Black & White | 
| Actors: Scott Caan, Robert Downey Jr., Stacy Edwards, Oliver 'power' Grant, Gaby Hoffmann
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 48923
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 5288
UPC: 043396052888
EAN: 0043396052888
ASIN: B00004W21Z
Theatrical Release Date: April 5, 2000
Release Date: September 26, 2000
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Product Description
Documentary filmmaker sam donager and her fascinatingly perverse husband follow a group of privileged uptown teenagers who intrigued by rich bower and his crowd find themselves drawn to the hip-hop lifestyle. Special features: music videos deleted scenes and alternative takes scene selections and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/26/2000 Starring: Brooke Shields Scott Caan Run time: 99 minutes Rating: R Director: James Toback
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James Toback's portrait of white and black culture mixing it up on the streets of Manhattan is like two films colliding. In the center of the swirl are a group of upper-class white teens (led by Elijah Wood and pop singer Bijou Phillips) who appropriate hip-hop culture to rebel against their affluent lifestyle, and a posse of gangstas and drug dealers (led by rap producer Oli "Power" Grant) who are themselves trying to get off the streets and into the business culture through their music. Aging indie filmmaker Toback has long shown an interest in character contradictions and quirks. Here the dynamic works: The two groups are genuinely curious about one another and mix with a cautious but untroubled ease. Less successful is the contrived drama that orbits this cultural mix but never quite meshes--such as Ben Stiller as a self-loathing New York cop who blackmails college basketball star Allan Houston into betraying his boyhood buddy turned street criminal.Toback spices his Altmanesque style of restless camera work and impressionistic intercutting with attitude, nervous energy, and in-your-face sex. There's an interesting story to be told here, but the provocative cultural mix gets lost in the self-conscious melodrama and only periodically roars to life, notably in the edgy, unpredictable scenes with Mike Tyson (an inspired bit of casting that works marvelously). Also featured are rapper Raekwon, supermodel Claudia Schiffer, Brooke Shields, and Robert Downey Jr. --Sean Axmaker
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 A Semi-entertaining Look at One of the Dumbest Phenomena in History April 5, 2009
Matt (Illinois)
I saw this movie a long time ago, then caught the first 20 minutes on HBO recently. It is good for a few laughs, although the basic idea it explores--the '90s phenomena of white kids affecting stereotypically inner city black speech, speaking patterns and body language--is so ridiculous that it really couldn't hold my interest. Some things just don't merit much serious discussion. It reminded me of my high school when we had a few of these white kids who, between the eighth and ninth grade, seemed to go through a wholesale personality change! The problem with Black and White is that they were laughingstocks even to us 14 year olds. So I think the film kind of makes Toback look foolish--it's obviously an older man's interpretation of a phenomena that he saw on MTV, etc., and took seriously, whereas the people who were actually there were always aware of how ridiculous it was. I mean, with something this dumb, everyone was always pretty much in on the joke. Except apparently Toback. Knowutimsayin', G?
 An enjoyable enough watch even if the plots don't really go anywhere July 13, 2008
Irikefe Okonedo (London, England)
Drama with two major plot strands: the first is Robert Downey Jr and Brooke Shields as a documentary-making couple making a documentary about white middle-class kids into black hip-hop culture and the second is Allan Houston's young black college basketball player being offered $50,000 by Ben Stiller's corrupt cop to throw a basketball match, which he then does but is then blackmailed by Ben Stiller and threatened with jail if he doesn't rat on his gangster friend Power. If you are a hip-hop fan you will enjoy seeing roles for a number of rappers in this film including Method Man, Raekwon and Ghostface Killer. Also look out for Claudia Schiffer as Houston's treacherous girlfriend and a surprisingly intelligent Mike Tyson in a cameo as himself. Ultimately the plots in this film don't really go anywhere but that said it is still an enjoyable enough watch.
 Not Bad! March 11, 2008
Vincent
Well, I really enjoyed this movie because Im a huge fan of The Wu-Tang Clan and it gave me an opportunity to see some of my favorite band members acting skills! For the most part, Not a huge budget in this film but I have grown up around this type of environment and can relate well! It's star studded but not an overall smash or classic, but I still watch it every now and then! Peace
Incoherent mix March 16, 2006
Maria Virokhovsky (Israel)
I'm not an American so I don't know the relationships between whites and blacks, but I think both are presented at their worst in this movie. Some stupid impossible situations with no coherent flow, a lot of open sex, "nothing sacred" - nothing to aspire to in this movie. I bought it despite the bad reviews because I am a huge Elijah Wood fan, and I must tell you that he does shine as always, but only for a few short moments, so it's not worth your money - you will have to suffer to the end to see him kiss Brook Shields. I gave it 2 stars (and not 1)because it is not a mainstream movie, it is a bit different from everything i saw and maybe sometimes funny and interesting, but you know it's all not real.
 Cooperate not segregate December 27, 2005
Ronnie Clay (Winnsboro, Louisiana)
Finally a movie that shows black and white unite and learn about each other's culture. There are various stars in this movie from comedians to athletes, and musicians to actors. Each actor or entertainer played a part. There should be more movies like this one to cut out the sterotype in our American society. I think white kids should stop loving rap, they will turn into negative people. I love seeing Mike Tyson play a small part in this film.
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