Bamboozled / New Line Cinema presents ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee Joint ; produced by Jon Kilik and Spike Lee ; writen and directed by Spike Lee.
Edition:
Director-approved two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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. Jada Pinkett Smith, Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Paul Mooney.
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.
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