| Edition |
Director-approved two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm) |
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auditory captions |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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surround rdacpc |
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2.0 Dolby digital |
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region 1 rdare |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 1086 |
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Criterion collection ; 1086.
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| Note |
Title from screen credits. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1:85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby 2.0 surround. |
| Note |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) |
| Cast |
Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard, Charles Martin Smith, Sydney Lassick, Clarence Williams III, Gregory Sierra. |
| Credits |
Director of photography Bojan Bazelli ; editor, John Carter ; music, Michel Colombier. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for violence, language, drug use, and sensuality. |
| Summary |
"Film noir hits the mean streets of 1990s Los Angeles in this stylish and subversive underworld odyssey from veteran actor-director Bill Duke. Laurence Fishburne stars as Russell Stevens, a police officer who goes undercover as 'John Hull,' the partner of a dangerously ambitious cocaine trafficker (Jeff Goldblum), in order to bring down a powerful Latin American drug ring operating in LA. But the further Stevens descends into this ruthless world of money, violence, and power, the more disillusioned he becomes--and the harder it is to make out the line between right and wrong, crime and justice. Steeped in shadowy, neon-soaked atmosphere and featuring Dr. Dre's debut solo single, Deep Cover is an unsung gem of the nineties' Black cinemal explosion that delivers a riveting character study and sleek action thrills alongside a furious moral indictment of America and the devastating failures of the war on drugs"--Container. |
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Features: New 4K digital restoration; New interview with director Bill Duke; AFI Conservatory seminar from 2018 featuring Duke and actor Laurence Fishburne, moderated by film critic Elvis Mitchell; New conversation between film scholars Racquel J. Gates and Michael B. Gillespie about Deep Cover's place within both the Black film boom of the early 1990s and the noir genre; New conversation between scholar Claudrena N. Harold and professor, DJ, and podcaster Oliver Wang about the film's title track and its importance to the history of hip-hop; Trailer; An essay by Gillespie. |
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Undercover operations -- Drama.
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Police -- Drama.
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Drugs -- Drama.
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Drugs. (OCoLC)fst00898761
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Police. (OCoLC)fst01068398
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Undercover operations. (OCoLC)fst01160879
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| Genre/Form |
Crime films.
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Police films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Feature films.
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Film noir.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Crime films. (OCoLC)fst01710477
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Police films. (OCoLC)fst01710475
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Duke, Bill, 1943- film director.
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Bean, Henry, screenwriter, film producer.
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Tolkin, Michael, screenwriter.
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David, Pierre, 1944- film producer.
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Colombier, Michel, composer (expression)
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Carter, John (John H.), editor of moving image work.
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Bazelli, Bojan, director of photography.
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Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- actor.
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Goldblum, Jeff, 1952- actor.
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Dillard, Victoria, 1969- actor.
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Smith, Charles Martin, actor.
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Lassick, Sydney, actor.
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Williams, Clarence, III, 1939-2021, actor.
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Sierra, Gregory, actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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New Line Cinema Corporation, production company.
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| ISBN |
9781681438603 |
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1681438607 |
| Standard No. |
715515261715 |
| Music No. |
CC3278DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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