The Other Black Girl is a mystery drama series created by Zakiya Dalila Harris and Rashida Jones. The Hulu series is based on a 2021 novel of the same name by Zakiya Dalila Harris a workplace drama and it follows an African-American editorial assistant working in a NYC publishing firm which is largely populated by white people. When another black co-worker arrives she gets excited but is her new colleague a friend or a foe? So, if you loved the Hulu series here are some similar shows and movies you could watch next.
Sorry to Bother You (Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Studios
Synopsis: In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, Calif., telemarketer Cassius Green finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magical key that leads to material glory. As Green’s career begins to take off, his friends and co-workers organize a protest against corporate oppression. Cassius...
Sorry to Bother You (Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Studios
Synopsis: In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, Calif., telemarketer Cassius Green finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magical key that leads to material glory. As Green’s career begins to take off, his friends and co-workers organize a protest against corporate oppression. Cassius...
- 9/17/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
A rare and extensive animation collection from Steven Spielberg, Shirley Kurata’s Oscar-nominated costumes from 2022 Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All at Once, a blacklisted writer’s original Oscar statuette from 1958’s The Defiant Ones and the more than 700-film collection of legendary film scholar and Honorary Oscar recipient Kevin Brownlow are just a few of the latest donations to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ vast collections housed at the Margaret Herrick Library on Beverly Hills, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and the Academy Film Archive. These items and many more just add to the eye-popping collected works for AMPAS, the largest film-related collection in the world (next to my garage – Not).
The Steven Spielberg Animation Collection, which includes more an 150 pieces of original animation art from 1932-52 is such a prize that the Academy is renaming its Herrick Library’s Graphic Arts department — which also includes posters,...
The Steven Spielberg Animation Collection, which includes more an 150 pieces of original animation art from 1932-52 is such a prize that the Academy is renaming its Herrick Library’s Graphic Arts department — which also includes posters,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Jermaine Fowler is an American actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best known for his role in Coming 2 America and Hulu’s The Drop.
Jermaine Fowler Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Jermaine Fowler was born on May 16, 1988 (Jermaine Fowler: age 34), in Washington, D.C., and was raised with his twin brother in Hyattsville, Maryland. There he graduated from Northwestern High School. After dropping out of college in 2008, he moved to New York City and would perform at open mics around Times Square.
Jermaine Fowler Biography: Comedy Career
Fowler started his career doing standup and in 2012 began visiting comedy clubs and colleges around the country. In 2013 Fowler began writing, producing, and acting in MTV2’s Guy Code, a reality tv show where comics, athletes, and pop culture icons detail the unspoken rules between straight men. Fowler’s own comedy show that he wrote and produced, Give ‘Em Hell,...
Jermaine Fowler Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Jermaine Fowler was born on May 16, 1988 (Jermaine Fowler: age 34), in Washington, D.C., and was raised with his twin brother in Hyattsville, Maryland. There he graduated from Northwestern High School. After dropping out of college in 2008, he moved to New York City and would perform at open mics around Times Square.
Jermaine Fowler Biography: Comedy Career
Fowler started his career doing standup and in 2012 began visiting comedy clubs and colleges around the country. In 2013 Fowler began writing, producing, and acting in MTV2’s Guy Code, a reality tv show where comics, athletes, and pop culture icons detail the unspoken rules between straight men. Fowler’s own comedy show that he wrote and produced, Give ‘Em Hell,...
- 4/23/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Boots Riley is not afraid to lead with magical realism. When the activist and lead vocalist of the influential hip-hop band The Coup first stepped behind the camera to write and direct 2018’s Sorry to Bother You, he presented audiences with something new right away. That film’s premise of Black telemarketer Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) learning to adopt his “white voice” to put customers at ease quickly gave way to something even stranger, angrier, and yes, more political.
Riley is seeking to pull off a similar magic trick with his next project, the seven-episode TV series for Prime Video: I’m a Virgo. The show, starring Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us), has an equally ambitious premise. It’s about a 13-foot-tall Black man in Oakland. And oh yeah, he’s a Virgo, as he’ll happily tell you. But like Sorry to Bother You before it, that’s...
Riley is seeking to pull off a similar magic trick with his next project, the seven-episode TV series for Prime Video: I’m a Virgo. The show, starring Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us), has an equally ambitious premise. It’s about a 13-foot-tall Black man in Oakland. And oh yeah, he’s a Virgo, as he’ll happily tell you. But like Sorry to Bother You before it, that’s...
