Hollywood Shuffle - DVD

A satire on the ups & downs of being a black actor in Hollywood, Hollywood Shuffle writer/producer/director Robert Townsend (The Five Heartbeats) stars as 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, making all-too-real that he needs to do the Hollywood Shuffle. Co-starring Keenen Ivory Wayans (Scary Movie, TV's In Living Color), Anne-Marie Johnson (Pursuit of Happiness), and Helen Martin (Kiss The Girls, TV's 227), Hollywood Shuffle is written, produced & directed by Robert Townsend (Streets of Fire, The Five Heartbeats, The Mighty Quinn, A Soldier's Story).

Forget the train and get on the plane... The Soul Plane. With a $100 million dollar settlement in his pocket from an airline that, among other things, lost his dog mid-flight, Nashawn Wade (Kevin Hart, Ride Along, Get Hard) decides to start his own airline that specifically caters to African-Americans and hip-hop artists. You'll be in for the flight of your life with a crew that includes an acrophobic captain (Snoop Dogg, This Is The End); an overly aggressive security guard (Mo'Nique, Precious); plus a passenger (Method Man, The Fast and The Furious) who sets up a mini-casino/strip club on the plane. Directed by Jessy Terrero (Gun, Freelancers) and written by Bo Zenga and Chuck Wilson, Soul Plane co-stars D.L. Hughley (The Original Kings of Comedy), Loni Love (Paul Bart Mall Cop 2), Missi Pyle (Gone Girl), Terry Crews (Bridesmaids), Gary Anthony Williams (Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle), John Witherspoon(Bulworth), and Dwayne Adway (Into The Blue).

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