Bamboozled
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.
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- ISBN: 9781681437019
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Physical Description
videodisc
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. |