Blu-ray
Hollywood shuffle
Call Number
- BLU-RAY COMEDY (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Robert Townsend, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Anne-Marie Johnson, Helen Martin, John Witherspoon, Roy Fegan, Starletta DuPois, Kim Wayans, Damon Wayans, Paul Mooney.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2023]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (81 minutes) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations (some color) ; 17 cm.)
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Uniform Title
Summary
"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."--Container.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by writer-director-actor Robert Townsend, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; new audio commentary featuring Townsend ; new interviews with actors Rusty Cundieff, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Bobby McGee ; radio program featuring Townsend in conversation with film critic Elvis Mitchell ; trailer.