Freak (film)

Freak
The poster for Freak.
Directed by	Spike Lee
Produced by	Denis Biggs
Written by	David Bar Katz John Leguizamo
Starring	John Leguizamo
Distributed by	Home Box Office
Release dates	October 10, 1998 (1998-10-10)
Running time	60 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Freak is a 1998 film directed by Spike Lee. The film is a live performance of John Leguizamo's one man show on Broadway of the same name. Leguizamo's show was semi-autobiographical as he would talk about many aspects of his life. In the performance piece, he also talks about family members such as his parents, grandparents, uncle, and his younger brother.^[1] The film premiered on HBO.

The show was a commercial and critical success and garnered Leguizamo and members of the production crew several awards and nominations.^[2] The making of this film prompted Lee to cast Leguizamo in the lead role of his next film the following year, Summer of Sam. Leguizamo followed this performance up with the Broadway show Sexaholix: A Love Story in 2001.

References

External links

Freak at the Internet Movie Database

Spike Lee

Filmography Awards and nominations

Feature films directed	She's Gotta Have It (1986) School Daze (1988) Do the Right Thing (1989) Mo' Better Blues (1990) Jungle Fever (1991) Malcolm X (1992) Crooklyn (1994) Clockers (1995) Girl 6 (1996) Get on the Bus (1996) He Got Game (1998) Summer of Sam (1999) Bamboozled (2000) 25th Hour (2002) She Hate Me (2004) Inside Man (2006) Miracle at St. Anna (2008) Red Hook Summer (2012) Oldboy (2013) Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014) Chi-Raq (2015)

Documentaries directed	4 Little Girls (1997) Freak (1998) The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) A Huey P. Newton Story (2001) The Concert for New York City (2001, "Come Rain or Come Shine") Jim Brown: All-American (2002) When the Levees Broke (2006) Kobe Doin' Work (2009) Passing Strange (2009) If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010) Bad 25 (2012) Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)

Other films directed	Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983) Lumière and Company (1995) Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002, segment "We Wuz Robbed") All the Invisible Children (2005, segment "Jesus Children of America")

Television film	Sucker Free City (2004)

Related articles	40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Bill Lee Joie Lee David Lee Cinqué Lee Malcolm D. Lee

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