School Daze | 
| Actors: James Bond Iii, Tisha Campbell, Ossie Davis, Giancarlo Esposito, Art Evans
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 10519
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.5
MPN: COLD05834D
ISBN: 0767859685
UPC: 043396058347
EAN: 9780767859684
ASIN: B000051YMS
Theatrical Release Date: February 12, 1988
Release Date: January 30, 2001
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Product Description
A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 06/01/2004 Starring: Laurence Fishburne Kadeem Hardison Run time: 121 minutes Rating: R Director: Spike Lee
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Spike Lee's follow-up to his unlikely hit She's Gotta Have It was this ambitious--some would say too ambitious--attempt at a musical about college life. But Lee, ever the provocateur, doesn't settle for a simple college comedy. Rather, he wants to make a point about the social divisions within all-black colleges: between the socializers and the socially conscious, and between light and dark-skinned blacks. Laurence Fishburne plays a politically aware student trying to bring his fellow students together; Giancarlo Esposito plays the fraternity boss who constantly seeks to insert a wedge between the haves and have-nots. Lee himself plays a pawn in the middle, a would-be frat boy undergoing a wicked Hell Week as a pledge. The story doesn't pull together and the musical numbers--more spoof than anything else--only serve to fragment it. While it offers interesting points, it never does so in a particularly cohesive way. --Marshall Fine
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 School Daze Review November 4, 2008
ArmyWifee24
This was a really cool transaction, and it was my first off of amazon. I appreciated the timeliness and I got exactly what I expected, which was the best. Thanks for the service amazon!
Great Spike Stuff! October 20, 2008
Fine Figure (Los Angeles)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fantastically hilarious DVD. Spike is in rare form during the commentary. He even laughs at some of his own jokes as he reviews his sophmoric efforts in "Daze". For example: in one scene a "new pledge", Half Pint (played by Lee) trys to get a date at a sorority house. Pint sits on a sofa facing off with a prospective sex partner and innocently offers to "pop some Jiffy Pop Popcorn and have a good time" Spike is cracking up so hard you can almost hear him falling off his chair! You'll laugh too...I did! This special edition disc is worth owning...particularly if you are a Spike Lee fan; and DEFINITELY if you are a collector.
 College in the 80's? A slight rant... March 30, 2008
E. Drake (Northeast, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Many reviewers have commented on how accurate Spike Lee's portrayal of 1980's college life in "School Daze" was. I cannot claim this, but having graduated college in 2006 I can say that I have seen nearly all of Lee's poignant scenes with my own eyes during my college career in the 00's. In this sense, Lee has a gift for seeing things, writing about them and directing them so realistically on film. Not to mention the fact that his insights have obviously stood the test of time (well, at least 20 years). The insanity of fraternities and sororities, the social activists on campus, the virgins, nuances of being a lighter skin African-American or a darker skin African-American, the sweet innocence of bringing someone to your dorm room at home (when your roommate is not there, hoping to get lucky!), the sports games (which Spike doesn't even show you the field, only the reactions of the onlookers), men teasing each other, woman teasing each other, the non-student townies wandering the streets. Spike's got this film jam-packed with the essence of college.
Lee's father's music is once again in this film, which is great. The actors, are great. Everything is perfect, however not me.
I can't quite explain it, but after watching this movie I thought, "Well, that was OK". This is now, the second film of Spike Lee's that I have watched, and I must say that, if I did not know who the director was before I watched the movie I think that I would easily guess that this was made by a young person. A person who is still hoping to change the world by shouting, rather than by doing. For this, there is something about this movie that is annoying. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this movie, it was surely fun, entertaining and poignant to some extent, however I just can't seem to get over an air of immaturity. But what am I looking for? Spike Lee is just over thirty when he made this picture. Before I talk smack about Spike, let's see what I have accomplished by the time I turn thirty! Enjoy Spike's second joint.
excellent! One of the classics! February 28, 2008
a chicago purl (Chicago, IL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was an excellent movie for those of us who grew up during that time period. The message came across. Those who are spike lee fans know that he always tried to deliver a message in a fun unconventional way. I attended a historically Black college and I could identify with what he was saying. I love going back to watch that movie from time to time and seeing another person I recognize. I think that was the last appearance of Phyliss Hyman or one of the few before. The soundtrack is great. People should just enjoy the movie for what it is - a Spike Lee Joint.
One of the best!!! December 13, 2007
Noel Franklin (New York, NY USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful movie about black college life. It shows struggle, ignorance, foolishness and intelligence all in one film. With a long line of talented actors Spike Lee amazingly gets his message across in a beautiful yet unorthodox way. In fact the entire movie is unconventional but this is probably why it's so exciting and fun.
If I were you I would definitely buy this movie. It is a little culturally bias in that it is not really geared for Caucasian people to understand. It's mostly aimed at the African American community.
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