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Get on the Bus

Year:
Duration:
120 min
Genres:
Drama | History
IMDB rate:
6.8
Director:
Spike Lee
Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1996-10-16
Filming Locations: USA
Earnings
Budget: $2,400,000
Opening Weekend: $2,837,711 (USA) (20 October 1996)
Gross: $5,731,103 (USA) (17 November 1996)
Cast
Actor
Character
Richard Belzer
Rick
Andre Braugher
Flip
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Evan Thomas Sr.
Gabriel Casseus
Jamal
Albert Hall
Craig
Hill Harper
Xavier
Harry Lennix
Randall
Bernie Mac
Jay
Wendell Pierce
Wendell
Roger Guenveur Smith
Gary
Isaiah Washington
Kyle
Steve White
Mike
Ossie Davis
Jeremiah
Charles S. Dutton
George
Joie Lee
Jindal
Kristen Wilson
Shelly (as Kristin Wilson)
Frank Clem
Jefferson
Bob Orwig
Rodney
Gary Lowery
Mitch
Debra Rogers
Sandy
William Barillaro
Officer Mike (as William B. Barillaro)
Susan Batson
Dr. Cook
Paula Jai Parker
Jamilia
Gina Ravera
Gina
Jadi McCurdy
Ja-Dee
Hosea Brown III
Doc (as Dr. Hosea Brown III)
Guy Margo
Khalid
Randy Quaid
Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)
William Shipman
Traveler (uncredited)
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Trivia
Rather than seek studio financing, Spike Lee financed the film with monetary contributions from famous black men so as to reflect the spirit of the Million Man March. The contributors included (but were not limited to): Will Smith, Danny Glover, Wesley Snipes, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., and Robert Guillaume.
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This was the first time that Spike Lee did not appear in a film that he directed.
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Released on 16 October 1996; approximately one year after the March itself.
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Goofs
By evening on the second day of driving, the bus had gone from Los Angeles, CA to Memphis, TN (almost 1,800 miles). Despite driving through the night, by evening on the third day they had only traveled as far as Knoxville, TN (almost 400 miles).
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While driving from South Los Angeles to Washington DC, the bus takes the Pasadena Freeway north from downtown LA. This freeway ends in Pasadena and is not the way one would travel across the country. Furthermore, a bus of this size would not be permitted on this freeway.
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Quotes
Flip: I've always heard that Dallas has the finest honeys on the planet.
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Flip: Oh my God, a gay black republican. Now I've seen everything!
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George: Let's go get something to eat, Rick, then I'll drive the bus for awhile.
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Photos from cast
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