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Block Party (2005)
7.1
Ratings: 7.1/10 from 5,810 users
Metascore:
84/100
Reviews: 68 user | 109 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com
A mix of Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy and musical interludes, inspired in part by the 1973 documentary Wattstax. Director:Michel GondryWriter:Dave Chappelle |
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Cody ChesnuTT | ... |
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| Common | ... |
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| Mos Def | ... |
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Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis | ... |
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Alice Goguen | ... |
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Fred Hampton Jr. | ... |
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Storyline
Dave Chappelle presents a Brooklyn neighborhood with its very own once-in-a-lifetime free block party. In addition to Chappelle, the roster of artists includes Kanye West, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Dead Prez, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, the Roots, Cody ChesnuTT, Big Daddy Kane, and - reunited for their first performance in over seven years - the Fugees. Includes private rehearsals footage and Chappelle in the small Ohio town he calls home, where he wanders through town handing out golden tickets to invite several dozen citizens to join the party, providing transportation and lodging for their visit to Brooklyn. Ohio's Central State University marching band makes the trip and kicks off the festivities at the intersection of Quincy and Downing Streets. A diverse crowd and Chappelle's freestyle wit guides them (and us) through a celebration of music and comedy, history and community. Written by Focus Features
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dave Chappelle's Block Party See more »Box Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$6,214,723 (USA) (5 March 2006) (1200 Screens)Gross:
$11,694,528 (USA) (2 April 2006)Company Credits
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Written by Common (as Lonnie Rashid Lynn), Robert C. Ozuna (as Bobby Ozuna),
James Jason Poyser, Raphael Saadiq, Glenn Standridge, Erykah Badu
Performed by Erykah Badu and Common
Erykah Badu appears courtesy of Motown Records
Common appears courtesy of Geffen Records See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
Concertgoers had to register on-line, then were told to meet at a secret location in the Chinatown section of Manhattan. From there, they were bussed to the concert location, which was also kept secret. The majority of the acts that would be appearing were also kept secret from the concertgoers. Admission to the concert was free. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: Dave Chappelle's main reason for holding the block party in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn was because, he says, that hip-hop originated there. However, hip-hop really originated in the South Bronx and spread to the other sections of New York soon afterward. See more »Quotes
Dave Chappelle: [playing bongos in front of a crowd] 5,000 black people chillin' in the rain. 19 white people peppered in the crowd. Trying to find a Mexican.See more »
Soundtracks
"Love of My Life"Written by Common (as Lonnie Rashid Lynn), Robert C. Ozuna (as Bobby Ozuna),
James Jason Poyser, Raphael Saadiq, Glenn Standridge, Erykah Badu
Performed by Erykah Badu and Common
Erykah Badu appears courtesy of Motown Records
Common appears courtesy of Geffen Records See more »
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