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25th Hour (2002)

Name: 25th Hour
Director: Spike Lee
Genre: drama film, crime film
Duration: 135 min
Rating: 7.6

25th Hour is a 2002 American drama film directed by Spike Lee and starring Edward Norton. Adapted by David Benioff from his 2001 debut novel The 25th Hour, it tells the story of a man's last 24 hours of freedom as he prepares to go to prison for seven years for dealing drugs.

Directed by Spike Lee · Shot by Rodrigo Prieto · Cut by Barry Alexander Brown · Music by Terence Blanchard · Ratio 2.35:1 · 135 min

How it was made

Lee fought Disney's wish to cut Monty's extended monologue ranting against the five boroughs of New York, persisting until he was able to film and keep the scene.
The film was in its planning stages during the September 11 attacks, and Lee chose to integrate the event into the story rather than ignore it.
Terence Blanchard composed the film's original score.

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Behind the scenes

Spike Lee and Edward Norton interview on "25th Hour" (2003) — Manufacturing Intellect · 31 min

Elsewhere

More by Spike Lee

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo))
Human Nature (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo))
Lizarettez
The Answer — 1980
Sarah — 1981
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads — 1983
She's Gotta Have It — 1986
School Daze — 1988
Do the Right Thing — 1989
Mo' Better Blues — 1990
Jungle Fever — 1991
Malcolm X — 1992
Crooklyn — 1994
Lumière and Company — 1995
Clockers — 1995
Get on the Bus — 1996
Girl 6 — 1996
4 Little Girls — 1997
He Got Game — 1998
Freak — 1998
Summer of Sam — 1999
Bamboozled — 2000
The Original Kings of Comedy — 2000
A Huey P. Newton Story — 2001
The Concert for New York City — 2001
Jim Brown: All-American — 2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet — 2002
We Wuz Robbed — 2002
Sucker Free City — 2004
She Hate Me — 2004

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