White Man's Burden
“Reality Just Switched Sides”
The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate Pinnock takes a gun and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice.
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Cast
48 people
John Travolta
Louis Pinnock
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Harry Belafonte
Thaddeus Thomas
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Carmen Jones
Kelly Lynch
Marsha Pinnock
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Margaret Avery
Megan Thomas
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Tom Bower
Stanley
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Andrew Lawrence
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Martin
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Sheryl Lee Ralph
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Judith Drake
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Carrie Snodgress
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Steve Wilcox
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Desmond Nakano Director · Howard Shore Composer Willy Kurant Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $9M · Budget $7M · United States release December 1, 1995
Box office
Budget
$7,000,000
Worldwide gross
$9,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
UGC
Production
A Band Apart
Production
Lawrence Bender Productions
Production
HBO
Studio
Rysher Entertainment
Production
France · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 1, 1995
Theatrical
France
January 3, 1996 · Theatrical
Italy
May 5, 1996 · Theatrical
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