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BlacKkKlansman
Sign in to saveBlacKkKlansman is a 2018 American biographical crime film directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Lee, loosely based on the 2014 memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth. The film stars John David Washington as Stallworth, along with Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, and Topher Grace. It also features Harry Belafonte's last performance before his death in April 2023. Set in the 1970s in Colorado Springs, Colorado, it follows the first African-American detective in the city's police department as he sets out to infiltrate and expose the local Ku Klux
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*BlacKkKlansman* is a 2018 American biographical crime drama film directed by Spike Lee. The screenplay was written by Lee and Kevin Willmott, based on a work by Ron Stallworth. The cast includes John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, and Topher Grace. Production was handled by Focus Features, Legendary Pictures, and Blumhouse Productions, with Jason Blum, Spike Lee, and Jordan Peele serving as producers. Terence Blanchard composed the score, and Barry Alexander Brown edited the film.
Set in the 1970s in Colorado Springs, the movie is presented in black-and-white and features English dialogue. Its main subjects include African Americans, racism, the Ku Klux Klan, and the civil rights movement. The film has a runtime of 135 minutes and carries an R rating. It was distributed by Focus Features and released in 2018.
The film received a Metascore of 83 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 96%. It won one Oscar, with 46 total wins and 215 nominations. The budget was $15,000,000, and it generated $93,411,426 in revenue.
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Film · TMDB
7.5Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
Cast
- John David Washington as Ron Stallworth
- Adam Driver as Flip Zimmerman
- Topher Grace as David Duke
- Laura Harrier as Patrice Dumas
- Alec Baldwin as Dr. Kennebrew Beauregard
- Jasper Pääkkönen as Felix Kendrickson
Themes
- based on novel or book
- ku klux klan
- 1970s
- black panther party
- biography
- based on true story
- undercover cop
- racism
- based on memoir or autobiography
- revisionist history
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
314,003 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
83/100
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Biography, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 46 wins & 215 nominations total
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Key facts
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- BlacKkKlansman
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- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Spike Lee
- Film.music
- Terence Blanchard
- Film.cinematography
- Chayse Irvin
- Film.editing
- Barry Alexander Brown
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.runtime
- 135 minutes
- Film.budget
- $15 million
- Film.gross
- $93.4 million
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Development and casting
- Filming
- Music
- Release
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Accolades
- Historical accuracy
- See also
- References
- External links
BlacKkKlansman is a 2018 American biographical crime film directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Lee, loosely based on the 2014 memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth. The film stars John David Washington as Stallworth, along with Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, and Topher Grace. It also features Harry Belafonte's last performance before his death in April 2023. Set in the 1970s in Colorado Springs, Colorado, it follows the first African-American detective in the city's police department as he sets out to infiltrate and expose the local Ku Klux Klan chapter.
The film was produced by Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Shaun Redick, Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, and Jordan Peele. It was packaged by Andy Frances, Stallworth's manager. QC Entertainment purchased the film rights to the book in 2015. Lee signed on as director in September 2017. Much of the cast joined the following month, and filming began in New York State.
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