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Denzel Washington, Spike Lee and A$AP Rocky (and Rihanna!) Stun Cannes as ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Earns 5.5-Minute Ovation


Denzel Washington, Spike Lee and A$AP Rocky brought NYC to Cannes with the premiere of Spike Lee's neo-noir crime thriller "Highest 2 Lowest."

Denzel Washington, Spike Lee and A$AP Rocky brought New York City to Cannes for the world premiere of their neo-noir crime thriller “Highest 2 Lowest,” which earned a five and a half-minute second standing ovation. “Highest 2 Lowest,” an English-language remake of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 film “High and Low,” is set in modern day New York and stars Washington as a music mogul tied up in a life-or-death ransom plot. Alongside Washington and Rocky, “Highest 2 Lowest” stars Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, Ice Spice (in her film debut), Dean Winters, John Douglas Thompson, LaChanze, Aubrey Joseph, Michael Potts and Wendell Pierce.

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