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.
Bamboozled
“A Spectacular Film by Mr. Spike Lee”
Overview
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.
Director
Spike Lee
Budget
10.0M
Revenue
2.5M
Status
Released
Production
New Line Cinema, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Cast
Damon Wayans
Pierre Delacroix
Savion Glover
Manray / Mantan
Jada Pinkett Smith
Sloan Hopkins
Tommy Davidson
Womack / Sleep'n Eat
Michael Rapaport
Thomas Dunwitty
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Honeycutt
Paul Mooney
Junebug
Gillian White
Verna
Susan Batson
Orchid Dothan
Yasiin Bey
Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika
M.C. Serch
Mau Mau: 1 / 16th Blak
Gano Grills
Mau Mau: Double Blak
Canibus
Mau Mau: Mo Blak
DJ Scratch
Mau Mau: Jo Blak
Charli Baltimore
Mau Mau: Smooth Blak
Craig muMs Grant
Mau Mau: Hard Blak
Dormeshia Sumbry
Pickaninny: Topsy
Tyheesha Collins
Pickaninny: Aunt Jemima
Cartier Williams
Pickaninny: Lil'nigger Jim
Baakari Wilder
Pickaninny: Sambo
Sekou Torbet
Pickaninny: Rastus
Questlove
Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director
Tariq Trotter
Alabama Porch Monkey
James 'Kamal' Gray
Alabama Porch Monkey
Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard
Alabama Porch Monkey
Kyle 'Scratch' Jones
Alabama Porch Monkey
Christopher Wynkoop
Massa Charlie
Jani Blom
Jukka Laks
Dina Pearlman
Myrna Goldfarb
Imhotep Gary Byrd
Himself
Al Sharpton
Himself
Matthew Modine
Himself
Mira Sorvino
Herself
Arthur J. Nascarella
Police Chief
Liza Jessie Peterson
Ruth (Casting Director)
Don Ezzard Peavy II
Auditioning Dancer
Tony Arnaud
Auditioning 'Digeroo-Doo Player'
Tuffy Questell
Auditioning Singer
David Wain
Bunning
Ron Lawrence
Mau Mau's Engineer
Al Palagonia
Bobby
Mildred Clinton
Louise
Ephraim Benton
Tre
Tanesha Marie Gary
Stacy
Shannon Walker Williams
Young Black Woman
Matthew Cole Weiss
Young White Man
Coati Mundi
Papo
Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz
Cuca
Rodney "Bear" Jackson
Stage Security Guard
Rafael Osorio
Stage Security Guard
Anna Hsieh
Joan
Kris Park
Fish
Cheryl Lynn Bowers
Mona
Julie Dretzin
Beth
Steven McElroy
Seth
Stephen Kunken
David
Katie MacNichol
Anna
Joshua Weinstein
Kirk
A.D. Miles
Aaron
Daniel Milder
Peter
Jason Winther
Jeff
Ed Onipede Blunt
CNS Security Guard
Renton Kirk
CNS Security Guard
Kim Director
Starlet
Conni Freestone
Starlet
Rayietta Hill
Hottie
John Wallace
Dawg
Arthur Thomas
Dawg
Lisa Ferreira
Da Bomb Girl
Kiki Haynes
Da Bomb Girl
Judah Jacobs
Da Bomb Girl
Light Eyes
Da Bomb Girl
Chyna
Da Bomb Girl
Luz Whitney
Da Bomb Girl
Danny Hoch
Timmi Hillnigger
Sarah Jones
Dot
Bert Williams
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
O. J. Simpson
Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
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