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With SCHOOL DAZE, writer-director Spike Lee examines the tensions, biases, and frustrations of middle-class black youth at a southern college campus. Lee combines musical and fantasy sequences with satirical scenes to tell this pointed story of two cousins who attend the same all-black university. Dap Dunlap (Laurence Fishburne) is the solemn and dedicated activist, while Half-Pint (Lee), his younger cousin, spends most of his time rushing the school's most popular fraternity while desperately trying to find romance. As the film follows the two young men attempting to achieve their disparate goals, it also examines intraracial conflict in a school divided into warring camps: the light-skinned Wannabees and the dark-skinned Jigaboos. Lee, using the college environment as a microcosm in which to further explore black intraracial conflicts--for example, the way different camps wear their hair--doesn't forget that he's an entertainer first and foremost. SCHOOL DAZE, taking its cue from ANIMAL HOUSE, pokes fun at fraternities and sororities, including a hysterical extended sequence on the rigors of hazing. Featuring a pulsating soundtrack and an appearance by go-go legends EU, Lee's return to school is at once revealing and raucous.Product Identifiers
UPC0043396102880
eBay Product ID (ePID)43972903
Product Key Features
EditionSpecial Edition, 2-Disc Set
RatingR
Movie/TV TitleSchool Daze
DirectorSpike Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee
FormatDVD
Release Year2005
GenreComedy
Sub-GenreMusical
Additional Product Features
Region CodeRegion0
Number of Discs2
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Display FormatSpecial Edition, 2-Disc Set
Signal StandardDvd
Leading RoleGiancarlo Esposito, Laurence Fishburne
Film CountryUSA
Release Date20050201