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Black and White (1999) -- A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.
Black and White (1999) -- A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.
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Overview

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Director:
Writer (WGA):
James Toback (written by)
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Release Date:
5 April 2000 (USA) more
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Tagline:
What happens when you mix it up? more
Plot:
A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Don't buy the hype! more (81 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Scott Caan ... Scotty

Robert Downey Jr. ... Terry Donager
Stacy Edwards ... Sheila King
Allan Houston ... Dean Carter

Gaby Hoffmann ... Raven
Kidada Jones ... Jesse

Jared Leto ... Casey

Marla Maples ... Muffy

Joe Pantoliano ... Bill King

Bijou Phillips ... Charlie
Oliver 'Power' Grant ... Rich Bower (as Power)
Raekwon ... Cigar

Claudia Schiffer ... Greta

William Lee Scott ... Will King

Brooke Shields ... Sam Donager

Ben Stiller ... Mark Clear

Eddie Kaye Thomas ... Marty King

James Toback ... Arnie Tishman

Mike Tyson ... Himself

Elijah Wood ... Wren
Kim Matulova ... Kim

Brett Ratner ... Himself

Method Man ... Himself
Inspectah Deck ... Himself
Ghostface Killah ... Himself (as Ghostface)

Sticky Fingaz ... Himself
Fredro Starr ... Himself
George Wayne ... Himself
Scottie Epstein ... Scott
Thaddaeus Birkett ... Tula
Chip Banks ... Nicky

Hassan Johnson ... Iniko (as Hassan Iniko Johnson)
Larry Shaw ... Duke
Superb ... Pep
Tyrone S. Walker ... Tye
Richard Akiva ... Richie
Shawn Regruto ... Victor
Justin Ske ... Jus Ske
Richard Voll ... Richie V
Steven C. Beer ... Attorney (as Steven Beer)
Sabine Lamy ... Girl in Bed #1
Michelle Dent ... Girl in Bed #2
Frank Pesce ... Joey
Richard Rose ... Newscaster
Chuck Zito ... Chuck
Robert B. Alexander ... Darren
Sheila Ball ... Sheila
John Bolger ... Peter
Joseph Bongiorno ... John
Masta Killa ... Himself

Frank Adonis ... Frank
Jodi Cohen ... Jodi

John Buffalo Mailer ... John (as John Mailer)

Tina Nguyen ... Tina

Garry Pastore ... Benny Bones
Richard Elms ... Driver
Keith Grayson ... Krysley
Janine Green ... Janine

Cara Hamill ... Featured

Katie Hamill ... Katie

Michael B. Jordan ... Teen #2
David Alastair King ... King
Kristin Klosterman ... Christine
Duane McLaughlin ... Teen #1
Eric Keith McNeil ... Combo
Lauren Pratt ... Sandy
Shari Raghunati ... Shari

Katie Sagona ... Katie
Melvin James Shaad ... Doorman
Tyree Michael Simpson ... Club Security
Patrick Watt ... Thomas
Jade Yorker ... Teen #3
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pell James ... Pell (uncredited)

Jaime McAdams ... James (uncredited)

George F. Miller ... Bartender at the new club (uncredited)

Steve Nuke ... Waiter (uncredited)

Davy Sardou ... Clubber (uncredited)

Bellamy Young ... Bellamy (uncredited)
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Directed by
James Toback 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
James Toback (written by)

Produced by
Daniel Bigel .... producer
Mark Burg .... executive producer
Oliver 'Power' Grant .... associate producer (as Oli 'Power' Grant)
Oren Koules .... executive producer
Michael Mailer .... producer
Hooman Majd .... executive producer
Edward R. Pressman .... executive producer
Raekwon .... associate producer
Jennifer Roth .... line producer
Ron Rotholz .... producer
Alinur Velidedeoglu .... associate producer
Beata Rosenbaum .... co-producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
American Cream Team 
Oliver 'Power' Grant  (as Oli 'Power' Grant)
 
