Malcolm X

Directed by	Spike Lee
Written by	Alex Haley, Malcolm X
Starring	Denzel Washington Angela Bassett Al Freeman, Jr. Albert Hall Delroy Lindo Spike Lee
Produced by	Marvin Worth, Spike Lee
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	November 18, 1992
Runtime	202 min.
Language	English
Budget	$34,000,000 (estimated)
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Main cast

• Denzel Washington - Malcolm X
• Angela Bassett - Betty Shabazz
• Albert Hall - Baines
• Al Freeman, Jr. - Elijah Muhammad
• Delroy Lindo - West Indian Archie
• Spike Lee - Shorty
• Theresa Randle - Laura
• Lonette McKee - Louise Little

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• Christopher Plummer - Chaplain Gill
• Karen Allen - Miss Dunne
• Peter Boyle - Captain Green
• William Kunstler - The Judge
• Nelson Mandela - Soweto Teacher
• Ossie Davis - Eulogy Performer

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Plot summary

The life and times of the famous African-American activist Malcolm X. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a preacher) was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster known on the street as "Detroit Red" and while in jail, discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when out of jail, but later goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. He changes his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz and stops his anti-white teachings, as he realizes the error of his ways. He is later assassinated and dies a Muslim Martyr in 1965 in New York City. African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans, or blacks, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West Africa. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930 with a declared aim of resurrecting the spiritual, mental, social and economic condition of the black man and woman of America and the world. ... This article is about the holy city in Saudi Arabia. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ...

Quotes

• Ruby: (to Malcolm) I'm half wop, I'm half nigger. I'm not afraid of nobody.
• Baines: (to Malcolm) A man curses because he doesn't have the words to say what's on his mind.
• Malcolm X: We didn't land on Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock landed on us!
• Captain Green: (witnessing Malcolm's control over a mob) That's too much power for one man to have.
• Malcolm X: The only thing I like integrated is my coffee.
• Elijah Muhammad: (to Malcolm) You will be in the public eye. Beware of them cameras. Oh, them cameras are bad as any narcotic.
• Malcolm X: (to Betty) We had the best organization a black man's ever had. Niggers ruined it.