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.
Directed by: Spike Lee
Screenplay by: Alan Fox
Based on Akira Kurosawa’s film “High and Low” written by: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, and Eijiro Hisaita
Based on the novel “King’s Ransom” by: Ed McBain
Produced by: Todd Black, Jason Michael Berman
Starring: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, and A$AP Rocky
Director of Photography: Matthew Libatique, ASC
Production Design by: Mark Friedberg
Editing by: Barry Alexander Brown ACE, BFE & Allyson C. Johnson, ACE
Costume Design by: Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Original Score by: Howard Drossin
Casting by: Kim Coleman, CSA
Release Date: August 15 (Limited), September 5 (Apple TV+)
Running Time: 134 minutes
Rating: R
Source: A24
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