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Highest 2 Lowest

  Spike Lee

  U.S.     134 minutes

Synopsis

When a titan music mogul (Denzel Washington), widely known as having the “best ears in the business,” is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. Brothers Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for the 5th in their long working relationship for a reinterpretation of the great filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller High and Low, now played out on the mean streets of modern-day New York City.

  

Screenings & Events

There are currently no upcoming screenings of this film.

An Evening With Spike Lee

Fri, Oct 24 @ 5:30pm


Join Academy Award winner Spike Lee for an illuminating conversation about his iconic body of work, which has made an indelible mark on filmmaking, television, and popular culture.

Note: This event is separate from the Highest 2 Lowest screening and requires a separate ticket.

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Film Credits

  •   Todd Black, Jason Michael Berman
  •   Alan Fox; Based on Akira Kurosawa’s film High and Low written by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, and Eijiro Hisaita
  •   Barry Alexander Brown, Allyson C. Johnson
  •   Mark Friedberg
  •   Matthew Libatique
  •   Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky
  •   Howard Drossin

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