Bamboozled
2000 · 136 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 12,650 VOTES · DIR. 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 2,360 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:41 Satire, one A.
00:06:37 Can I see you in my office now, please?
00:11:14 Manny, I can't just snap my fingers...
00:16:46 Now, there's no guarantee it will ever get made...
00:21:31 You don't call him Malcolm Little. It's Malcolm X.
00:26:06 was singing, dancing, telling jokes, doing skits...
00:30:55 they'll make us feel good to be Americans.
00:35:34 Now, what is this?
00:40:42 and this is your time to purge all those feelings.
00:46:00 You're lucky I ain't read wretched yet
00:51:18 and ripe watermelon?
00:58:18 We beat them for about five minutes.
01:02:54 ...broke or lose our money--
01:08:06 Do the math.
01:12:21 Four-- Who determines what is black?
01:17:34 Do you believe that that's true...
01:22:34 This shit gotta be like fuckin' John Carlos and Tommie Smith...
01:29:54 not only did the people in television land love us...
01:35:14 Do what you want right now.
01:40:28 I had an internship...
01:47:31 Where you from, my sister?
01:53:19 Hold that.
01:59:26 Leave me alone!
200:03:00 it doesn't matter.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,360
Dialogue density17.4 lines / min
First line00:00:41
Final line200:03:00
Production Record
DirectorSpike Lee
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$2,463,650
IMDb votes12,650