Hollywood Shuffle
This debut feature by Robert Townsend is an ingenious satirical landmark 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, and slaves—forcing him to choose between selling out and maintaining his self-respect. Lampooning everything from film noir to zombie flicks to sitcoms, Townsend and cowriter Keenen Ivory Wayans cannily turn the frustrations of the Black artist into a subversively funny pop-culture critique.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION 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
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Aisha Harris
New cover by Rachelle Baker
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION 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
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Aisha Harris
New cover by Rachelle Baker
Cast
- Robert Townsend
- Bobby Taylor
- Anne-Marie Johnson
- Lydia
- Starletta DuPois
- Bobby’s mother
- Helen Martin
- Bobby’s grandmother
- David McKnight
- Uncle Ray
- Craigus R. Johnson
- Stevie, Bobby’s brother
- Dom Irrera
- Writer
- Mr. Paul Mooney
- NAACP president
- Lisa Mende
- Casting director
- Eugene R. Glazer
- Director
- Damon Wayans
- Staircase snitch
- John Witherspoon
- Mr. Jones
- Ludie Washington
- Tiny
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Donald
- Brad Sanders
- Batty Boy
- Roy Fegan
- Jesse Wilson
Credits
- Director
- Robert Townsend
- Produced by
- Robert Townsend
- Executive producer
- Carl Craig
- Written by
- Robert Townsend
- Written by
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Director of photography
- Peter Deming
- Associate producer
- Richard Cummings Jr.
- Music
- Patrice Rushen
- Music
- Udi Harpaz
- Editor
- W. O. Garrett
- Art director
- Melba Katzman Farquhar
- Casting
- Jaki Brown
- Casting
- Toni Livingston
- Sound
- William Shaffer
- Production manager
- Carl Craig
- Script supervisor
- Kerry Lyn McKissick
- Hair and makeup
- Deborah Fleming
- Hair and makeup
- Tara Posey
- Wardrobe
- Andre Allen
- Postproduction supervisor
- Jim Heinz
- Still photographer
- Nathaniel Bellamy
- Chief lighting technician
- Michael LaViolette
- Special effects
- Howard A. Anderson Co.
- Choreographer
- Donald Douglass
- Stunt coordinator
- Steve W. James
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Trailer for Hollywood Shuffle
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