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	Review: Clockers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Uneducated-but-streetwise, Strike is a low-level drug-dealer (a "clocker") and possibly a murderer.
		Clockers is about people trapped by circumstances, and with all the ambivalent personalities, there are no "good guys" or "bad guys" in the traditional sense.
		Fresh, Clockers uses unexpected narrative turns to accentuate the themes of lost innocence and uncultivated potential, and affirms that tragic melodrama is not a prerequisite for emotional impact.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/c/clockers.html (591 words)

	Danny Linton's Review: "Clockers" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Before the reels started rolling on "Clockers," Spike Lee's new film about a New York teenager caught between a drug pusher, a tough cop and a possibly duplicitous murder, there were some audience members complaining about the amount of language and violence they knew the film would contain.
		And, true, the first 25 or so shots of the film were graphic close-ups of dead bodies, many with bullet holes the size of dimes in their heads.
		As proficient as the first hour is, it's in the back act of the picture that "Clockers" really takes off -- Lee's direction, particularly in an interrogation scene with Keitel, is nothing short of brilliant, as he places Keitel actually in the flashback action he's interrogating a suspect about.
	www.people.memphis.edu /~dmlinton/clockers.html (586 words)

	"Clockers" timely, alarming - September 15, 1995
		One of his most annoying habits has been his inability to recognize that there are moments when less is more and that flashy-trashy film school cleverness can actually detract from a story rather than enhance it.
		Despite the fact that this film ends on a not-quite- convincing note of hope (there are really THREE endings) and showcases some moments of dark-hearted comedy, "Clockers" is as grim as it is good.
		"Clockers" -- no surprise -- is rated R. The title sequence is a re-creation of police death scene photos of murdered young fls.
	www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/Movies/Clockers (947 words)

	Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews: Clockers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Clockers is not nearly as violent as you may expect.
		Clockers is not as bloated as Malcolm X. Clockers is not as pleasingly lightweight as Crooklyn.
		Clockers does not bury its most interesting story as a subplot, as in Jungle Fever.
	www.crankycritic.com /archive/clockers.html (699 words)

	Clockers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Clockers, though not as sturdy a film as Lee thinks it is, represents a turning point in the range of genres this prominent fl filmmaker has covered.
		Strike (Mekhi Phifer) is a "clocker," a drug pusher who works "around the clock," for a neighborhood drug lord named Rodney (Delroy Lindo), a slippery individual who keeps one step ahead of the cops on his trail.
		Clockers is indeed a film which showcases all the troubles normally associated with the nation's involvement in the drug war, with good cops, corrupt cops, and the dealers themselves as key players in the development of the story, but surprisingly, not a one of these characters comes off as a tired cliche.
	www.ajhakari.com /c/clockers.html (521 words)

	meaner streets
		Clockers is messy and didactic, but it's complex in a way that a tidy film can't be.
		Clockers is somewhere off to the side, loudly insisting on responsibility and sanity.
		Clockers is a story Spike Lee wishes he didn't have to tell.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/suspects.html (1462 words)

	African American Review: Which Way to the Promised Land?: Spike Lee's Clockers and the Legacy of the African American ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of Lee's primary concerns was to differentiate Clockers from "hood" films such as John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood (1991) and the Hughes Brothers' Menace II Society (1993).
		While Clockers is wholly conscious of and reliant upon the hood films immediately preceding it, the film occupies a different position from those with which it is most closely aligned.
		It is my assertion here that Clockers draws on elements of the hood chronotope--urban setting and contemporary time frame (aided by soundtrack, costuming, and extratextual references)--but revises them by setting up a dialogue between the hood's present and its past.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2838/is_2_35/ai_77828281 (1431 words)

	Amazon.com: Clockers: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Clockers is a murder mystery, complete with suspense and a twist ending, cloaked in an unconventional, raw street setting.
		Lastly, the issues broached by Clockers are current by today's standards, including AIDS, the questionable efficacy of drug busts, and the shiftlessness of ghetto kids who turn to pushing in the absence of concerned adults.
		Richard Price's "Clockers" is a gritty, honest, brutally realistic portrayal of a young drug dealer trying to go straight, set in a bleak urban landscape of a fictional New Jersey city (In reality it is Jersey City, since Price mentions real streets in his gripping narrative.).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060934980?v=glance (2712 words)

