The film was shot on location in Brooklyn, New York.
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CROOKLYN was released theatrically in May 1994.
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Zelda Harris, the 9-year old who plays Troy in CROOKLYN, was pulled from an open audition of more than 1,000 children. Before the film, Zelda appeared in an episode of I'LL FLY AWAY and on public television's SESAME STREET.
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The script for CROOKLYN was jointly written by Joie Susannah Lee, Spike Lee and their brother Cinqué Lee. According to interviews with the Lee family trio, Cinqué and Joie Susannah wrote the initial screenplay. Spike told reporters that his contribution was minimal--apparently he only rewrote the screenplay to give the script some structure. This is the first script Spike Lee has coauthored with siblings.
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Trumpeter Terence Blanchard, a key figure in the resurgence of jazz composition for film, has composed two scores for Spike Lee besides CROOKLYN: JUNGLE FEVER and MALCOLM X.
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CROOKLYN is a semi-autobiographical work. The Lees claim, however, that it isn't really based on their family. "This is a fictitious family, very, very, loosely based on my recollections growing up," Spike told reporters. According to the Lees, CROOKLYN is really a composite of childhood experiences, not all of which are taken from their family.
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