Detroit

2017
R
2h 23m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

57K

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Anthony Mackie, Will Poulter, John Boyega, and Algee Smith in Detroit (2017)

Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.

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Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

57K

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See production info at IMDbPro

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- 4 wins & 21 nominations

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Trivia
Using a style she first adopted with The Hurt Locker (2008), director Kathryn Bigelow deployed three or four cameras at a time, keeping them in constant motion around the actors. Bigelow preferred to light the entire set to give the performers more flexibility to move around. She didn't block a scene for the camera by plotting out a series of close-ups and wide shots, instead filming everything in a few takes to keep the emotions as raw as possible. "After two or three takes, I have it," she said.

Goofs
The telephones in the hotel rooms and elsewhere have handsets with modular connectors and flexible cords. Phones like that weren't available nationwide until the 1970s, but they were available in Detroit in 1961.

Quotes
Carl: When you're black, it's almost like having a gun pointing right at your face.

Crazy credits
Before end credits: "The facts around the murders at the Algiers Motel on July 25th, 1967 were never conclusively established in a criminal proceeding. As a result, portions of this film were constructed and dramatized based on the recollections of the participants and available documents."

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: John Boyega/Rhett & Link/Kygo & Ellie Goulding (2017)

Soundtracks
(I Know) I'm Losing You
Written by Cornelius Grant, Eddie Holland (as Edward Holland Jr.) and Norman Whitfield
Performed by The Temptations
Courtesy of Motown Records
Under license from Universal Music Enteprises

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Featured review

8/10

Intense, emotional and a must watch.

This movie has a very intense pace. It's a story who had to be told and I believe that Directress Bigelow does it very well. In every frame there is something interesting going on and some kind of challenge. This gives a special feeling of how terrible things were at the time. I just have some trouble with the characters depth because it never really fleshes out the characters. Also some characters appear in a certain cliché way. You care and feel for them through the visual atrocities and because of the rejection of racism but not because you like the character on an emotional level. If you want to see a movie with a point of view and want to be emotionally moved then this is for you.