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Bamboozled / New Line Cinema presents ; 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks ; written and directed by Spike Lee.

Contributor(s):

Lee, Spike [writing,, direction.]

Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: New Line platinum seriesPublication details: United States : New Line Cinema, 2000 ; United States : New Line Home Entertainment, Edition: [DVD version includes commentary by Spike Lee, deleted scenes, documentary on the making of the film, animated art gallery, music videos, theatrical trailer, cast and crew filmographies; in addition it has DVD-ROM features allowing you to access the film directly from the screenplay (when played on a PC with a DVD-ROM drive). Includes English subtitles]Content type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

projected

Carrier type:

unspecified

ISBN:

0780634063
9780780634060

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

[Fic]

Contents:

Special features: Outtakes, music videos ; trailer

Production credits:

Original music by Terence Blanchard; director of photography, Ellen Kuras; film editing by Sam Pollard; production design by Victor Kempster; art direction by Harry Darrow; set decoration by Ford Wheeler; costume design by Ruth Carter.

Cast: Damon Wayans (Pierre Delacroix); Savion Glover (Manray/Mantan); Jada Pinkett-Smith (Sloan Hopkins); Tommy Davidson (Womack/Sleep'n Eat); Michael Rapaport (Thomas Dunwitty); Thomas Jefferson Byrd (Honeycutt); Paul Mooney (Junebug); Sarah Jones (Dot); Gillian Iliana Waters (Verna); Susan Batson (Orchid Dothan). Mau Maus: Mos Def (Big Blak Afrika (i.e., Julius Hopkins)); MC Serch (1/16th Blak); Gano Grills (Double Blak); Canibus (Mo Blak); DJ Scratch (Jo Blak); Charli Baltimore (Smooth Blak); Mums (i.e. muMs da Schemer) (Hard Blak). Pickaninnys: Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (Topsy); Tyheesha Collins (Aunt Jemima); Cartier Williams (Lil'nigger Jim); Jason Bernard (Jungle Bunny); Baakari Wilder (Sambo); Sekou Torbet (Rastus Imhotep). Gary Byrd, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Rev. Al Sharpton, Matthew Modine, and Mira Sorvino (themselves).Summary: "A frustrated African American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin it becomes a hit. ... Dark, biting satire of the television industry, focusing on an Ivy-League educated black writer at a major network. Frustrated that his ideas for a Cosby show-esque take on the black family has been rejected by network brass, he devises an outlandish scheme: reviving the minstrel show. The hook: instead of white actors in black face, the show stars black actors in even blacker face. The show becomes an instant smash, but with the success also comes repercussions for all involved"--Internet movie database, as viewed on March 23, 2007.

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Damon Wayans (Pierre Delacroix); Savion Glover (Manray/Mantan); Jada Pinkett-Smith (Sloan Hopkins); Tommy Davidson (Womack/Sleep'n Eat); Michael Rapaport (Thomas Dunwitty); Thomas Jefferson Byrd (Honeycutt); Paul Mooney (Junebug); Sarah Jones (Dot); Gillian Iliana Waters (Verna); Susan Batson (Orchid Dothan). Mau Maus: Mos Def (Big Blak Afrika (i.e., Julius Hopkins)); MC Serch (1/16th Blak); Gano Grills (Double Blak); Canibus (Mo Blak); DJ Scratch (Jo Blak); Charli Baltimore (Smooth Blak); Mums (i.e. muMs da Schemer) (Hard Blak). Pickaninnys: Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (Topsy); Tyheesha Collins (Aunt Jemima); Cartier Williams (Lil'nigger Jim); Jason Bernard (Jungle Bunny); Baakari Wilder (Sambo); Sekou Torbet (Rastus Imhotep). Gary Byrd, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Rev. Al Sharpton, Matthew Modine, and Mira Sorvino (themselves).

Original music by Terence Blanchard; director of photography, Ellen Kuras; film editing by Sam Pollard; production design by Victor Kempster; art direction by Harry Darrow; set decoration by Ford Wheeler; costume design by Ruth Carter.

Credits supplied from: Internet movie database, as viewed on March 23, 2007.

Originally distributed by New Line Cinema.

Playing time on release was 135 min., according to: Internet movie database, as viewed on March 23, 2007.

Originally released in 1.78:1 aspect ratio.

"A frustrated African American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin it becomes a hit. ... Dark, biting satire of the television industry, focusing on an Ivy-League educated black writer at a major network. Frustrated that his ideas for a Cosby show-esque take on the black family has been rejected by network brass, he devises an outlandish scheme: reviving the minstrel show. The hook: instead of white actors in black face, the show stars black actors in even blacker face. The show becomes an instant smash, but with the success also comes repercussions for all involved"--Internet movie database, as viewed on March 23, 2007.