Directed by:
Spike LeeScreenplay:
Spike LeeCinematography:
Ellen KurasComposer:
Terence BlanchardCast:
Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Mos Def, Gano Grills, Johnnie Cochran (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
With this blisteringly funny, unapologetically confrontational satire, writer-director Spike Lee examined the past, present, and future of racism in American popular culture, issuing a daring provocation to creators and consumers alike. Under pressure to help revive his network’s low ratings, television writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) hits on an explosively offensive idea: bringing back blackface for a “new-millennium minstrel show.” The white network executives love it, and so do audiences, forcing Pierre and his collaborators to confront their public’s insatiable appetite for dehumanizing stereotypes. Shot primarily on unvarnished digital video and boasting spot-on performances from Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Rapaport, Mos Def, and Paul Mooney, Bamboozled is a stinging indictment of mass entertainment at the turn of the twenty-first century that looks more damning with each passing year. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Jessica Prince
Best movies:
Keeping the Faith (2000)
The Family Man (2000)
Bamboozled (2000)
Christopher Wynkoop
USA
Best movies:
Ghostbusters (1984)
Clockers (1995)
He Got Game (1998)
Mildred Clinton
USA
Best movies:
Serpico (1973)
A New Leaf (1971)
Summer of Sam (1999)
Stephen Kunken
Best movies:
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Still Alice (2014)
Leah Yananton
Best movies:
Bamboozled (2000)
Gillian White
USA
Best movies:
Jackie Brown (1997)
Bamboozled (2000)
Never Back Down 3 (2016)
Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard
Best movies:
Bamboozled (2000)
Brown Sugar (2002)
Questlove
USA
Best movies:
Soul (2020)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Bamboozled (2000)
Craig muMs Grant
Best movies:
Side Effects (2013)
An Englishman in New York (2009)
Interview (2007)
George Siegmann (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
The Three Musketeers (1921)
Paul Mooney
USA
Best movies:
Bustin' Loose (1981)
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Bamboozled (2000)
Julie Dretzin
Best movies:
Bamboozled (2000)
Must Love Dogs (2005)
The Great New Wonderful (2005)
Joseph Lyle Taylor
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
He Got Game (1998)
Summer of Sam (1999)
Charli Baltimore
USA
Best movies:
Bamboozled (2000)
Tuffy Questell
USA
Best movies:
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Going the Distance (2010)
Adventures of Power (2008)
Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz
Best movies:
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Bamboozled (2000)
Down to the Bone (2004)
Tanesha Marie Gary
Best movies:
Bamboozled (2000)
Mr. Wonderful (1993)
Sarah Jones
USA
Best movies:
Marriage Story (2019)
The Incredible Jessica James (2017)
Bamboozled (2000)
Kris Park
Best movies:
Bamboozled (2000)
I Love You, I Love You Not (1996)
Drive Me Crazy (1999)
Susan Batson
USA
Best movies:
Summer of Sam (1999)
WUSA (1970)
Get on the Bus (1996)