| Edition |
1986 motion picture release. |
| Description |
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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mixed |
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Dolby digital 5.1 |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| Series |
MGM DVD
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MGM DVD.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1; NTSC; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, Dolby mono.; widescreen presentation, 1.66:1 aspect ratio. |
| Cast |
Tracy Camilla Johns (Nola Darling), Redmon[d] Hicks/Tommy R. Hicks (Jamie Overstreet), John Canada Terrell (Greer Childs), Raye Dowell (Opal Gilstrap), Joie Lee (Clorinda Bradford), Spike Lee (Mars Blackmon), Epatha Merkerson (Dr. Jamison), Bill Lee (Sonny Darling). |
| Credits |
Photographed by Ernest Dickerson ; music composed and conducted by Bill Lee ; production design, Wynn Thomas. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated R. |
| Note |
One actor variously identified in opening credits, closing credits, and container as Redmon Hicks, Redmond Hicks, Tommy Hicks, and Tommy R. Hicks. |
| Summary |
Statuesque and charismatic Nola Darling is trying to figure out what she wants in life. She has a good job as a commercial artist and designer, a spacious Brooklyn apartment, and three boyfriends: genteel professional Jamie Overstreet, vain male model Greer Childs, and livewire bike messenger Mars Blackmon. Each of them is far from Nola's ideal man, but each fulfills a different need for her. Between her juggling act--accompanied by total honesty about who and what she's doing--and the childish squabbling of the three men, Lee makes some rather nebulous points about gender relations and the double standard. Primarily, this film announces the arrival of a seriously good filmmaker in the American cinematic firmament. |
| Contents |
Main titles/Bed-Stuy -- Soul mates -- What men say -- How they met -- Freaky -- Opal -- The sculptor -- Precision -- Family -- Nola's birthday -- Rivalry -- Dumb question -- She's gotta have it -- Sex therapy -- Thanksgiving -- Spokes in a wheel -- Nightmare -- Greer's last stand -- No regrets -- A friend in need -- Interlude -- Decision -- Ownership -- End titles. |
| Note |
Special features: Previews (3 min.). |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Spanish language materials -- Bilingual.
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French language materials -- Bilingual.
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Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
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Women -- Conduct of life. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships. |
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African American women -- Sexual behavior -- Drama.
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African American women -- Sexual behavior. |
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African American women. |
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African Americans -- Drama.
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African Americans. |
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn. |
| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Romantic comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Added Author |
Lee, Spike, actor, screenwriter, director, film editor, producer.
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Johns, Tracy Camila, actor.
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Hicks, Tommy, actor.
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Terrell, John Canada, actor.
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Dowell, Raye, actor.
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Lee, Joie Susannah, 1962- actor.
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Merkerson, S. Epatha, 1952- actor.
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Lee, Bill, 1928-2023, actor, composer.
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Dickerson, Ernest R., 1952- cinematographer.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Island Pictures.
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Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Added Title |
She's gotta have it (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98035028
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| Standard No. |
027616099235 50 |
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883904254607 51 |
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