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Synopsis: Malcolm X is a 1992 American biographical drama film about the Afro-American activist Malcolm X. Directed and co-written by Spike Lee, the film stars Denzel Washington in the title role, as well as Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman, Jr., and Delroy Lindo. Lee has a supporting role as Shorty, a character based partially on real-life acquaintance Malcolm "Shorty" Jarvis, a fellow criminal and jazz saxophonist. Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and future South Africa president Nelson Mandela have cameo appearances. This is the second of four film collaborations between Washington and Lee.
Production: Warner Bros.
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 22 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
PG-13
Year:
1992
202 min
1,750 Views


MALCOLM:

Yeah and get a slave, too, huh, baby?

SHORTY:

I ain't doing bad.

MALCOLM:

Man, the name musicians ain't got

sh*t. How you gonna have something?

I need a stake, a bundle, a grand.

My woman can't afford it; my homey

ain't got it. How about you baby?

What you got?

Peg smiles, afraid of Malcolm.

SHORTY:

Jesus, Red, she's just a kid.

MALCOLM:

Jesus ain't got nothin' to do with

this.

Shorty eyes him with amazement. The degree of Malcolm's

depravity surprises even him.

MALCOLM:

Surprise you, baby? Well, that's the

way it is. What kind of scratch you

got on you? Turn out. Let me have

it. All of you --

Glances exchanged among Shorty, Sophia and Peg. Shorty reaches

into his pocket.

INT. HARVARD SQUARE APARTMENT - NIGHT

Malcolm with Sophia, Shorty and Peg around him.

MALCOLM:

We gone rob this town blind. Anybody

want out say so.

Nobody answers; they'll go with Malcolm.

MALCOLM:

Okay. I got the stake and I got a

fence. I need a driver.

PEG:

How about Rudy?

MALCOLM:

Who's Rudy?

SHORTY:

Yeah, Rudy.

JUMP CUT:

SAME LOCATION - LATER

RUDY is with them. He is a good-looking, very-light skinned

black, tough as they come.

RUDY:

I'm half wop, half n*gger and ain't

afraid of no one.

MALCOLM:

What can you do?

They are in the process of appraising each other, seeing

which one has the bigger penis.

RUDY:

You name it, feller.

SHORTY:

Rudy does catering. Rich joints on

Beacon Hill.

MALCOLM:

That ain't bad.

SHORTY:

Tell him about Baldy.

RUDY:

Yeah. This rich ofay, like he's 60.

I give him a bath on Friday.

Peg and Sophia are listening, a little horrified.

RUDY:

Then I put him to bed and pour talcum

powder on him like a baby. He gets

his jollies off.

MALCOLM:

So what about him?

RUDY:

So? The man got silver, china, rugs --

MALCOLM:

Might be all right.

RUDY:

Might be, sh*t. Man, I know this

town. I got my own fences. Who the

hell are you? Who put you in charge?

Malcolm smiles easily.

MALCOLM:

You want to be the head man?

RUDY:

That's right.

MALCOLM:

Head n*gger in charge?

RUDY:

I'm the man.

MALCOLM:

Okay, baby. Let's flip for it. Flip

this.

He takes out his gun, a .38 revolver. He dumps the shells on

the table, then reinserts one shell and twirls the barrel.

MALCOLM:

I'll flip first.

He puts the revolver to his own head.

PEG:

Don't.

Malcolm squeezes the trigger. It clicks. Now he twirls the

barrel again and hands the gun to Rudy.

MALCOLM:

Your flip, baby.

Rudy is staring at him; so are they all. Malcolm puts the

gun to his temple again.

SOPHIA:

Red, for God's sake --

He pulls the trigger a second time. Click. Now he twirls it

again.

SHORTY:

Christ, Red, no --

PEG:

I can't stand it.

Malcolm puts the gun to Rudy's head.

MALCOLM:

Your turn, Rudy. You want me to flip

for you?

RUDY:

Jesus Christ, no. Okay, okay. You

got it, you got it! You're the boss.

A beat.

MALCOLM:

Don't never try to cross someone who

ain't afraid to die.

SHORTY:

You the man!

Nodding accord from Rudy and Shorty. Sophia can hardly stand.

MALCOLM:

All right. We'll start with Old Talcum

Powder. You draw the house, where

everything is. You and Peg go out

and buy them tools like I told you.

We hit tonight on account of in the

daytime some of us got that high

visibility. Ya dig?

Rudy is at a table drawing a diagram; the girls have left.

Shorty and Malcolm alone at a window.

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