpike Lee
Written bySpike Lee
Produced bySpike Lee
Starring
CinematographyErnest Dickerson
Edited bySam Pollard
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 7, 1991 (1991-06-07)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12.5–14 million[1]
Box office$43.9 million[1]

Jungle Fever is a 1991 American romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee. Starring Lee, Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Frank Vincent, Tim Robbins, Brad Dourif, Giancarlo Esposito, Debi Mazar, Michael Imperioli, Anthony Quinn, and Halle Berry and Queen Latifah in their film debuts, Jungle Fever explores the beginning and end of an extramarital interracial relationship against the urban backdrop of the streets of New York City in the early 1990s. The film received positive reviews, with particular praise for Samuel L. Jackson's performance, and was also commercially successful.

  1. ^ a b "Jungle Fever (1989)". Box Office Mojo.