‘Highest 2 Lowest' trailer: Denzel Washington is targeted with a ransom plot in his latest collaboration with Spike Lee
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Highest 2 Lowest stars two-time Oscar winner Washington as a powerful New York music mogul whose son, played by Aubrey Joseph, is kidnapped and held for ransom. 'Somebody's got our son,' Washington's character, David King, says in the trailer. The cast also includes Ilfenesh Hadera as Lomg's wife, as well as Jeffrey Wright and A$AP Rocky, who not only appears in the film but also contributes new original music to the soundtrack.
THE BACKSTORY
Inspired by Akira Kurosawa's 1963 classic High and Low, the film is a tense crime thriller set in present-day New York. It had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and generated strong early buzz. Lee has previously shared that he was heavily influenced by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Kurosawa, whose work he first encountered as a film student.
WHO'S BEHIND THE SCENES
High and Low was an adaptation of the novel King's Ransom by Ed McBain. The original screenplay was written by Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, and Eijirō Hisaita. This modern retelling was scripted by William Alan Fox and produced by Todd Black and Jason Michael Berman.
AWARDS CHANCES
With Washington leading the cast and Lee behind the camera, Oscar buzz is inevitable. Washington has already won two Oscars, while Lee received an honorary Oscar in 2015 and went on to win his first competitive Oscar in 2019 for writing BlacKkKlansman. Wright, a previous Emmy and Tony winner, adds even more awards chatter to the ensemble.
WHEN CAN I WATCH IT?
Highest 2 Lowest is in theaters on Aug.15 and streaming on Apple TV+ Sept. 5
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