AVAILABLE FROM NEW LINE HOME VIDEO
ON VHS AND PLATINUM SERIES™ DVD APRIL 17

Platinum Series DVD Includes Director Spike Lee Commentary,
An Original Documentary, Deleted Scenes, Music Videos and Much Moreõ

Los Angeles, CA (February 5, 2001) -- New Line Home Video today announced the release of Spike Lee's Bamboozled, a blistering satire of network television's pitfalls and prejudices. The film takes a humorous look at how race, ratings and the pursuit of power lead to a television writer's stunning rise and tragic downfall. Bamboozled will be available for rental on VHS and Platinum Series DVD, and for sale on Platinum Series DVD for $24.98, on April 17.

Presenting The New Millennium Minstrel Show

Pierre Delacroix (Wayans), a hip, young, Harvard-educated writer is the sole person of color writing for an upstart network with floundering ratings. Now his boss (Rapaport) issues him a searing ultimatum: come up with a hot, trend-setting, headline-making, urban hit or get fired. Feeling doomed, Delacroix decides to present "Mantan The New Millennium Minstrel Show" - the most outrageous, unbelievable farce of stereotypical comedy he can imagine featuring Manray (Glover), a homeless tap dancer, and his sidekick, Womack (Davidson). Incredibly, Delacroix's spoof turns into a ratings bonanza and success goes to his head despite attacks from all sides, not least of all from his own beautiful assistant, Sloan Hopkins (Pinkett-Smith), who is falling for Manray, and her radical hip hop rapper brother, Big Black. Delacroix's ratings keep rocketing, but they peak on a day that will change everything.

Powerful Talent In Front of the Camera and Behind the Scenes

Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominated director, Spike Lee, is one of Hollywood's most controversial and notable filmmakers. From Do the Right Thing to Malcolm X and now Bamboozled, Lee is a multifaceted director, producer and actor who has forged an original mix out of compelling entertainment, relentless creativity and keen social awareness.

Bamboozled boasts a strong cast of players including Damon Wayans (I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, TV's "In Living Color," The Last Boy Scout), Jada Pinkett-Smith (Woo, Scream 2, The Nutty Professor), Tony award® winner Savion Glover (Broadway's "Bring in Da Noize, Bring In Da Funk," Tap), Tommy Davidson (Woo, Half Baked, Booty Call) and Michael Rapaport (Small Time Crooks, Mighty Aphrodite, The 6th Day).

Platinum Series DVD Features Offer Insight Into Controversial Film

The Bamboozled Platinum Series DVD includes filmmaker commentary by Spike Lee, an original documentary that explores the background and motivations of those involved with making this film by the film editor Sam Pollard, deleted scenes, music videos, cast and crew filmographies, the theatrical trailer, a widescreen version of the film, 5.1 surround sound and 2.0 stereo surround sound. The DVD-ROM content includes the "script to screen" screenplay feature, which allows users to watch the film and read the script at the same time, and the original website.

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