	Lee's 'Clockers':street smart but full o' tricks
		His last two films, Malcolm X and Crooklyn, suffered from their respectively classical and sentimental historicity while other African-American filmmakers have ris en to prominence by portraying the decay of the contemporary inner city.
		As a result, Clockers appears as a hybrid of the flourishing Black Urban Cinema and the equally blossoming school of Tarantino-ized, pseudo-progressive filmmaking.
		Clockers, based on the 1992 novel by Richard Price, is by no means a weak film; on the contrary, it boasts strong scenes and some fine performances.
	www.yaleherald.com /archive/xx/9.29.95/arts/clockers.html (946 words)

	'Clockers'
		he dilemma of "Clockers," Spike Lee's punishing, confused adaptation of Richard Price's novel about the urban drug trade, is summed up early on, during an impromptu debate between Strike (Mekhi Phifer) and his crew.
		Some of the young "clockers"—drug runners—working the project park benches think that the only "real" rappers are the hard ones, that rap should be tough and in-your-face because "that's what it's like out here." Others argue that rappers should stop glorifying crime and drugs, and start putting out the "positive" word on constructive change.
		The world of "Clockers" is not a world of chaos.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/clockersrhinson_c02cce.htm (779 words)

	Clockers
		Clockers is a gritty look at Harlem street life and the drug hewn path.
		When Rodney Little, a drug dealer who runs the kids peddling his poison on the street, asks Strike, his main corner clocker to perform a small service in the form of murder as a requisite for his moving up the drug ladder, Strike’s world turns upside down.
		Clockers is shot with total assurance by Lee.
	www.filmsondisc.com /dvdpages/clockers.htm (389 words)

	Clockers (1995) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Clockers is an intense and riveting thriller revolving around a young drug dealer named Strike and a murder outside an Ahab's Burger restaurant.
		The most interesting part of this movie is the relationships between the characters and how they deal with the situations life has placed them in.
		As you would expect from a Lee movie, the characters are complex and well-written with strong performances from the actors.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0112688 (472 words)

	Lee's Timely `Clockers' Gritty and Compelling
		`Clockers,'' out on video this week, has the strengths of Spike Lee's best work without the preachiness and gimmicky camera moves of his weakest.
		When a rival dealer is murdered, and Strike's straight-arrow brother Victor (Isaiah Washington) confesses to killing the man in self- defense, a veteran homicide detective (Harvey Keitel) suspects that Strike, in fact, pulled the trigger.
		What makes ``Clockers'' superior to most drug-and-gun potboilers is the skill with which it penetrates its characters' lives.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/1996/03/15/DD28922.DTL&type=printable (177 words)

	Notherby's :: Clockers
		So much so, that the story in "Clockers" completely overrides Spike's typically gimmicky visual tricks and (this is why I'm most proud of this film) his unabashed preachiness he seems to need to constantly insert in his projects.
		Very long story short, "Clockers" is the film that I was waiting for Spike Lee to make, because I knew he had it in him.
		There are some stylish and edgy camera angles, the acting is generally convincent and the characters complex enough (even if a bit stereotyped), but the movie is ultimately too long, the pacing slow, the plot unsurprising, the score melodramatic and the ending a bit weak and forced.
	www.northerbys.com /store/6303955924/Clockers.html (1748 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / High school / Football / Clockers get new gridiron coach
		The Clockers are 4-32 since the start of the 2001 season.
		The Clockers have not made a postseason appearance since 1995, when they beat Trinity Catholic in the Division 6B Super Bowl.
		Ashland's nine-year playoff drought is the fifth-longest streak in the league.
	www.boston.com /sports/schools/football/articles/2005/02/03/clockers_get_new_gridiron_coach (879 words)

