Friday, January 11, 2008

80's Movie Weekend

A great movie from 1987 that starred Robert Townsend and featured a couple of the Wayans brothers... "Hollywood Shuffle"...

the trailer...



Hollywood's first black acting school...



And, of course what would this post be without the famous criminal, "Jheri Curl" and his activator! I always knew Jheri Curl murdered Cookiehead!



Hollywood Shuffle
Directed by Robert Townsend
Produced by Robert Townsend
Written by Robert Townsend & Keenen Ivory Wayans with Dom Irrera (uncredited)
Starring Robert Townsend
Anne-Marie Johnson
Helen Martin
John Witherspoon
Dom Irrera
Roy Fegan
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Starletta DuPois
Craigus R. Johnson
Music by Udi Harpaz
Cinematography Peter Deming
Editing by W.O. Garrett
Distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release date(s) October 17, 1986 (USA)
Running time 78 min.
Language English
Budget $100,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue $5,228,617 (USA)

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