- 3/13/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Prime Video released the teaser trailer for “I’m a Virgo,” the mythical coming-of age comedy created, written and executive produced by Boots Riley.
The coming of age story, which follows a Cootie, giant Black (Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome) man as he grows up hidden away in his house until he decides to escape and experience real life, in Oakland California. The series will unfold in seven episodes, all directed by Riley.
“Well I’m a Virgo, and Virgos love adventure,” Jerome’s Cootie says at the end of the trailer.
Despite being 13 feet tall, Cootie finds friends, love, adventure and even meets the real life superhero The Hero (Walton Goggins), whom he idolizes from the comic books he read when he was cooped up in his house. Jerome also serves as executive producer.
More cast includes Brett Gray, Kara Young (“The Punisher”), Allius Barnes (“Cruel Summer”), Olivia Washington (“Breaking”), Mike Epps and Carmen Ejogo.
The coming of age story, which follows a Cootie, giant Black (Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome) man as he grows up hidden away in his house until he decides to escape and experience real life, in Oakland California. The series will unfold in seven episodes, all directed by Riley.
“Well I’m a Virgo, and Virgos love adventure,” Jerome’s Cootie says at the end of the trailer.
Despite being 13 feet tall, Cootie finds friends, love, adventure and even meets the real life superhero The Hero (Walton Goggins), whom he idolizes from the comic books he read when he was cooped up in his house. Jerome also serves as executive producer.
More cast includes Brett Gray, Kara Young (“The Punisher”), Allius Barnes (“Cruel Summer”), Olivia Washington (“Breaking”), Mike Epps and Carmen Ejogo.
- 3/6/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Spring has sprung. Depending on what part of the country (or world) you’re in that’s either true or a deceptive lie no matter what scientists say about the equinox. But whether temperatures are really starting to thaw for you or it’s another six, long, cold weeks of winter, there’s one thing we can all depend on: streaming content.
And like the veritable Bo Burnham once said on a Netflix project last year, daddy’s made your favorite with a slew of genuine classics and plenty of crowdpleasers, new and old, coming to the service. Enjoy a preview of the best of the selection below.
Gattaca (1997)
March 1
Released the same year as Starship Troopers (see below), Gattaca attacked a different kind of fascism than that film–one built on eugenics instead of military superiority. In Andrew Niccol’s cerebral, intense debut as a director and writer, children...
And like the veritable Bo Burnham once said on a Netflix project last year, daddy’s made your favorite with a slew of genuine classics and plenty of crowdpleasers, new and old, coming to the service. Enjoy a preview of the best of the selection below.
Gattaca (1997)
March 1
Released the same year as Starship Troopers (see below), Gattaca attacked a different kind of fascism than that film–one built on eugenics instead of military superiority. In Andrew Niccol’s cerebral, intense debut as a director and writer, children...
- 2/28/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Before Lakeith Stanfield received his first Oscar nomination for his role in Judas and The Black Messiah, the 30-year-old was in one of the weirdest, boldest, and most original films in the last decade. A signature debut for first-time director Boots Riley, Sorry To Bother You also stars Tessa Thompson, Omari Hardwick, and Terry Crews. The film follows an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, California where Cassius Green’s life has turned upside down the moment his telemarketing career takes off. His friends and co-workers organize a protest against
Sorry To Bother You: Why You Should Check It Out...
Sorry To Bother You: Why You Should Check It Out...
- 10/4/2021
- by Jeffrey Bowie Jr.
- TVovermind.com
Photo: ‘Sorry To Bother You’/Universal Pictures In a time when the cinema world seems to be dominated by superhero movies, remakes, and stories predicated on basically any I.P. (shoutout ‘Cats’), it is exceedingly refreshing to watch something as unique and ambitious as Boots Riley’s ‘Sorry To Bother You’. The film takes us on a wacky, hilarious, visually stunning journey, where we follow a young Black telemarketer, Cassius Green (played by Lakeith Stanfield), who begins to move up the ranks when he discovers how to use his “White voice” and joins the elite Power Caller team working for an exploitative corporation, WorryFree. When he discovers the horrific things WorryFree is doing to people, he joins his girlfriend, Detroit (played by Tessa Thompson), and other telemarketers in striking against and exposing WorryFree’s crimes against humanity. To put it a bit more succinctly (and in the words of Boots...
