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Bamboozled

Bamboozled is a 2000 American satirical black comedy-drama film written and directed by Spike Lee about a modern televised minstrel show featuring black actors donning blackface makeup and the resulting violent fallout from the show's success. It features an ensemble cast including Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson, and…

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Box office
$2.5 million
Budget
$10 million
Cinematography
Ellen Kuras
Country
United States
Directed by
Spike Lee
Distributed by
New Line Cinema

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Bamboozled

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Bamboozled

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related to Critical response · 21
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related to Production · 11
Bamboozled → Crowd, Face, In, Mini DV, Most, New Millenium Minstrel Show, Sony VX, Spike Lee, Super, The Mantan, This
related to Soundtrack · 10
Bamboozled → Arie, B/Hip-Hop Albums, Grammy, India, It, Motown Records, September, Six, Spike Lee's, Top
related to Home media · 9
Bamboozled → April, Blu-ray, DVD, March, New Line Home Entertainment, Spike Lee, The Criterion Collection, The DVD, VHS
related to External links · 7
Bamboozled → Ashley Clark, Criterion Collection, Discogs, IMDbBamboozled, New Millennium, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Same Bullshit
Starring · 5
Bamboozled → Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Rapaport, Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson
Box office · 1
Bamboozled → $2.5 million
Budget · 1
Bamboozled → $10 million
Cinematography · 1
Bamboozled → Ellen Kuras
Country · 1
Bamboozled → United States

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BamboozledBox office$2.5 million1.00infobox
BamboozledBudget$10 million1.00infobox
BamboozledCinematographyEllen Kuras1.00infobox
BamboozledCountryUnited States1.00infobox
BamboozledDirected bySpike Lee1.00infobox
BamboozledDistributed byNew Line Cinema1.00infobox
BamboozledEdited bySam Pollard1.00infobox
BamboozledLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
BamboozledMusic byTerence Blanchard1.00infobox
BamboozledProduced byJon Kilik Spike Lee1.00infobox
BamboozledProduction company40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks1.00infobox
BamboozledRelease dateOctober 6, 2000 (2000-10-06) (United States)1.00infobox
BamboozledRunning time135 minutes1.00infobox
BamboozledStarringDamon Wayans1.00infobox
BamboozledStarringSavion Glover1.00infobox
BamboozledStarringJada Pinkett Smith1.00infobox
BamboozledStarringTommy Davidson1.00infobox
BamboozledStarringMichael Rapaport1.00infobox
BamboozledWritten bySpike Lee1.00infobox
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