Get on the Bus
“On October 16, 1996, the one year anniversary of the Million Man March, Spike Lee invites you to lift your head, raise your voice, and...get on the bus.”
Fifteen Black men gather in South Central LA to take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in October 1995. Among the attendees are an eclectic set of characters, including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a Black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the March, including manhood, religion, politics, sexuality, and race.
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Cast
31 people
Richard Belzer
Rick
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De'Aundre Bonds
Evan Thomas, Jr. / 'Smooth'
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Andre Braugher
Philip 'Flip'
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Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Evan Thomas, Sr.
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Gabriel Casseus
Jamal
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Albert Hall
Craig
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Hill Harper
Xavier 'X' Moore
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Harry Lennix
Randall
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The Blacklist
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Bernie Mac
Jay
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Wendell Pierce
Wendell Perry
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Roger Guenveur Smith
Gary Rivers
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Isaiah Washington
Kyle
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Spike Lee Director · Reggie Rock Bythewood Writer Terence Blanchard Composer
Worldwide gross $5.7M · Budget $2.4M · United States release October 16, 1996
Box office
Budget
$2,400,000
Worldwide gross
$5,691,854
Gross vs. budget
2.4×
Production
Columbia Pictures
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 · Italian
Release dates
United States · October 16, 1996
Theatrical
Czechia
September 1, 1998 · Physical
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