Get on the Bus

1996
15
2h

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

6.2K

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Home Video Trailer from Columbia Pictures

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Adventure Drama History

A disparate group of African-American men travel by bus to Washington, DC for the Million Man March.A disparate group of African-American men travel by bus to Washington, DC for the Million Man March.A disparate group of African-American men travel by bus to Washington, DC for the Million Man March.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

6.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations

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Trailer 2:24

Get On the Bus

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Trivia
Rather than seek studio financing, Spike Lee financed the film with monetary contributions from famous black men so as to reflect the spirit of the Million Man March. The contributors included (but were not limited to): Will Smith, Danny Glover, Wesley Snipes, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., and Robert Guillaume.

Goofs
While driving from South Los Angeles to Washington DC, the bus takes the Pasadena Freeway north from downtown LA. This freeway ends in Pasadena and is not the way one would travel across the country. Furthermore, a bus of this size would not be permitted on this freeway.

Quotes
Flip: Oh my God, a gay black republican. Now I've seen everything!

Crazy credits
Recumbent riders: Carol and Ken Lyon, who just happened to ride through the set on their Cross-Country Ramble from Ventura, CA, to Galveston, TX.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Sleepers/Get on the Bus/To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday/Jude/Swingers (1996)

Soundtracks
On The Line
Written by Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds (as Babayface)
Used by Permission of Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ECAF Music (BMI)
Produced by Babyface for ECAF Productions, Inc.
Performed by The King of Pop, Michael Jackson
Courtesy of EPIC Records

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Featured review

8/10

Spike Lee's best work

Let me begin by letting you know I am neither black or white. I say this so you don't think I speak from a particular bias. I firmly believe that Spike Lee captured the central epic struggle within the black community and its overall effect on the American landscape as a whole. I was happy to see that ALL aspects of the society were equally represented in this film without reinforcing dated stereotypes. This is clearly Lee's greatest work.

EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS MOVIE ONCE.