Bamboozled (2000) movie script - Ringling College of Art and Design

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Delacroix YELLS. DELACROIX (V.O.) (CONT'D) Like rats fleeing a sinking ship. CLOSE ON The handsome face of Pierre Delacroix. DELACROIX (V.O.) (CONT'D) People tuning out by the millions. Delacroix turns to the CAMERA and addresses US. DELACROIX (CONT'D) Which is not good. EXT. TENEMENT - LOWER EAST SIDE - MORNING The tenement building is boarded up, condemned, bombed out, but a home, a shelter nonetheless. INT. TENEMENT - MORNING People to our surprise live in here. It is a commune. The homeless, people who have been left out, forgot about, written off, and don't matter. The fringes of society. CHEEBA, a skinny Puerto Rican male, tries to wake a slumbering body under a mass of old newspapers.
3. CHEEBA Yo, let's get to it. You don't dance, we don't eat. Simple as that. The mass begins to move. CHEEBA (CONT'D) That's right. We slow. We blow. We snooze. We lose. INT. CNS TOWER - MORNING MANRAY, a young African-American dread-lock male, and Cheeba are getting set up in front of the entrance to the CONTINENTAL NETWORK SYSTEM building. CNS is one of the fledgling, upstart new networks, trying to battle with ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, WB, and UPN. ANGLE ON Entrance. Cheeba is putting the portable floor down on the sidewalk. Manray sits on the curb, taking the sneakers off and putting on his tap shoes; bottle caps are on the soles
Page 1 and 2: Bamboozled (2000) movie script by S
Page 3: Monogrammed cuff sleeve - the initi
Page 7 and 8: his thing attention must be paid. A
Page 9 and 10: DELACROIX De-la-croix. CHEEBA Y'kno
Page 11 and 12: again he's the lone person of color
Page 13 and 14: overhead projector. DUNWITTY (CONT'
Page 15 and 16: Sucks. ANGLE ON Conference room. DU
Page 17 and 18: overlooking mid-town Manhattan. DUN
Page 19 and 20: get offended by my use of the quote
Page 21 and 22: class does exist, and it's rich mat
Page 23 and 24: man, I'm blacker than you. I'm keep
Page 25 and 26: that takes place on a watermelon pa
Page 27 and 28: 13. CHEEBA Ahh, the luxuries of lif
Page 29 and 30: DELACROIX (V.O.) I was never good a
Page 31 and 32: INT. TENEMENT BUILDING - NIGHT Manr
Page 33 and 34: The COPS are running up the stairca
Page 35 and 36: same time, the exact same thought.
Page 37 and 38: it's going to be so racist, so nega
Page 39 and 40: CLOSE ON Sloan. DELACROIX (V.O.) (C
Page 41 and 42: Dunwitty. EXT. TENEMENT BUILDING -
Page 43 and 44: "Amos 'n' Andy" show. Sloan leads M
Page 45 and 46: There's no guarantee it will get ma
Page 47 and 48: 23. DELACROIX I would like to chang
Page 49 and 50: Are you and him kicking it? Knockin
Page 51 and 52: She notices the vehicle and starts
Page 53 and 54: He hugs her, she becomes lost in hi
Page 55 and 56:
BIG BLACK If you were really down y
Page 57 and 58:
that's your prerogative. You got yo
Page 59 and 60:
DELACROIX We're all happy to be her
Page 61 and 62:
entertainment into the 21st century
Page 63 and 64:
DELACROIX And Cheeba is Sleep 'n' E
Page 65 and 66:
DUNWITTY This could be bigger than
Page 67 and 68:
DUNWITTY Ya first bad move. Project
Page 69 and 70:
MANTAN As long as the hoofing is re
Page 71 and 72:
We think so. DUNWITTY Sleep 'n Eat,
Page 73 and 74:
MANTAN I'm not smiling. CHEEBA Naw,
Page 75 and 76:
I want you to start using the name
Page 77 and 78:
this. DELACROIX That can be done. M
Page 79 and 80:
BIG BLACK We should call dis da BLA
Page 81 and 82:
DELACROIX It looks delicious. ORCHI
Page 83 and 84:
types, change your name and all tha
Page 85 and 86:
You okay? DELACROIX I feel like som
Page 87 and 88:
DELACROIX Now I'm privileged?! Why?
Page 89 and 90:
Please, have a seat. MANTAN Sloan n
Page 91 and 92:
Delacroix. He leans against the wal
Page 93 and 94:
DELACROIX Even if money wasn't an i
Page 95 and 96:
terrain. DUNWITTY To hire someone s
Page 97 and 98:
eing a white male and directing a h
Page 99 and 100:
Conference room. Delacroix and Sloa
Page 101 and 102:
successful just as much as you. Ple
Page 103 and 104:
stacked, the fix was in. Could Don
Page 105 and 106:
And for reason. Have you ever seen
Page 107 and 108:
AUDITION MONTAGE WE SEE singers, ma
Page 109 and 110:
SLOAN This is the group I was telli
Page 111 and 112:
BIG BLACK Microphone check. One. Tw
Page 113 and 114:
Needless to say, the Mau-Mau's did
Page 115 and 116:
DELACROIX Finland. JUKKA You know,
Page 117 and 118:
JUKKA My visual style is very eroti
Page 119 and 120:
DELACROIX I don't give a good godda
Page 121 and 122:
