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Overview

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Director:
Spike Lee
Writer (WGA):
Reggie Rock Bythewood (written by)
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Release Date:
16 October 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History more
Tagline:
On October 16, 1996, the one year anniversary of the Million Man March, Spike Lee invites you to lift your head, raise your voice, and...get on the bus.
Plot:
Get on the Bus follows several Black men on a cross country bus trip to the Million Man March. On the... more | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Powerfully good more (32 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Belzer ... Rick
De'aundre Bonds ... Junior, aka 'Smooth'

Andre Braugher ... Flip
Thomas Jefferson Byrd ... Evan Thomas Sr.
Gabriel Casseus ... Jamal

Albert Hall ... Craig

Hill Harper ... Xavier

Harry Lennix ... Randall

Bernie Mac ... Jay
Wendell Pierce ... Wendell
Roger Guenveur Smith ... Gary

Isaiah Washington ... Kyle

Steve White ... Mike

Ossie Davis ... Jeremiah

Charles S. Dutton ... George
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby SR
Certification:
USA:R (certificate #34796) | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | UK:15
Company:
15 Black Men more

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Trivia:
Released on 16 October 1996; approximately one year after the March itself. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: By evening on the second day of driving, the bus had gone from Los Angeles, CA to Memphis, TN (almost 1,800 miles). Despite driving through the night, by evening on the third day they had only traveled as far as Knoxville, TN (almost 400 miles). more
Quotes:
Jeremiah: I think as we prepare to go on this journey; it might be appropriate to have a prayer.
[praying]
Jeremiah: Dear Lord, we ask you to...
Flip: [running onto the bus] Damn, I'm glad ya'll ain't left. I didn't think I was ever goin' to...
George: [angrily] Hey; CP Time, we tryin' to have a prayer here!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Spin City: Don't Get on the Bus (#4.21)" (2000) more
Soundtrack:
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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Powerfully good, 22 November 2002
10/10
Author: dee.reid from United States

I just got done watching Spike Lee's "Get on the Bus" for the first time in about a year. The movie is done in a manner, I can't really describe it, that is very different from previous efforts by Spike Lee. The film follows a bus of about twenty men, all African-American, on a trip to Washington, D.C. to attend the Million March that was held there in 1995, about a year before this movie was made. We follow each of the men, including a father and son who have tethered together on a court order; a homophobic actor, who takes an immediate disliking to two homosexual men; a cop whose father was killed in the line of duty; a former gang member who is now a social services worker for troubled kids who he's trying to keep from living a life in gangs; an up and coming film student, who is video taping the event so he can show it to his future children; and an open-hearted elderly man who is going to the Million Man March simply because he wants to.

"Get on the Bus" is in my opinion, one of Spike Lee's best films. Each of the characters are unique in one a way or another.

A film that is not to be missed.

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