Bamboozled(2000)
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.
Movie: Bamboozled
Top 10 Billed Cast
Pierre Delacroix
Manray / Mantan
Sloan Hopkins
Womack / Sleep'n Eat
Thomas Dunwitty
Honeycutt
Junebug
Verna
Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika
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