She Hate Me
She Hate Me movie poster.
Directed by	Spike Lee
Produced by	Jean Cazes, Jamel Debbouze, Spike Lee
Written by	Michael Genet
Starring	Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Kristina Klebe Monica Bellucci, Jim Brown, Brian Dennehy, Woody Harrelson, Jamel Debbouze, Bai Ling, Q-Tip, Dania Ramirez, Lonette McKee, Paula Jai Parker, Sarita Choudhury, John Turturro, Ossie Davis, Reynaldo Rosales
Music by	Terence Blanchard
Distributed by	Sony Pictures
Release date(s)	July 30, 2004
Running time	138 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

She Hate Me is a 2004 LGBT independent comedy-drama feature film directed by Spike Lee and starring Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, and Ellen Barkin. Image File history File links She-Hate-Me. ... Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award - winning, and Academy Award - nominated American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with controversial social and political issues. ... Jamel Debbouze (Arabic: ‎) (born June 18, 1975) is a French actor, comedian and producer of Moroccan descent, born in Paris. ... Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award - winning, and Academy Award - nominated American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with controversial social and political issues. ... Anthony Mackie (born September 23, 1979 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American actor. ... Kerry Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress. ... Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. ... Kristina Klebe (born November 23, 1988) is an American actress who recently starred in Rob Zombies film Halloween as Lynda Van Der Klok. ... Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (born September 30, 1964) is an Italian actress and former fashion model. ... Jim Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor and social activist. ... Brian Dennehy (born July 9, 1938) is a two-time Tony Award-winning American actor who has appeared in movies, on television, and performed in live theater. ... Woodrow Woody Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated actor. ... Jamel Debbouze (Arabic: ‎) (born June 18, 1975) is a French actor, comedian and producer of Moroccan descent, born in Paris. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Bai Bai Ling (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) (born October 10, 1961[1]) is a Chinese actress who has also attained fame in the United States. ... Q-Tip (born Jonathan Davis in Brooklyn, New York), USA, is a North American hip-hop emcee, actor, and hip hop producer who was the leader of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest. ... Dania Ramirez (Born November 8, 1980) is a film and television actress from the Dominican Republic. ... Lonette McKee (born July 22, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan) is an African-American television and film actress. ... Paula Jai Parker (born August 19, 1969) is an African-American actress and comedian. ... Sarita Choudhury (born 1966 in London, England) is a British-born actress of Indian descent best known for her roles in the Mira Nair-directed feature films Mississippi Masala (1992), The Perez Family (1995) and Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996). ... John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Five Corners (1987), Men of Respect (1991), Quiz Show (1994), Monday Night Mayhem (1999), Secret Window (2004), The... Ossie Davis in The Green Pastures, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1951 Ossie Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an African American film actor, director and social activist. ... Reynaldo Raul Rosales (born in Paducah, Kentucky, United States) is an American actor. ... Terence Blanchard (b. ... Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is the television and film production unit of Japan-based corporate giant Sony. ... is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... The initialism LGBT also GLBT is in use (since the 1990s) to refer collectively to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ... Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award - winning, and Academy Award - nominated American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with controversial social and political issues. ... Anthony Mackie (born September 23, 1979 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American actor. ... Kerry Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress. ... Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. ...

The controversial film, as with many of Lee's, touches on comedy, drama, and politics. Unlike many of his previous films, Spike Lee does not have an acting credit in this film. A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ...

The film was shot entirely on location in New York City, including each of the city's five boroughs in one way or another. It was nominated for various awards (see below), but did not claim a win in any of the categories in which it was nominated. She Hate Me was released in July 2004 and grossed almost half a million dollars at the box office in limited release.^[1] New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Five Boroughs of New York City The Five Boroughs is a colloquialism often used by residents of New York City to unambiguously refer to the city itself, as opposed to any particular borough or to the greater metropolitan area. ... The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ...

Plot

John Henry 'Jack' Armstrong is a financially successful and upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm who, following the suicide of a colleague, Dr. Herman Schiller, is falsely accused of securities fraud by his superior, Leland Powell (Woody Harrelson). Armstrong's assets are frozen, and he finds himself unable to maintain his quality of life. The structure of insulin Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. ... For a discussion of the legal actions for securities fraud in the United States under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, see the Wiki entry for the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. ... Woodrow Woody Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated actor. ...

