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We talk about a lot of films dealing with the social and political aftermath of 9\/11 but few like this week\u2019s episode: Spike Lee\u2019s 25th Hour<\/i>. Filmed in New York City in the months after and adapted by David Benioff from his own novel, the film captures that dysphoria while following a drug dealer played by Edward Norton as he prepares to enter prison. Lee gives us several showstoppers, including the notorious\u00a0\u201cfuck you\u201d mirror monologue from Norton and a fantasy finale told by Brian Cox. But the film was handled by Disney\u2019s less awards-certified Touchstone Pictures and opened at the end of December 2002, famously crowded with contenders including what would make up the entire Best Picture lineup.<\/p>\n
If 25th Hour<\/i> got lost in the shuffle (and cultural-political moment), it now has its vocal fans like your two hosts! This episode, we\u2019ll get into Lee\u2019s long history as an Oscar outsider leading up to his recent success, Norton\u2019s fast ascent with a trio of roles in a single year, and the prowess of Lee\u2019s standby composer, the great Terence Blanchard.<\/p>\n
Topics also include Cox\u2019s scene stealing in 2002, Rosario Dawson bringing reliable realism, and 2002 Best Original Score.<\/p>\n
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