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Bamboozled

Lee, Spike, (screenwriter,, film producer,, film director.). Kilik, Jon, (film producer.). Smith, Jada Pinkett, 1971- (actor.). Wayans, Damon, (actor.). Glover, Savion, (actor,, choreographer.). Davidson, Tommy, (actor.). Blanchard, Terence, (composer (expression)). New Line Cinema Corporation, (production company,, presenter.). Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Jada Pinkett Smith, Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Paul Mooney. (Cast).

Dark, biting satire of the television industry. A frustrated writer devises a plan to revive the minstrel show; but instead of white actors in black face, the show stars black actors in even blacker face. Directed by Spike Lee.

DVD  - 2020
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Subject
Blackface entertainers > Drama.
Minstrel shows > Drama.
African Americans on television > Drama.
African Americans in television broadcasting > Drama.
Mass media and race relations > United States > Drama.
Genre
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
  • ISBN: 9781681437019
  • Physical Description 2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition Criterion collection.
  • Publisher [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Wide screen (1.78:1)..
Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.
Special features: audio commentary from 2001 featuring Lee; new conversation between Lee and film programmer and critic Ashley Clark; new interviews with choreographer and actor Avion Glover, actor Tommy Davidson and costume designer Ruth E. Carter; On Blackface and minstrel show; the making of "Bamboozled" a documentary; deleted scenes; post gallary and trailers; plus an essay by Clark.
GMD: videodisc.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Choreography, Savion Glover ; editor, Sam Pollard ; director of photogrpahy, Ellen Kuras ; music, Terence Blanchard.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jada Pinkett Smith, Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Paul Mooney.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: R; for some violence and strong language.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, 5.1 suround; wide screen (1.78:1).
Language Note:
In English.

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