Black and White is a 1999 film directed by James Toback, starring Jared Leto, Scott Caan, Claudia Schiffer, Brooke Shields, Robert Downey Jr., Allan Houston and a number of rap musicians, namely members of the Wu-Tang Clan (Raekwon, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Power, Masta Killa and Inspectah Deck) and Onyx (Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz).
The movie also notably features Ben Stiller in a rare dramatic role as a sleazy police detective, as well...
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Black and White is a 1999 film directed by James Toback, starring Jared Leto, Scott Caan, Claudia Schiffer, Brooke Shields, Robert Downey Jr., Allan Houston and a number of rap musicians, namely members of the Wu-Tang Clan (Raekwon, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Power, Masta Killa and Inspectah Deck) and Onyx (Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz).
The movie also notably features Ben Stiller in a rare dramatic role as a sleazy police detective, as well as Mike Tyson playing himself.
It had its first showing at the Telluride Film Festival on September 4, 1999, followed by a second screening at the Toronto Film Festival on September 15, 1999. It had its widespread theatrical release in the USA on April 5, 2000.
A group of white high school teens (Elijah Wood, Eddie Kaye Thomas (billed as Eddie K. Thomas), William Lee Scott) become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.
Most of the script for this movie was improvised by the cast. Only Claudia Schiffer's part was fully-scripted.
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