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| Category | Playstation Portable DVDs, UMD Video Movies, Dramas Videos, Action, Coming Of Age, Self-Discovery, Social Issues, Videos, Race Relations, Campus Life | | Starring | Omar Epps, Michael Rapaport, Kristy Swanson, Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Tyra Banks, Regina King, Jennifer Connelly, Cole Hauser, Busta Rhymes | | Director | John Singleton | | Art Director | Richard Holland | | Composer | Stanley Clarke | | Costume Designer | Carol Oditz | | Director of Photography | Peter Lyons Collister | | Editor | Bruce Cannon | | Producer | John Singleton, Paul Hall, Dwight Williams | | Production Designer | Keith Brian Burns | | Screenwriter | John Singleton |
Kristy Swanson Omar Epps and Michael Rapaport star as first-term freshmen who get a crash course in diversity identity and sexuality in writer/director John Singleton's bold look at contemporary college life. Also starring Laurence Fishburne Ice Cube Busta Rhymes Jennifer Connelly and Tyra Banks. Running Time: 127 minutes The third installment in John Singleton's trilogy about South Central Los Angeles, HIGHER LEARNING examines mid-1990s university politics from racial, sexual, and economic standpoints. At fictional Columbus University (where a statue of the explorer stands witness to the dominant culture's supremacy), three freshman arrive to find a campus ready to explode. Malik (Omar Epps) wavers among the influences of revolution-preaching super-senior Fudge (Ice Cube), no-excuses Professor Phipps (Laurence Fishburne), and his motivated girlfriend Deja (Tyra Banks). Kristen (Kristy Swanson), another neophyte, is thrown into sexual confusion when she meets a charismatic lesbian, while the socially inept Remy (Michael Rapaport) can only fit in with the local skinheads. The storylines cross and complicate as each character tries to discover what's right, but the potential for violence grows with every wrong choice they make. Singleton recruited an emsemble of considerable talent to flesh out the complex plot, which allows him to deal efficiently with a breadth of concerns without preaching. The film was shot on location in Los Angeles, California, partly on the UCLA campus.
The soundtrack includes songs by Ice Cube, The Brand New Heavies, Me'Shell Ndege Ocello, Liz Phair, Tori Amos, and Rage Against the Machine.
Higher Learning Reviews: "...[The] cast is solid....Ice Cube scores effectively....Fishburne is all commanding charisma..."
-- Todd McCarthy, Variety "...Singleton remains a fluid filmmaker who works well with actors..."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "...[Singleton] sees with a clear eye and a strong will, and is not persuaded by fashionable ideologies. His movies are thought-provoking because he uses familiar kinds of characters and then asks hard questions about them..."-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "...An unapologetically confrontational film..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...[An] appealing cast..."
-- Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today Higher Learning | List Price | $14.94 (You save $5.15) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1994 | | All Time Sales Rank |  97716  | | CD Universe Part number | 7640131 | | Catalog number | 25960 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 20, 2008 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 127 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
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