- 3/9/2021
- by Malachi Marlan-Librett
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Lakeith Stanfield thinks actors take themselves too seriously. It’s why he says he loved watching Ricky Gervais skewer the crowd at the recent Golden Globes, imploring the winners to “accept your little award, thank your agent, and your God, and f*** off”.
“It’s nice to just knock everybody off their pedestal,” says Stanfield, laughing. “Nothing gave me more joy than seeing them all squirm. It was very entertaining.”
The California-born star of the brilliantly absurdist Sorry to Bother You generally believes everyone needs to calm down. About awards shows, especially. Hollywood’s finest, he says, are always “acting like everything is so deep. It’s all so sensational and political.”
That Stanfield has mixed feelings about awards ceremonies is understandable. On the one hand, Knives Out, the riotous whodunit in which he plays a diligent cop, is up for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars. On the other,...
“It’s nice to just knock everybody off their pedestal,” says Stanfield, laughing. “Nothing gave me more joy than seeing them all squirm. It was very entertaining.”
The California-born star of the brilliantly absurdist Sorry to Bother You generally believes everyone needs to calm down. About awards shows, especially. Hollywood’s finest, he says, are always “acting like everything is so deep. It’s all so sensational and political.”
That Stanfield has mixed feelings about awards ceremonies is understandable. On the one hand, Knives Out, the riotous whodunit in which he plays a diligent cop, is up for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars. On the other,...
- 1/25/2020
- by Patrick Smith
- The Independent - Film
Stars: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Kate Berlant, Michael X. Sommers, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, Armie Hammer, Robert Longstreet | Written and Directed by Boots Riley
With Cassius Green’s (Lakeith Stanfield) newly discovered talent, it’s not long before he rises through the ranks of his company, moving closer to the inner circle of coke-snorting entrepreneur Steve Lift (Armie Hammer). But as Cassius soon discovers, Steve has some disturbing ambitions for him and the cost of success could be more than just alienation from both his colleagues and activist girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson). Bursting with ideas, visual panache and caustic wit, Riley acerbically lampoons office life and offers savage commentary on the young African-American experience. Joining a triumphant new wave of radical black cinema, Sorry to Bother You establishes Riley as a filmmaking force to be reckoned with.
Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You...
With Cassius Green’s (Lakeith Stanfield) newly discovered talent, it’s not long before he rises through the ranks of his company, moving closer to the inner circle of coke-snorting entrepreneur Steve Lift (Armie Hammer). But as Cassius soon discovers, Steve has some disturbing ambitions for him and the cost of success could be more than just alienation from both his colleagues and activist girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson). Bursting with ideas, visual panache and caustic wit, Riley acerbically lampoons office life and offers savage commentary on the young African-American experience. Joining a triumphant new wave of radical black cinema, Sorry to Bother You establishes Riley as a filmmaking force to be reckoned with.
Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You...
- 4/16/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Today we are recognizing Sorry To Bother You, as well as writer/director Boots Riley, plus co-stars Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson. Our Hollywood Film Tributes recognize films and talent for their excellence in the art of filmmaking. Not only is this the most original work of 2018, it’s arguably one of the most original cinematic works we’ve ever seen. Like a bolt of creative lightning, Boots Riley has announced himself with Sorry To Bother You as a one of a kind talent. The fact that his vision hasn’t been more fully received by voters this year is a real tragedy. As such, we’re correcting that today with this tribute to Riley and his actors, not just Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson, but Armie Hammer and Steven Yeun too. Everyone combines to do stupendous work in a film that will stand the test of time… From our...
- 1/21/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Art created in direct response to sociopolitical issues tends to feel didactic and overwrought, which is how we often end up with overly sentimental films that only have the purpose of delivering a lesson. Art created as a result of, and in resistance to, fascism, authoritarianism, racism, and economic injustice, on the other side, feels timeless. So in the chaos that 2018 has brought in terms of violence against minorities, revelations of sexual harassment and deep corruption in the entertainment industry, inhuman policies imposed on refugees and those escaping violence, and corrupt right-wing governments taking hold of several world powers, my favorite films were those that reminded me why it’s essential to keep fighting. Why we simply can not give up.
Works by masters like Alfonso Cuarón and Paul Schrader were perfect examples of how with great power, comes, well, great responsibility. Responsibility to show us the world for what it is,...