In order to make ends meet, he becomes a sperm donor, initially by acquiescing to the desires of his former fiancée, Fatima Goodrich (Kerry Washington), who had come out as a lesbian, to have a child. Although there is still unresolved bitterness and tension between them over Armstrong and Goodrich's prior relationship, she and her girlfriend, Alex Guerrero (Dania Ramirez), offer him a substantial sum of money to impregnate them both. This leads to Goodrich goading Armstrong into establishing a business in which groups of lesbians come over to his house and pay him $10,000 each to have sex with them in order to become pregnant. A sperm donor is a person who gives or more usually sells his sperm, to a sperm bank, primarily for the purpose of assisting a woman anonymous to him to conceive via artificial insemination. ... Kerry Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress. ... This article is about same-sex desire and sexuality among women. ... Dania Ramirez (Born November 8, 1980) is a film and television actress from the Dominican Republic. ...

One of the women who Armstrong impregnates is the daughter of a mafia boss, Don Angelo Bonasera (played by John Turturro). Armstrong's employers learn of his impregnation business, and they use it in their campaign to sully his image in order to deflect attention from their own criminal business activities. Conflict is also depicted in the turbulent relationship between Armstrong's mother and his dependent diabetic father (Jim Brown). This article is about the criminal society. ... John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Five Corners (1987), Men of Respect (1991), Quiz Show (1994), Monday Night Mayhem (1999), Secret Window (2004), The... Jim Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor and social activist. ...

At the film's climax, Armstrong's situation is portrayed as a cause celebre, with protests being held in support of or against him, and the news media interviewing people on the street with respect to his sexual activities. Armstrong is called before a committee of the United States Senate investigating his alleged securities fraud, where both his services to lesbians and his relationship to the "Bonasera crime family" are raised. Cause c bre is a French phrase, literally meaning famous case, referring to events, frequently famous legal cases, that attract public attention and controversy. ... Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States...

Armstrong's situation is compared, both by cutaway scenes and by direct reference in dialogue, to the plight of Frank Wills, the security guard who discovered the break-in that led to the Watergate scandal, which brought down President Nixon. He eventually wins the case and is seen with nineteen of the children he helped his lesbian acquaintances make at the end. Frank Wills (February 4, 1948 – September 27, 2000) was the security guard who uncovered the break-in that led to the Watergate scandal. ... A security officer guards a construction site in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Watergate redirects here. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ...

By the end of the film, Armstrong and Goodrich have come to terms with their lingering feelings for one another, and with the mutual attraction they share with Guerrero. They then begin a three-way polyamorous relationship, and Armstrong apparently maintains a friendship with all of the eighteen women who became pregnant by him. Polyamory (from Greek (, literally “multiple”) and Latin (literally “love”)) is the desire, practice, or acceptance of having more than one loving, intimate relationship at a time with the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved. ...

Taglines

• One heterosexual male. 18 lesbians. His fee $10,000... each.

• 18 women want children. Jack is a white collar whistle-blower in need of a job.

• From the director of "She's Gotta Have It" and "25th Hour," a new film about one heterosexual male and 18 lesbians.

Production information

• Spike Lee came up with the title from watching XFL football. A player named Rod Smart gained some notoriety by nicknaming himself He Hate Me; the main character references Smart when explaining why he has decided to nickname his ex-fiancée "She Hate Me".

• John Henry "Jack"'s name alludes to the legend of John Henry, where the man worked hard against his opponent (the steel driving machine) and won, but soon after dies of heart failure. This symbolizes the Black man's plight against racism, classism and oppression by actively working to better himself and when he "achieves" this goal, he dies.

• Raul Midon sang the theme song for the movie, "Adam 'N' Eve 'N' Eve". Also, Armstrong's brother disapproved of his impregnating lesbians and used the phrase "Adam 'N' Eve 'N' Eve", too.

• Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. appears in the film as Agent Amos Flood, the same exact role he played in the Spike Lee film 25th Hour but the movies are not sequels and are completely different in style.

• This was the last film featuring Ossie Davis, as he died in February 2005.

• Some real human births are seen with accompanying graphic nudity and related bodily fluids. A live human birth is also portrayed in another Spike Lee film, Mo' Better Blues.

• Jack Armstrong is shown wearing a baseball shirt that simply reads "1918." This is a reference to the last year the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. The Red Sox are the long-time rivals of the New York Yankees; Lee is a well-known fan of the Yankees.

• German Actor David Bennent re-appears after a long film career absence, and portrays the German scientist who 'jumps' to his end and creates one of the best, most bittersweet moments of the film. He will long be remembered as the all-observing little Oskar in V.Schloendorf's nazi-era drama 'the Tin Drum'.

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Award nominations

• BET Comedy Awards
  • Outstanding Directing for a Theatrical Film (Spike Lee)
  • Outstanding Writing for a Theatrical Film (Michael Genet and Spike Lee)

• Black Reel Awards
  • Best Breakthrough Performance (Anthony Mackie)
  • Best Director (Spike Lee)
  • Best Original Score (Terence Blanchard)
  • Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted (Michael Genet and Spike Lee)