25TH Hour

If you were going to spend seven years in prison, how would you spend your last twenty four hours of freedom? How do you say goodbye to your loved ones?
Monty Brogan (a brilliant Edward Norton) has just been caught with a large portion of narcotics in his possession by the DEA. He has been informed that he has twenty fours before he will be imprisoned for seven years in the New York State penitentiary. It is in these twenty four hours that director Spike Lee (Malcolm X, Summer of Sam) wishes to examine the psyche of Monty Brogan and how he intends on utilizing his last day in the outside world.
Monty is faced with the dilemmas of explaining to his father his situation, farewelling his friends and girlfriend, ultimately tying up all the loose ends. The story also focuses on Frank Slaughtery (Barry Pepper) and Jacob Elinsky (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), Monty’s two best friends, and the way in which they behave in the lead up to spending one final night with their friend before he exits...