Works by masters like Alfonso Cuarón and Paul Schrader were perfect examples of how with great power, comes, well, great responsibility. Responsibility to show us the world for what it is,...
- 12/26/2018
- by Jose Solís
- The Film Stage
Lakeith Stanfield is headed home. That is, if he can remember where he lives. “I forgot my street,” he chuckles to the driver. He snaps his fingers once, twice, three times, and like magic, summons his address to mind.
To be fair, he hasn’t been living there long. Since his career started to click, the 27-year-old actor hasn’t been rooted anywhere for long. Yesterday, he was in Boston filming Rian Johnson’s all-star murder mystery Knives Out, alongside Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Chris Evans and Jamie Lee Curtis. Then a red-eye flight to Los Angeles, a day of photo shoots, and finally, the back of this car on the way to his new house in the Valley, not far from the crowded apartment he used to share with a bunch of dudes just three years ago when he was still that bit player who would pop up in...
To be fair, he hasn’t been living there long. Since his career started to click, the 27-year-old actor hasn’t been rooted anywhere for long. Yesterday, he was in Boston filming Rian Johnson’s all-star murder mystery Knives Out, alongside Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Chris Evans and Jamie Lee Curtis. Then a red-eye flight to Los Angeles, a day of photo shoots, and finally, the back of this car on the way to his new house in the Valley, not far from the crowded apartment he used to share with a bunch of dudes just three years ago when he was still that bit player who would pop up in...
- 12/13/2018
- by Amy Nicholson
- Deadline Film + TV
Lakeith Stanfield plays a black call-centre worker whose fortunes improve when he adopts a ‘white voice’ in Boots Riley’s cheerfully anarchic satire
From Beyoncé to Sorry to Bother You: the new age of Afro-surrealism
‘Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?” asked Professor Henry Higgins, prior to elevating a flower girl to the condition of a duchess, merely by fixing her elocution. The Anglo-Saxon verities of class and speech, as proclaimed in Shaw’s Pygmalion via the stage musical, are transferred to race in this anarchic satire on capitalism from the Chicago rapper and film-maker Boots Riley. It’s a funny, persistently startling and cheerfully offensive futureworld fantasy about a black guy called Cassius Green (pronounced “cash is green”) played with heroically unharshed mellow by Lakeith Stanfield.
Related: From Beyoncé to Sorry to Bother You: the new age of Afro-surrealism...
From Beyoncé to Sorry to Bother You: the new age of Afro-surrealism
‘Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?” asked Professor Henry Higgins, prior to elevating a flower girl to the condition of a duchess, merely by fixing her elocution. The Anglo-Saxon verities of class and speech, as proclaimed in Shaw’s Pygmalion via the stage musical, are transferred to race in this anarchic satire on capitalism from the Chicago rapper and film-maker Boots Riley. It’s a funny, persistently startling and cheerfully offensive futureworld fantasy about a black guy called Cassius Green (pronounced “cash is green”) played with heroically unharshed mellow by Lakeith Stanfield.
Related: From Beyoncé to Sorry to Bother You: the new age of Afro-surrealism...
- 12/6/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The musician turned director discusses how firsthand experience, and having Dave Eggers as a fan, shaped his hit debut movie, Sorry to Bother You
By the time I meet him, Boots Riley has been promoting his movie Sorry to Bother You for the best part of nine months. It dropped with a splash at the Sundance film festival in January – but the veteran rapper and political organiser, now 47, is clearly still delighted to discuss his gleefully disruptive entrance into the world of film-making. “It’s all related to things I care about,” he says.
Tracking the moral dilemmas of penniless Cassius Green as he rises through the ranks of a shady telemarketing firm, Sorry to Bother You reflects on the challenges of being black in America and gives Riley space to argue – in freakishly satirical terms – why it’s worth taking a stand against the predations of capitalism.
Continue reading.
By the time I meet him, Boots Riley has been promoting his movie Sorry to Bother You for the best part of nine months. It dropped with a splash at the Sundance film festival in January – but the veteran rapper and political organiser, now 47, is clearly still delighted to discuss his gleefully disruptive entrance into the world of film-making. “It’s all related to things I care about,” he says.
Tracking the moral dilemmas of penniless Cassius Green as he rises through the ranks of a shady telemarketing firm, Sorry to Bother You reflects on the challenges of being black in America and gives Riley space to argue – in freakishly satirical terms – why it’s worth taking a stand against the predations of capitalism.