Cinematography by
David M. Ferrara 
 
Film Editing by
Myron I. Kerstein 
 
Casting by
Stephanie Corsalini 
Louis DiGiaimo 
 
Production Design by
Anne Ross 
 
Art Direction by
Alisa Grifo 
 
Set Decoration by
Maureen Osborne 
 
Costume Design by
Jacki Roach 
 
Makeup Department
Lacey Cope .... additional makeup artist
Deanna .... key hair stylist (as R. Deanna)
Nuria Sitja .... key makeup artist
Megan Alter .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Jonathan Manzo .... production manager
Exile Ramirez .... production supervisor
Jill Rubin .... production manager
Sabrina Sipantzi .... production manager: Los Angeles
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Darren Goldberg .... assistant director
Michael Lerman .... second assistant director
Eric Liney .... assistant director
Vince P. Maggio .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Rae McGrath .... property master
Duke Scoppa .... assistant property master
 
Sound Department
Antonio L. Arroyo .... production sound mixer
Matthew C. Beville .... adr mixer
Kevin Bowe .... second boom operator
Glenn Gaines .... sound mixer: Los Angeles
John Gutierrez .... boom operator
Bobby Johanson .... adr recordist
Dan Paikin .... boom operator
Alex Raspa .... adr mixer
Byron Wilson .... supervising sound editor
Jamie Lowry .... adr editor (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Drew Jiritano .... special effects coordinator
 
Visual Effects by
Rob Blue .... digital artist: main title
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Cesar Baptista .... grip
Caswell Cooke .... key grip
Todd Csernecky .... rigging gaffer
Moira Demos .... electrician
Glenn Fishel .... grip
Kate Fix .... second assistant camera
Matthew W. Flannery .... first Steadicam assistant
David Harges .... electrician
Patrick R. Heffernan .... best boy grip
Jendra Jarnagin .... additional electrician (as Jendra Robinson)
Tom Kempf .... best boy grip
Dan Kubicek .... grip
Ted LeHane .... rigging key grip
Jamie A. Marlowe .... first assistant camera
Alexa D. O'Brien .... additional electric
Jason Summers .... first assistant camera
Seamus Tierney .... gaffer
Robert Lau .... first assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
 
Casting Department
Winsome Sinclair .... extras casting
 
Editorial Department
Andrew Buckland .... assistant editor (as Andrew Buchland)
Rick Greenhead .... telecine colorist
Shelby Siegel .... second assistant editor
Tim Streeto .... first assistant editor
 
Music Department
Oliver 'Power' Grant .... music supervisor (as Oli 'Power' Grant)
 
Other crew
Steven C. Beer .... legal counsel
Chris Connolly .... assistant to producers
David A. Gluck .... assistant: James Toback
Terri Jackson .... assistant production coordinator
Brian Lamia .... production assistant
Livia Monte .... production coordinator
Jessica O'Brien .... production assistant
Allen Pinero .... accountant
Josh Schneider .... accountant
Jason M. Schwartz .... unspecified assistant
Jon Shepard .... location manager
J.P. Summerskill .... production accountant
Tony Trimarco .... production accountant
Sol Tryon .... key set production assistant
Sara Tune .... production assistant
Maureen Tuohy .... script supervisor
Ajamu Walker .... production assistant
Maria Williams .... assistant: Ben Stiller
John Michael Sudol .... key production assistant (uncredited)
George F. Miller .... stand-in: Joe Pantoliano (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Gleb Klioner .... special thanks
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality, graphic language, some violence and drug use.
Runtime:
98 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Claudia Schiffer had to have her ears pierced specially for the large hoop earrings worn by her character in this movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Dean is described repeatedly as a "star point guard." Actually, like the actor (a star basketball player in real life), Dean is a shooting guard who sometimes also plays small forward. more
Quotes:
Terry Donager: I'm Terry Donager.
Casey: Hi, I'm Casey.
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Movie Connections:
References Rush Hour (1998) more
Soundtrack:
Break You Off more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Don't buy the hype!, 8 April 2000
Author: Shiva-11 from Vancouver, BC

Black & White: a documentary director and her husband follows several upper middle class high school kids to try and comprehend why they have chosen to emulate black inner city hip-hop rappers.

What is intended to be an avante-garde-in-your-face mockumentary addressing serious sociological issues is a weak series of loosely interconnecting stories with poorly developed and uninteresting characters. The credits tout many big names - Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, Brooke Shields among them - but the performances are lackluster at best: while Downey's stereotypical fey gay character borders on offensive, he can't compare with Mike Tyson's ludicrous attempts at philosophizing.

At least there are no shades of grey here - it is all bad.

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