	RollingStone.com: Clockers Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lee shot the film in Brooklyn, N.Y., but the locale could be any inner city where low-level crack dealers man the benches outside the projects.
		Strike, played by newcomer Mekhi Phifer, is a clocker working for Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo in an unnerving portrait of malignant cunning), a drug boss who uses a grocery store as a front.
		Clockers thunders home with the bruising urgency of a story that needs to be told.
	www.rollingstone.com /reviews/movie/_/id/5948055?afl=imdb&pageid=rs.ReviewsMovieArchive&pageregion=mainRegion& (402 words)

	Clockers (DVD) - Clockers (1995)..
		Shooting with a gritty, washed-out film stock, with startling moments of saturated primary color, CLOCKERS feels like a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the daily lives of a group of New York City drug dealers, featuring a star-making performance by Phifer.
		Clockers/B,C Universal/1995/129m/ANA 1.85 Clockers is a gritty look at Harlem street life and the drug hewn path.
		Lee's new release, Clockers, about a young drug salesman in New York, is perhaps his strongest to date in its use of imagery...
	www.hotdealsrock.com /hot/clockers-dvd-2564445-osk (448 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Clockers : Plot
		Clockers takes the structure of a police procedural to build a chilling portrait of despair, hope, and the unanswered problem of fl-on-fl crime in an urban housing project.
		Strike (Mekhi Phifer) is a 19-year-old African-American "clocker" -- the lowest link on the drug dealing chain -- who hangs around park benches and street corners selling small amounts of druges at all hours of the day.
		Drug kingpin Rodney (Delroy Lindo) asks Strike to kill another clocker, Darryl, for skimming money, saying that this will be Strike's ticket to a higher post in Rodney's organization.
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/93160/plot.jhtml (238 words)

	Clockers Reviews
		CLOCKERS A film review by Anthony E. Wright Copyright 1995 Anthony E. Wright more
		Spike Lee's CLOCKERS is another mixed bag from the director and considering the powerful novel from which he had to work, it must be considered somewhat of a disappointment.
		After the first 2 minutes of CLOCKERS, during which a parade of bloody crime scene photos are splashed on the screen, you'll be ready to put down your popcorn.
	www.killermovies.com /c/clockers/reviews (119 words)

	Spirituality & Health: Movie Review: Clockers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Clockers, Mekhi Phifer stars as Strike, a 19-year-old Brooklyn drug dealer with an ulcer and a hobby of collecting model trains.
		The pressure on him gets worse when Rodney (Delroy Lindo), his boss and surrogate father, orders him to execute a pusher who is stealing from him.
		The young dealer finds himself also under siege from a housing cop (Keith David) and increasingly enraged members of the community who are tired of seeing their children succumb to drugs and early death.
	www.spiritualityhealth.com /newsh/items/moviereview/item_4899.html (175 words)

	DVD Empire - Item - Clockers / DVD-Video
		Though not quite as good the second time around, "Clockers" is still a satisfying film with a another top-notch performance by Harvey Keitel.
		Of the 13 films that director Spike Lee has made, including his latest "Summer of Sam", which I recently saw, "Clockers" is for my money, his best film to date.
		A clocker is a street name for a 24-hour drug dealer.
	www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=3615&partner_id=10007512 (441 words)

	Clockers movie poster Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		Clockers [DVD] (1995) Spike Lee's forceful adaptation of Richard Price's acclaimed novel focuses on...
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	Clockers [Original Soundtrack]: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Clockers [Original Soundtrack]: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more
		The soundtrack to Spike Lee [+]'s adaptation of Richard Price's drug-dealer/murder drama Clockers [+] is alive with first-rank hip-hop and soul artists, accurately reflecting the urban sounds of 1995.
		From the smooth soul of Seal [+], Des'ree, and Chaka Khan [+], through the hip-hop/jazz fusions of Buckshot LeFonque [+], to the intense Crooklyn Dodgers [+] (Jeru The Damaja [+], Chubb Rock [+], O.C., and DJ Premier [+]), the Clockers [+] soundtrack offers a wide variety of style.
	www.music.com /release/clockers/1 (231 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: Clockers
		By and large, Lee has forgone the traditional concepts of moviemaking (to tell a cohesive, interesting, entertaining story) in favor of playing a lot of bad music, giving us some incomprehensible and overlapping dialogue, photographing some meaningless low-light images, and other sundry nonsense.
		A plot does exist: Strike (Mekhi Phifer) is a clocker (a drug dealer), and his boss (Delroy Lindo, a shameless Samuel L. Jackson wannabe) sends Strike to kill the local fast food franchise's night manager.
		While Clockers has its moments, they are few and far between.
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/ddb5490109a79f598625623d0015f1e4/ee92a2686d39cbf98625623d0019447d?OpenDocument (451 words)

