Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Hollywood shuffle / The Samuel Goldwyn Company ; written by Robert Townsend & Keenen Ivory Wayans ; produced & directed by Robert Townsend.

Edition:

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.

Publisher, Date:

[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2023]

Description:

1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

Blu-ray region A

Summary:

A satire on the ups and downs of being a black actor in Hollywood. Bobby Taylor, a young black actor whose attempts to find work are dashed when told that he's not "black enough" for the roles being offered. With jobs limited to stereotypes (gang-bangers, pimps and Uncle Toms'), Bobby's struggles are told through a series of comic fantasies and dreams.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 1173

Criterion collection ; 1173.

Subjects:

African American actors -- Drama.

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Comedy films.

Other Author:

Martin, Helen, 1909-2000, actor.

Johnson, Craigus R., actor.

DuPois, Starletta, actor.

Figueroa, Marc, actor.

Coughlan, Sarah Kaite, actor.

Wayans, Kim, actor.

Townsend, Robert, 1957- screenwriter, producer, director.

Wayans, Keenen Ivory, screenwriter.

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Samuel Goldwyn Co., production company.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.

Wide screen.

Special features: New audio commentary featuring Townsend; new interviews; radio program featuring Townsend with Elvis Mitchell; essay by Aisha Harris.

Robert Townsend, Craigus R. Johnson, Helen Martin, Starletta Dupois, Marc Figueroa, Sarah Kaite Coughlan, Kim Wayans.

Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); mono; requires Blu-ray player.

in English, subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

ISBN:

9798886070187

888607018G : BRHD

9798886070187

Publisher Number:

CC3442BD

Other Number:

1356857809

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

1004551

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

BLU MOVIE Hollywoo