Spike Lee's return to his "Chronicles of Brooklyn" series, Red Hook Summer, received some of the loudest, most polarizing reviews out of Sundance. While I wasn't able to attend, the word on the ground was unmistakably heated, with some calling it a return to form for the controversial director, and others saying it was an overlong disappointment.
A bright new poster has been released for the film as it's August 10th limited rollout approaches. And apparently those comments about the film being too long were taken to heart, because the version we'll get is roughly 14 minutes shorter than the festival cut. Let's hope the lost footage doesn't include Spike Lee's reprisal of his Mookie role from Do the Right Thing, who is expected to make a cameo.
Red Hook Summer stars Clarke Peters(The Wire), Nate Parker(Red Tails), Jules Brown, Thomas Jefferson Byrd and more in the story of a middle class Atlanta boy name Flik Royale(seriously), who is sent up to the titular Brooklyn neighborhood to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, Bishop Enoch Rouse. Cue up the culture clash Rouse tries to convert Flik to becoming more like him. Things start to turn around when Flik meets a pretty young girl near his age, who shows him that Brooklyn isn't as bad as he thinks.
Usually a new poster like this is the precursor to a trailer, so hopefully we'll see that in the coming days.
