Bamboozled
“A Spectacular Film by Mr. Spike Lee”
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.
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Cast
78 people
Damon Wayans
Pierre Delacroix
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Spike Lee Director · Terence Blanchard Composer Ellen Kuras Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $10M · United States release October 6, 2000
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,463,650
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
New Line Cinema
Production · Studio
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Production
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hungarian
Release dates
Canada · September 18, 2000
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · October 6, 2000
Limited theatrical
United States · April 17, 2001
Physical · DVD
United States
October 20, 2000 · Theatrical
March 17, 2020 · Physical · Criterion Blu-ray & DVD
Brazil
July 6, 2001 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 13, 2001 · Theatrical
France
March 21, 2001 · Theatrical
Germany
February 12, 2001 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
May 10, 2001 · Theatrical
Greece
November 21, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Ireland
April 6, 2001 · Theatrical
Italy
October 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 23, 2001 · Theatrical
Spain
February 23, 2001 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 6, 2001 · Theatrical
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