Bamboozled

2000
15
2h 15m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

13K

YOUR RATING

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A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

13K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 10 nominations total

Sloan Hopkins
(as Jada Pinkett-Smith)

Michael Rapaport

Dunwitty

Tommy Davidson

Womack…

Thomas Jefferson Byrd

Honeycutt

Paul Mooney

Junebug

Sarah Jones

Gillian White

Verna
(as Gillian Iliana Waters)

Susan Batson

Orchid Dothan

Yasiin Bey

Big Blak Afrika
(as Mos Def)

M.C. Serch

Mau Mau: 1-16th Blak
(as MC Serch)

Gano Grills

Double Blak

Canibus

Mo Blak

DJ Scratch

Mau Mau: Jo Blak

Charli Baltimore

Smooth Blak

Craig muMs Grant

Mau Mau: Hard Blak
(as Mums)

Dormeshia Sumbry

Pickaninny: Topsy
(as Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards)

Director
- Spike Lee
Writer
- Spike Lee
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Most of this film was shot only on digital (Mini DV) camcorders, which can be purchased over the counter at any consumer electronics store. While this choice of technology sacrificed quality, it allowed the cinematographers to film with 15 cameras at a time, and it also allowed Spike Lee to get all the footage he needed shot within the film's modest budget. The "Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show" sequences were the only scenes shot using 16mm film.

Goofs
One character uses the phrase "drinking the Kool-Aid", a reference to the mass murder/suicide of the Peoples Temple cult in Jonestown, Guyana. The poisoned drink was Flavor-Aid. The pavilion was surrounded by armed guards, and anyone who did not drink the poisoned drink willingly (including children) was either forced to drink it or injected with poison. A number of the bodies had puncture or bullet wounds. Jim Jones died of a gunshot wound to the head, that may have been self-inflicted.

Quotes
Myrna Goldfarb: I happen to have a Master's degree in African-American studies.
Pierre Delacroix: So you fucked a nigger in college.

Crazy credits
The credits roll over several "coon" collectable items that are wound-up.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Meet the Parents/Requiem for a Dream/Bamboozled/The Dancer in the Dark (2000)

Soundtracks
Misrepresented People
Written and Performed by Stevie Wonder
Courtesy of Motown Records

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Featured review

6/10

Scary

Being white, and european, I'm not really sure about the point of this movie seen in an american perspective. But as a european it really opened my eyes to a strange fact: if your only knowledge about black America comes from television, you WOULD really think, that all afro-americans were gangsters, rappers or Urkel-like comedians, that is: stereotypes. You very rarely see an american show, or movie, where a black american is portrayed as a complex human being. And that really IS scary.