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DAVE CHAPPELLE'S BLOCK PARTY: Between the sharp comedic mind of David Chappelle and the quirky brilliance of French director Michel Gondry (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND) there's not a single bad moment to be found in this captivating concert documentary chronicling a massive block party that Chappelle threw in 2004 down in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn. With acts like the Roots Kanye West Jill Scott Mos Def Erykah Badu and a reunion of the Fugees this will be an automatic favorite for the hip-hop/neo-soul crowd. In its perceptive celebratory way the film opens the VIP gates on hip-hop culture and invites everyone in for a funky goo
DAVE CHAPPELLE'S BLOCK PARTY: Between the sharp comedic mind of David Chappelle and the quirky brilliance of French director Michel Gondry (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND) there's not a single bad moment to be found in this captivating concert documentary chronicling a massive block party that Chappelle threw in 2004 down in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn. With acts like the Roots Kanye West Jill Scott Mos Def Erykah Badu and a reunion of the Fugees this will be an automatic favorite for the hip-hop/neo-soul crowd. In its perceptive celebratory way the film opens the VIP gates on hip-hop culture and invites everyone in for a funky good time. Gondry's fly-on-the wall camera approach recalls D.A. Pennebaker docs like DON'T LOOK BACK (1967) but the attitude is more laid back and genial; the stars the band the locals the marching band Chappelle buses in from his Ohio hometown all come together with a rare sense of charmed spontaneity--watching it becomes akin to participation. Chappelle is hilarious whether handing out golden tickets to old ladies or reciting improv poetry to a bongo beat and the music is just as good with highlights being Lauryn Hill's heartbreaking "Killing Me Softly" and Kayne Wests's galvanizing "Jesus Walks." This BLOCK PARTY re-writes a host of rules about what a concert film can be and it does it with enough love to spill out of the theater and into the neighborhood. HALF BAKED: A trio of bong-loving buddies hatch a pot-laced plan to spring the fourth member of their smokers' circle out of the Big House where he languishes after accidentally killing a diabetic police horse. The cinematic equivalent of aerosol cheese featuring a bevy of buzz-friendly cameos (such as Bob Saget as a rehabbing cokehead and the Father of Them All Tommy Chong).Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 025193218728 Manufacturer No: 62032187
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Manufacturer: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025193218728 UPC: 025193218728
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