Denzel Washington deserved an Oscar for 'Malcolm X': Spike Lee
Denzel Washington deserved an Oscar for 'Malcolm X': Spike Lee
NEW DELHI: (May 20) Filmmaker Spike Lee, who premiered his new film "Highest 2 Lowest" at the Cannes Film Festival, believes his friend and frequent collaborator Denzel Washington deserved an Oscar for his role in "Malcolm X".
Lee's "Highest 2 Lowest" is a modern take on Akira Kurosawa's "High and Low" and stars Washington as a music executive and has generated a lot of buzz in the festival where it screened out of competition.
Directed by Lee, "Malcolm X" released in 1992 and featured Washington as African-American activist Malcolm X, an influential civil rights activist who was assassinated at the age of 39 in 1965.
