Summary
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.
Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection ; 1019. |
| Subjects |
African Americans in television broadcasting
-- Drama.
African Americans on television -- Drama. Mass media and race relations -- United States -- Drama. Blackface entertainers -- Drama. Minstrel shows -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Parody films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [Irvington, New York?] :The Criterion Collection,2020 |
| Edition | Director-approved two-DVD special edition, Widescreen. |
| Contributors |
Kilik, Jon,
film producer. Lee, Spike, film producer, screenwriter, film director. Wayans, Damon, actor. Glover, Savion, actor. Smith, Jada Pinkett, 1971- actor. Davidson, Tommy, actor. Rapaport, Michael, actor. Mos Def (Rapper), actor. Mooney, Paul, 1941-2021 actor. Blanchard, Terence, composer. New Line Cinema Corporation, presenter. Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Mos Def, Paul Mooney. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Ellen Kuras ; editor, Sam Pollard ; music, Terence Blanchard. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Language |
English In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Accompanying material may include folded insert featuring an essay by film programmer and critic Ashley Clark. Special features include: audio commentary from 2001 featuring Spike Lee; new conversation between Spike Lee and film programmer and critic Ashley Clark; new interviews with choreographer and actor Savion Glover, actor Tommy Davidson, and costume designer Ruth E. Carter; On blackface and the minstrel show, a new interview program featuring film and media scholar Racquel Gates; The making of Bamboozled (2001), a documentary featuring cast and crew; deleted scenes; music videos for the Mau Maus' "Blak iz blak" and Gerald Levert's "Dream with no love"; alternate parody commercials created for the film; poster gallery; trailer. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.77:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 5.1 surround. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 9781681437019 1681437015 |
| Other | Classic View |