Continue reading.
- 11/25/2018
- by Killian Fox
- The Guardian - Film News
Stars: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Kate Berlant, Michael X. Sommers, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, Armie Hammer, Robert Longstreet | Written and Directed by Boots Riley
With Cassius Green’s (Lakeith Stanfield) newly discovered talent, it’s not long before he rises through the ranks of his company, moving closer to the inner circle of coke-snorting entrepreneur Steve Lift (Armie Hammer). But as Cassius soon discovers, Steve has some disturbing ambitions for him and the cost of success could be more than just alienation from both his colleagues and activist girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson). Bursting with ideas, visual panache and caustic wit, Riley acerbically lampoons office life and offers savage commentary on the young African-American experience. Joining a triumphant new wave of radical black cinema, Sorry to Bother You establishes Riley as a filmmaking force to be reckoned with.
Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You...
With Cassius Green’s (Lakeith Stanfield) newly discovered talent, it’s not long before he rises through the ranks of his company, moving closer to the inner circle of coke-snorting entrepreneur Steve Lift (Armie Hammer). But as Cassius soon discovers, Steve has some disturbing ambitions for him and the cost of success could be more than just alienation from both his colleagues and activist girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson). Bursting with ideas, visual panache and caustic wit, Riley acerbically lampoons office life and offers savage commentary on the young African-American experience. Joining a triumphant new wave of radical black cinema, Sorry to Bother You establishes Riley as a filmmaking force to be reckoned with.
Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You...
- 10/18/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
“Sorry to Bother You” is the first movie I have seen at the London Film Festival press screenings that received a round of applause come the end credits. Steve McQueen‘s “Widows” didn’t receive a round of applause, nor did the Keira Knightley vehicle “Colette.” But Boots Riley‘s screenwriting and directorial debut, did. That’s how great his film is. Here’s the official synopsis of this Annapurna Pictures release: In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed.
It’s by far one of the most original films of the year, its off-kilter humour and vivid imagination providing plenty of laughs throughout the entire runtime. The entire cinema loved it, and it’s received rapturous reviews to match. It’s currently got a score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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It’s by far one of the most original films of the year, its off-kilter humour and vivid imagination providing plenty of laughs throughout the entire runtime. The entire cinema loved it, and it’s received rapturous reviews to match. It’s currently got a score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- 10/12/2018
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
It’s taken a while for Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You to get a UK release but we are finally there and the film has a brand new UK trailer.
Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta) plays Cassius Green, a lackadaisical telemarketer who realizes he has the power to speak with a ‘white voice’ (voiced by David Cross). Armed with this new skill, he becomes a rising star at his company – much to the chagrin of his activist girlfriend, Detroit (Tessa Thompson).
At the top of the corporate ladder, Cash encounters the over-the-top personality of Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), a coke-snorting CEO who has a few disturbing secrets of his own.
Directed by Boots Riley, the film stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler.
Also in trailers – Taron Egerton is Rocketman in teaser trailer for Elton John biopic
The film hits UK cinemas December 7th
Sorry to Bother You Official Synopsis...
Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta) plays Cassius Green, a lackadaisical telemarketer who realizes he has the power to speak with a ‘white voice’ (voiced by David Cross). Armed with this new skill, he becomes a rising star at his company – much to the chagrin of his activist girlfriend, Detroit (Tessa Thompson).
At the top of the corporate ladder, Cash encounters the over-the-top personality of Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), a coke-snorting CEO who has a few disturbing secrets of his own.
Directed by Boots Riley, the film stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler.
Also in trailers – Taron Egerton is Rocketman in teaser trailer for Elton John biopic
The film hits UK cinemas December 7th
Sorry to Bother You Official Synopsis...
- 10/1/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Clint Mansell also added to screen talk line-up.
The BFI London Film Festival (Lff) has added three further titles to its programme, ahead of next month’s event (October 10-21).
Boots Riley’s feature debut Sorry To Bother You is added to the Laugh strand. The Sundance 2018 title features Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out) as Cassius Green, a telemarketer who discovers a magical key to professional success.
The film will be distributed outside of the Us by Focus Features and Universal Pictures, Riley revealed on Tuesday September 18 via his Twitter. The UK release will be on December 7.
Sorry To...
The BFI London Film Festival (Lff) has added three further titles to its programme, ahead of next month’s event (October 10-21).
