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Release Date: 1992 Duration: 202 min Cast: Nelson Mandela, Lizbeth MacKay, David Patrick Kelly, Al Freeman, Jr., Delroy Lindo, Michael Imperioli, Aries Spears, John Sayles, Peter Boyle, Giancarlo Esposito, Debi Mazar, Christopher Plummer ...MORE Cast: Nelson Mandela, Lizbeth MacKay, David Patrick Kelly, Al Freeman, Jr., Delroy Lindo, Michael Imperioli, Aries Spears, John Sayles, Peter Boyle, Giancarlo Esposito, Debi Mazar, Christopher Plummer, Lonette McKee, Karen Allen, Angela Bassett, Al Sharpton, Ossie Davis, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Albert Hall, Theresa Randle ...LESS Categories: Movies, Biographical film, Biography, Drama, Political drama, Period piece Malcolm X is a 1992 American biographical motion picture about the African-American figure Malcolm X. Directed and co-written by Spike Lee, the film stars Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman, Jr., and Delroy Lindo. Lee has a small supporting role as Shorty, a character based partially on real-life acquaintance Malcolm "Shorty" Jarvis, a fellow criminal and jazz... MORE Malcolm X is a 1992 American biographical motion picture about the African-American figure Malcolm X. Directed and co-written by Spike Lee, the film stars Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman, Jr., and Delroy Lindo. Lee has a small supporting role as Shorty, a character based partially on real-life acquaintance Malcolm "Shorty" Jarvis, a fellow criminal and jazz trumpeter. Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and future South Africa president Nelson Mandela have cameo appearances. The film dramatizes key events in Malcolm X's life: his criminal career, his incarceration, his conversion to Islam, his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his later falling out with the organization, his marriage to Betty X, his pilgrimage to Mecca and reevaluation of his views concerning whites, and his assassination on February 21, 1965. Defining childhood incidents, including his father's death, his mother's mental illness, and his experiences with racism are dramatized in flashbacks. Malcolm X's screenplay, co-credited to Lee and Arnold Perl, is based largely on Alex Haley's 1965 book, The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Haley collaborated with Malcolm X on the book beginning in 1963 and completed it after Malcolm X's death. LESS |

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