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2 unusual facts about Jungle Fever


Jack Travis

He designed Spike Lee's home and was the architectural consultant for Lee's film Jungle Fever.

Willacoochee, Georgia

In the movie Jungle Fever, Rev. Purify (played by Ossie Davis), Flipper Purify's (played by Wesley Snipes) father, makes reference to being born in Willacoochee.


Minnie Gentry

During the 1940s, Gentry performed in a number of Broadway productions and later appeared in several films, including School Daze, Def by Temptation, and Jungle Fever, as well as the television series All My Children and The Cosby Show.


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Jones the Rhythm

The song includes a spoken introduction by Ian McShane, reciting a passage from Jean-Paul Goude's biography Jungle Fever, which was in parts used for the "Slave to the Rhythm" music video.