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It's Showtime

Original title: Bamboozled
  • 2000
  • 16
  • 2h 15m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
12K
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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.

  • Director
    • Spike Lee
  • Writer
    • Spike Lee
  • Stars
    • Damon Wayans
    • Savion Glover
    • Jada Pinkett Smith
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Spike Lee
    • Writer
      • Spike Lee
    • Stars
      • Damon Wayans
      • Savion Glover
      • Jada Pinkett Smith
    • 191User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 10 nominations

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    Bamboozled
    Trailer 2:26
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    A Guide to Spike Lee Joints
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    Damon Wayans in It's Showtime (2000)
    Tommy Davidson and Savion Glover in It's Showtime (2000)
    Damon Wayans in It's Showtime (2000)
    Savion Glover in It's Showtime (2000)
    Jada Pinkett Smith in It's Showtime (2000)
    Savion Glover in It's Showtime (2000)
    Tommy Davidson and Savion Glover in It's Showtime (2000)
    Sloan and Pierre
    Jada Pinkett stars as Sloan Hopkins
    Michael Rapaport stars as Dunwitty
    Star Damon Wayans with director Spike Lee
    Director Spike Lee with Savion Glover

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    • Pierre Delacroix
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    • Manray…
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    • Sloan Hopkins
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    Michael Rapaport
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    • Dunwitty
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    • Verna
    • (as Gillian Iliana Waters)
    Susan Batson
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    • Orchid Dothan
    Yasiin Bey
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    • Big Blak Afrika
    • (as Mos Def)
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    • Director
      • Spike Lee
    • Writer
      • Spike Lee
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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

      Pierre Delacroix: SPOILER: As I bled to death, as my very life oozed out of me, all I could think of was something the great Negro James Baldwin had written. "People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become, and they pay for it, very simply, by the lives they lead." Now it was time for me to buy the farm. To meet my maker. Goodbye cousins. Tune in next week for "The Best of Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show".

    • 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
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      Written and Performed by Stevie Wonder

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    User reviews191

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    Featured review
    10/10
    Great satire, very misunderstood
    The film "Bamboozled" has caught a lot of heat for it's portrayal of blackface (an issue that wasn't really talked about until the release of "Bamboozled") Writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) sees his pitches for TV shows being rejected one after another. He is upset with his job and his boss Thomas Dunwitty (Mike Rappaport) He is under contract, he cannot quit because he will be sued. So he decides to get himself fired. He plans on reviving blackface and hopes that it'll be so controversial that CNS will be under fire and he'll get fired. He recruits two street performers Manray (Savion Glover) and Womack (Tommy Davidson) and pitches the show to his boss. The show gets green lighted, but unfortunately it becomes a big hit and destroys his whole plan. Spike got some heat for this (mainly because he criticized previous films for the way blacks are shown, then he made a film with blackface) But what people don't understand is that this is a satire. The images of rappers and "Timmi Hillnigger" are all poking fun at today's society. "Bamboozled" is clever and one of Spike's most explosive films next to "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X". This film has Tommy Davidson performing in blackface, in a very funny routine. I wanted to laugh but at the same time it made me think. This sketch was making me laugh at every stereotype about my people that I hated. That was the smart thing about "Bamboozled", it caught you in the act of doing something and made you think. "Bamboozled" is a well thought, mentally challenging film that'll change your life.

    Bamboozled- rated R **** out of ****
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    • JonTMarin
    • Aug 9, 2004

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    • Release date
      • May 10, 2001 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bamboozled
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • New Line Cinema
      • 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,274,979
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $190,720
      • Oct 8, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,463,650
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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