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MGM Home Entertainment
Directed by: Robert Townsend
Featuring: Robert Townsend, Anne-Marie Johnson, Starletta DuPois, Helen Martin, David McKnight, Craigus R. Johnson, Dom Irrera, Paul Mooney, Lisa Mende, Eugene R. Glazer, Damon Wayans, John Witherspoon, Ludie Washington, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Brad Sanders, Roy Fegan, Rusty Cundieff
This debut feature by Robert Townsend is an ingenious guerrilla satire that takes riotous aim at the typecasting of Black actors in 1980s Hollywood. The writer-director-star’s megawatt charisma propels Hollywood Shuffle, the hilarious tale of a struggling actor attempting to break into an industry where the only roles available to Black performers seem to be hustlers, butlers, slaves, and “Eddie Murphy types”—forcing him to choose between selling out and maintaining his self-respect. Lampooning everything from film noir to zombie flicks to Siskel and Ebert, Townsend and cowriter Keenen Ivory Wayans cannily turn the frustrations of the Black artist into a subversively funny pop-culture critique.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Interview, Audio Interview, Theatrical Trailer, Insert
- New audio commentary featuring Robert Townsend
- New interviews with actors Rusty Cundieff, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Bobby McGee
- Radio program featuring Robert Townsend in conversation with film critic Elvis Mitchell
- Trailer
- An essay by critic Aisha Harris
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