Wait a minute. Hold up. They all la
Page 123 and 124:
It's the bone breaking stuff I'm wo
Page 125 and 126:
59. INT. SLEEP 'N EAT'S DRESSING RO
Page 127 and 128:
60. SLOAN I want to apologize about
Page 129 and 130:
Mantan is mashing the corks. SLOAN
Page 131 and 132:
INT. MANTAN'S DRESSING ROOM ON LIPS
Page 133 and 134:
what to think. MANTAN We both left
Page 135 and 136:
drugs, the crack babies born out of
Page 137 and 138:
The WHITE AUDIENCE, of course, has
Page 139 and 140:
the CNS brass. They saw some clips
Page 141 and 142:
DELACROIX I'll be right over. INT.
Page 143 and 144:
DELACROIX I can't go all the way do
Page 145 and 146:
You think that's gonna work, huh? H
Page 147 and 148:
ON SUGAR SHAK Delacroix works himse
Page 149 and 150:
He continues on with his show. ON T
Page 151 and 152:
DELACROIX It's me, Peerless. INT. D
Page 153 and 154:
Just my tonic. He holds up his drin
Page 155 and 156:
hold ya career back? JUNEBUG All I
Page 157 and 158:
question is what are you gonna do,
Page 159 and 160:
DOT The drinking is for the pain. I
Page 161 and 162:
CLOSER DELACROIX (V.O.) (CONT'D) An
Page 163 and 164:
New Millennium Minstrel Show. Audie
Page 165 and 166:
INT. MANTAN'S DRESSING ROOM ON MIRR
Page 167 and 168:
Eat. The audience goes crazy as the
Page 169 and 170:
That'll work. I just bought one for
Page 171 and 172:
SLEEP 'N EAT ...I heard different,
Page 173 and 174:
It's dat mean, evil overseer Massa
Page 175 and 176:
Frankenstein. INT. SLOAN'S STUDIO A
Page 177 and 178:
DA BOMB PRODUCT SHOT AND LOGO HONEY
Page 179 and 180:
scientists developed Da Bomb for yo
Page 181 and 182:
DAWG #2 Timmi's gots all da latest
Page 183 and 184:
87. DUNWITTY I know all of you have
Page 185 and 186:
That this is fun. Nice wholesome fu
Page 187 and 188:
She ignores him. MYRNA Wear Kente c
Page 189 and 190:
A gift. DELACROIX For what? SLOAN N
Page 191 and 192:
DELACROIX How so? SLOAN To me, it s
Page 193 and 194:
DELACROIX Yes. And I say yes becaus
Page 195 and 196:
Are you telling me that nobody can
Page 197 and 198:
Parents are fighting over Beanie Ba
Page 199 and 200:
I'm on it. INT. CAR DEALER - DAY A
Page 201 and 202:
Same thing Giuliani said. DELACROIX
Page 203 and 204:
1/16TH BLACK ...Benedict Arnold...
Page 205 and 206:
97. SLOAN This is a nice place. It
Page 207 and 208:
know that's written in the Constitu
Page 209 and 210:
I slept too near where I fell out.
Page 211 and 212:
my stepdaughter became my mother be
Page 213 and 214:
Porch Monkeys Band. MANTAN I feel a
Page 215 and 216:
take care of dat red/and nobody wou
Page 217 and 218:
The winner is... Pierre Delacroix f
Page 219 and 220:
fool, Hollywood's new favorite Negr
Page 221 and 222:
Meaning? CHEEBA I'm out. MANTAN Goo
Page 223 and 224:
MANTAN For what? He left. Not me. E
Page 225 and 226:
ON BIG BLACK He waves to his sister
Page 227 and 228:
ON STAGE Mantan is moving and groov
Page 229 and 230:
The door crashes open, Mantan rocke
Page 231 and 232:
INT. BET STUDIO - NIGHT Mantan is o
Page 233 and 234:
whatI'mtalkin''bout. Y'knowwhatI'ms
Page 235 and 236:
hear from our proud sponsors, DA BO
Page 237 and 238:
TAVIS SMILEY What do you do? BIG BL
Page 239 and 240:
SLOAN He's just playing big brother
Page 241 and 242:
Delacroix and Sloan are taking off
Page 243 and 244:
over Sloan. MANTAN What you did is
Page 245 and 246:
position as his assistant. MANTAN A
Page 247 and 248:
MANTAN Don't try to change to the s
Page 249 and 250:
ORCHID Of course I'm happy for you.
Page 251 and 252:
He is incredulous. DELACROIX (V.O.)
Page 253 and 254:
can't stand to BLACK UP anymore. IN
Page 255 and 256:
You better talk to him. He won't li
Page 257 and 258:
BUNNING I should notify Dunwitty. D
Page 259 and 260:
you can muster up inside your assau
Page 261 and 262:
EXT. BACKSTAGE The security guards
Page 263 and 264:
124. MANRAY What did I do? BIG BLAC
Page 265 and 266:
MONTAGE Various newsrooms, computer
Page 267 and 268:
DELACROIX (V.O.) Somehow, someway,
Page 269 and 270:
American way of life... INT. DELACR
Page 271 and 272:
It's used to mask the origin of an
Page 273 and 274:
difficulty breathing with her asthm
Page 275 and 276:
SMOOTH BLACK Whereas Mantan is a he
Page 277 and 278:
Each Mau-Mau has a 9mm and is firin
Page 279 and 280:
BIG BLACK (CONT'D) You ain' BLAK. H
Page 281 and 282:
Corleone Dance of Death as bullets
Page 283 and 284:
SLOAN Watch this. This is what you
Page 285 and 286:
extraordinary to her. With Daddy it
show all

Bamboozled (2000) movie script - Ringling College of Art and Design

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?