	FILM REVIEW -- Lee's Timely `Clockers' / Vivid, gritty look at deadly street life
		That's why ``Clockers,'' which opens today at Bay Area theaters, is such a terrific leap.
		When a rival dealer is murdered, and Strike's straight-arrow brother Victor (Isaiah Washington) confesses to killing the man in self-defense, a veteran homicide detective (Harvey Keitel) suspects that Strike, in fact, pulled the trigger.
		What makes ``Clockers'' so special, and so superior to most drug- and-gun potboilers, is the skill with which it penetrates its characters' lives.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/09/13/DD65334.DTL (645 words)

	Clockers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Clockers is about the life of a young fl man named "Strike" who makes his living selling drugs on the park benches all day long, hence the name clocker.
		His paternal drug kingpin, played masterfully by Delroy Lindo, tells Strike, played by Mekhi Phifer, to kill a fast-food night manager who was rumored to have sexually abused one of his employees as revenge.
		The most interesting part to me was how the film showed the life of a clocker who is smart enough to stay away from his own product.
	www.pitt.edu /~mandel/movies/clock.htm (403 words)

	Richard Price speaks about book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The narrative causes the reader to think about, and question, prevalent conceptions -- and miscon ceptions -- and negative stereotypes.
		Following his reading and a book-signing reception, Price came to the Willard Straight Theatre to introduce the movie Clockers, based on his novel and adapted for the screen by director Spike Lee.
		Price explained how his novel was first purchased by Universal for director Martin Scorcese, but by the time 600 pages were peeled off the original for a suitable 120 -page screenplay, Scorcese and actor Robert DeNiro, who was also interested in the project, had decided to do the movie Casino, instead.
	www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/96/2.29.96/price.html (393 words)

	Tower Records - Clockers(Na 08-04) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		CLOCKERS was originally supposed to be directed by Martin Scorsese, with Robert DeNiro in the role of Rocco Klein.
		An up-and-coming Brooklyn "clocker" (an all-hours crack cocaine dealer) has his existence turned upside down when his law-abiding brother takes the rap for the murder of a rival dealer.
		A gritty, realistic adaptation of Richard Price's best-selling novel, the film is shot in provocative, evocative style by Spike Lee, starring Delroy Lindo, Harvey Keitel, Isaiah Washington, and Mekhi Phifer.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1411221 (471 words)

	The Superhero Hype! Boards - Is Superman really being fair when
		Originally posted by Clockers Jr Than why does he pose with the american flag so much the flag doesn't exactly mean worldwide unity or saving lifes.
		Originally posted by Clockers Jr But what is Superman definition of Truth and Justice from a capitalistic perspective or a socialism perspective.
		Originally posted by Clockers Jr Americas history with immigrants isn't exactly a disney story remember what the Irish and the jews had to go through when they came into america from the old country.
	www.superherohype.com /forums/showthread.php?t=97109 (1026 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Clockers (Stdk) - Terence Blanchard at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I never saw the movie, Clockers, but fell in love with a song sung by Chaka Khan.
		I searched and searched trying to find this song on one of her old CDs, but was told by the clerk that the song I desired was on the Clockers’ soundtrack.
		So, instead of buying it full price (since it was “old” by this time) I snatched it from a local used CD dealer.
	www.epinions.com /musc-review-65FC-4EDFD6-38C964F7-prod4 (899 words)

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