Bamboozled
Bamboozled
Release: 2000-10-06
·Runtime: 136m
·★ 6.2
Comedy
Drama
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
New Line Cinema
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Cast
Damon Wayans
as Pierre Delacroix
Jada Pinkett Smith
as Sloan Hopkins
Tommy Davidson
as Womack / Sleep'n Eat
Michael Rapaport
as Thomas Dunwitty
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
as Honeycutt
Paul Mooney
as Junebug
Gillian White
as Verna
Susan Batson
as Orchid Dothan
Yasiin Bey
as Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika
Gano Grills
as Mau Mau: Double Blak
Charli Baltimore
as Mau Mau: Smooth Blak
Craig muMs Grant
as Mau Mau: Hard Blak
Questlove
as Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director
Tariq Trotter
as Alabama Porch Monkey
Christopher Wynkoop
as Massa Charlie
Jani Blom
as Jukka Laks
Dina Pearlman
as Myrna Goldfarb
Al Sharpton
as Himself
Matthew Modine
as Himself
Mira Sorvino
as Herself
Arthur J. Nascarella
as Police Chief
Tuffy Questell
as Auditioning Singer
David Wain
as Bunning
Ron Lawrence
as Mau Mau's Engineer
Al Palagonia
as Bobby
Ephraim Benton
as Tre
Shannon Walker Williams
as Young Black Woman
Coati Mundi
as Papo
Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz
as Cuca
Rodney "Bear" Jackson
as Stage Security Guard
Rafael Osorio
as Stage Security Guard
Kris Park
as Fish
Cheryl Lynn Bowers
as Mona
Julie Dretzin
as Beth
Stephen Kunken
as David
Katie MacNichol
as Anna
A.D. Miles
as Aaron
Ed Onipede Blunt
as CNS Security Guard
Kim Director
as Starlet
Rayietta Hill
as Hottie
Kiki Haynes
as Da Bomb Girl
Danny Hoch
as Timmi Hillnigger
Sarah Jones
as Dot
Bert Williams
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
O. J. Simpson
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
Crew
Spike Lee
Director
Spike Lee
Screenplay
Ellen Kuras
Director of Photography
Jon Kilik
Producer
Sam Pollard
Editor
Spike Lee
Producer
Terence Blanchard
Original Music Composer
Randall Balsmeyer
Title Designer
Roy Farfel
Stunts
Manny Siverio
Stunt Coordinator
Brice Winston
Musician
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design
Geeta Gandbhir
First Assistant Editor