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Black and White (I) (1999) 5.0
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Metascore: 47/100
Reviews: 82 user | 68 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd. Director:James TobackWriter:James Toback |
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| Scott Caan | ... | ||
| Robert Downey Jr. | ... | ||
| Stacy Edwards | ... | ||
| Allan Houston | ... | ||
| Gaby Hoffmann | ... | ||
| Kidada Jones | ... | ||
| Jared Leto | ... | ||
| Marla Maples | ... | ||
| Joe Pantoliano | ... | ||
| Bijou Phillips | ... | ||
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Oliver 'Power' Grant | ... |
Rich Bower
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Raekwon | ... | |
| Claudia Schiffer | ... | ||
| William Lee Scott | ... | ||
| Brooke Shields | ... | ||
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Set in New York City, Black and White features several losely related stories centering on a pair of documentary filmmakers, Sam and her husband Terry, in following a group of caucasian teens, Raven, Charlie, Will, Marty, Wren and others who try to fit in with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd who include gangster rapper Rich Bower and his music partner Cigar in landing a recording gig, as well as college basketball player Dean who is conflicted on taking a fall on a game for shady gambler Mark Clear who has hidden agenda for Dean and Rich. Written by <pataygs@voicenet.com>
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What happens when you mix it up? See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong sexuality, graphic language, some violence and drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
5 April 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Aspro kai mavro See more »Filming Locations:
Columbia University - Broadway & 116th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$2,212,535 (USA) (7 April 2000)Gross:
$5,241,315 (USA) (28 April 2000)Company Credits
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Written by Redman (as R. Noble), Erick Sermon & Method Man (as Clifford Smith)
Performed by Method Man featuring Redman
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Claudia Schiffer had to have her ears pierced specially for the large hoop earrings worn by her character in this movie. See more »Goofs
Dean is described repeatedly as a "star point guard." Actually, like the actor (a star basketball player in real life), Dean is a shooting guard who sometimes also plays small forward. See more »Soundtracks
"Big Dogs"Written by Redman (as R. Noble), Erick Sermon & Method Man (as Clifford Smith)
Performed by Method Man featuring Redman
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I rented this title because I saw Elijah Wood was casted in it, my favorite actor. Make a notation that I use the word "title" rather than movie because it isn't deserving enough to be called that.
From the very beginning to the very end it was nothing but a major disappointment. I had no idea that Wood would even be in a movie so bad. I never even knew a movie that he was in could be bad! He had very little lines, and was the only decent character in it.
As for the film... IT HAD ABSOLUTELY NO PLOT!! None at all. There was no major internal conflict, or external for that matter.(Well at least that the movie was based on, just small disagreements). Everyone in this film played a static character, making no change within the movie. It starts off with white kids wishing they were black, and ends the same way. Many small plot strands were thrown together to make a meaningless, unsubstantial, stupid film. It was thought out like something a 5 year old could do, that is, a 5 year old with a terribly sick mind. Even if there was a plot there was too much swearing and cheap sex (which pertained to nothing at all in the movie) to even get a message across. I would rate this movie a perfect 1 on a scale from 1-10. And I think many would agree.
These white kids were not "hip-hop culture", they were a bunch of winey teenage posers who couldn't see how good they had it, middle class suburbs, so they stooped down a level where they had their own fantasy world of being black and from the ghetto, which they weren't either.
As for the "rappers" in the movie, their parts were thrown in for nothing. They did nothing accept waste time on the screen. Maybe (that's a BIG maybe) if as much thought went into emphasizing the the white kids (whom I thought it was about) the movie could have been semidesent.
The last 2 minutes of the film were the worst. It ended with an unpredictible twist that in no way pertained to anything that was seen during the other 97.