Jungle Fever (1991)

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Wikidata Q1234074, film, IMDb tt0102175, TMDB 1713: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits John Turturro as actor (Fearless with Timothy Simons); 4 more episodes agree.

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Do the Right Thing: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. theme (thematic follow-up): Do the Right Thing ⇒ Jungle Fever (the host's read). Jungle Fever explored the Bensonhurst setting a couple of years later, rehearsing part of that story.
    “which I think is explored in jungle fever a couple years later”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:14:34 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)

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What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

John Turturro: 2 lines career ×1 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (career apex): John Turturro → Jungle Fever. Turturro is also so good in Jungle Fever.
    “He so good in jungle fever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:18:54 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

A Bronx Tale: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (alternate title): A Bronx Tale → Jungle Fever. A better title for the movie would be Jungle Fever or Goodfellas 2.
    “Goodfellas, Goodfellas 2.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:18:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)

Annabella Sciorra: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Annabella Sciorra → Jungle Fever. A couple years later she was a prominent figure for young black adolescent males in Jungle Fever.
    “But only a couple years away from being a very, very prominent figure in the lives of like a lot of young black adolescent males.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:08:10 · Van Lathan (0.50 sure it was them)

Do the Right Thing: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (thematic follow-up): Jungle Fever → Do the Right Thing. Jungle Fever explored the Bensonhurst setting a couple of years later, rehearsing part of that story.
    “which I think is explored in jungle fever a couple years later”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:14:34 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)

Samuel L. Jackson: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Samuel L. Jackson → Jungle Fever. Jackson used his real crack addiction in Jungle Fever, which made his career and earned a first-ever supporting prize at Cannes.
    “Right, which is the 1st time that the con film festival is ever given out a supporting award.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:52:44 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Yusuf Hawkins: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (dedication): Jungle Fever → Yusuf Hawkins. Jungle Fever is dedicated to Yusuf Hawkins, killed in 1989.
    “jungle fever is dedicated to Yusuf Falkins”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:22:58 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)

Where it came up

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career (3)

  1. career (career moment): John Turturro → Jungle Fever. At the time of Fearless he was mostly a Spike Lee and Woody Allen guy.
    “I think he's mostly at this point still a Spike Lee guy, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:20:14 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Annabella Sciorra → Jungle Fever. A couple years later she was a prominent figure for young black adolescent males in Jungle Fever.
    “But only a couple years away from being a very, very prominent figure in the lives of like a lot of young black adolescent males.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:08:10 · Van Lathan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Samuel L. Jackson → Jungle Fever. Jackson used his real crack addiction in Jungle Fever, which made his career and earned a first-ever supporting prize at Cannes.
    “Right, which is the 1st time that the con film festival is ever given out a supporting award.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:52:44 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (thematic follow-up): Jungle Fever → Do the Right Thing. Jungle Fever explored the Bensonhurst setting a couple of years later, rehearsing part of that story.
    “which I think is explored in jungle fever a couple years later”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:14:34 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (dedication): Jungle Fever → Yusuf Hawkins. Jungle Fever is dedicated to Yusuf Hawkins, killed in 1989.
    “jungle fever is dedicated to Yusuf Falkins”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:22:58 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (career apex): John Turturro → Jungle Fever. Turturro is also so good in Jungle Fever.
    “He so good in jungle fever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:18:54 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (alternate title): A Bronx Tale → Jungle Fever. A better title for the movie would be Jungle Fever or Goodfellas 2.
    “Goodfellas, Goodfellas 2.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:18:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)

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