| Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1 rda |
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DVD NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture |
| System Details |
DVD, wide screen (2.40:1); Dolby digital 5.1, descriptive audio 5.1. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles; optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; optional descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired; closed captioned. |
| Cast |
Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, Armie Hammer. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Doug Emmett ; editor, Terel Gibson ; music, Merrill Garbus, Nate Brenner. |
| Note |
Wide screen (2.40:1). |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language, some strong sexual content, graphic nudity, and drug use. |
| Summary |
"Sorry To Bother You" brings the story of Cassius "Cash" Green. As the movie opens, he is caught lying on his resume during a job interview at RegalView Telemarketing. He can't believe his good luck when he's offered the job anyway. "Just stick to the script", his new boss tells him. Later we get to know Cash's fiancee Detroit. When Cash starts his job selling encyclopedias, it takes him a while to find his groove. An older coworker gives him some advice: "Use the white voice"... At this point we are 10 min. into the movie but to tell you more of the plot would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out. Couple of comments: this is the movie writing-directing debut of Boots Riley, best known for his rapping band The Coup (whose 2012 album is also called "Sorry to Bother You"). Here he goes the social satire route, by way of a wild (and wildly imaginative) tale set in Oakland in the near future. The farther we get into the movie, the crazier it becomes. Riley tackles many issues, including racial stereotyping and prejudice, cheap labor/unionization, police brutality, and so on. Yet the movie is at times hilariously funny too. In other words: this movie is all over the map. Sometimes it works, other times it steers off course, if not off the tracks altogether. LaKeith Stanfield, best known for his prior role as Snoop Dogg in "Straight Outta Compton", delivers another outstanding performance as Cash. Danny Glover has a small role as the older coworker. If I have one word of caution, it's that the movie's trailer, which I had seen, is not indicative of what the full movie really is all about. So keep an open mind, and roll along with the punches. "Sorry To Bother You" premiered at this year's Sundance festival to immediate buzz and critical acclaim. |
| Note |
Special features: Beautiful clutter with director Boots Riley; commentary with director Boots Riley; gallery. |
| Subject |
Success -- Drama.
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Magic -- Drama.
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Magic. (OCoLC)fst01005468
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Success. (OCoLC)fst01137041
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Dark comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710291
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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| Added Author |
Riley, Boots, film director, screenwriter.
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Bongiovi, Nina Yang, film producer.
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Whitaker, Forest, film producer.
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King, Charles D. (Producer), film producer.
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Rush, George, Jr., film producer.
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Duffy, Jonathan (Producer), film producer.
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Stanfield, LaKeith, 1991- actor.
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Thompson, Tessa, 1967- actor.
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Fowler, Jermaine, actor.
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Hardwick, Omari, 1974- actor.
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Williams, Kelly (Producer), film producer.
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Crews, Terry, 1968- actor.
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Glover, Danny, actor.
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Yeun, Steven, actor.
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Hammer, Armie, 1986- actor.
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Garbus, Merrill, composer (expression)
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Brenner, Nate, composer (expression)
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Emmett, Doug, director of photography.
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Gibson, Terel, editor of moving image work.
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Annapurna Pictures, presenter.
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Significant Productions, production company.
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MNM Creative (Firm), production company.
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Cinereach (Firm), production company.
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Space Program (Production company), production company.
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Macro Media, production company.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher.
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| Standard No. |
024543548997 |
| Music No. |
2354899 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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