Boots Riley’s feature debut Sorry To Bother You is added to the Laugh strand. The Sundance 2018 title features Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out) as Cassius Green, a telemarketer who discovers a magical key to professional success.
The film will be distributed outside of the Us by Focus Features and Universal Pictures, Riley revealed on Tuesday September 18 via his Twitter. The UK release will be on December 7.
Sorry To...
- 9/18/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents Sorry To Bother You, arriving on Digital and Movies Anywhere October 9 and on Blu-ray and DVD October 23.
Expect the unexpected in hip-hop artist Boots Riley’s directorial and screenwriting debut, Sorry to Bother You – an outrageously surreal look at capitalism, corporate greed, and fractured workplace dynamics. In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, California, struggling telemarketer Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) discovers a magical key to professional success, which propels him into a macabre universe.
Sorry To Bother You Blu-ray and DVD Bonus Features Include:
Beautiful Clutter with Director Boots Riley Commentary with Director Boots Riley Gallery The Cast of Sorry to Bother You The Art of the White Voice
Sorry To Bother You Blu-ray and DVD Specifications:
Street Date: October 23, 2018
Screen Format: Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: Blu-ray: English DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1, English Descriptive Audio 5.1
DVD: English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Descriptive Audio 5.1
Subtitles: Blu-ray: English Sdh,...
Expect the unexpected in hip-hop artist Boots Riley’s directorial and screenwriting debut, Sorry to Bother You – an outrageously surreal look at capitalism, corporate greed, and fractured workplace dynamics. In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, California, struggling telemarketer Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) discovers a magical key to professional success, which propels him into a macabre universe.
Sorry To Bother You Blu-ray and DVD Bonus Features Include:
Beautiful Clutter with Director Boots Riley Commentary with Director Boots Riley Gallery The Cast of Sorry to Bother You The Art of the White Voice
Sorry To Bother You Blu-ray and DVD Specifications:
Street Date: October 23, 2018
Screen Format: Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: Blu-ray: English DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1, English Descriptive Audio 5.1
DVD: English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Descriptive Audio 5.1
Subtitles: Blu-ray: English Sdh,...
- 9/12/2018
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
One of the strangest, most surprising films of 2018 is making its way to Blu-Ray and Digital this October! More on what the Home Version of Sorry to Bother You entails within...
Boots Riley's directorial debut was something to remember, as Sorry to Bother You told a fascinating, off-kilter story that you have to experience to believe. Even one of our own called the film in his review, "a fantastic dystopian dark comedy that is sure to blow your mind.".
Now, that mind-blowing feature is making its way to a home theater near you, when Sorry to Bother You releases on Digital October 9, 2018 and Blu-Ray/DVD October 23, 2018.
For more on everything included, see below:
Expect the unexpected in hip-hop artist Boots Riley’s directorial and screenwriting debut, Sorry to Bother You – an outrageously surreal look at capitalism, corporate greed, and fractured workplace dynamics. In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, California,...
Boots Riley's directorial debut was something to remember, as Sorry to Bother You told a fascinating, off-kilter story that you have to experience to believe. Even one of our own called the film in his review, "a fantastic dystopian dark comedy that is sure to blow your mind.".
Now, that mind-blowing feature is making its way to a home theater near you, when Sorry to Bother You releases on Digital October 9, 2018 and Blu-Ray/DVD October 23, 2018.
For more on everything included, see below:
Expect the unexpected in hip-hop artist Boots Riley’s directorial and screenwriting debut, Sorry to Bother You – an outrageously surreal look at capitalism, corporate greed, and fractured workplace dynamics. In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, California,...
- 9/11/2018
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Matt Malliaros)
- Cinelinx
Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” and Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” are very different movies — one is about a black police officer infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan, and the other is about a black telemarketer working his way up an evil corporation — but they both explore the presence of racism in everyday language. In both cases, black characters adopt a stereotypical “white voice” to achieve their goals. This connective tissue has already inspired more than one thinkpiece on the issue, but none of them have picked up on the empowering message common to both films.
As an aspect of a cultural identity, “African American Vernacular English” (Aave) has long been weaponized against African Americans. Numerous studies report on discriminatory practices that are hostile towards black people, across industries, based entirely on the sound of their voice. As Riley’s absurdist satire “Sorry To Bother You” illustrates, capitalism suppresses the “black voice,...
As an aspect of a cultural identity, “African American Vernacular English” (Aave) has long been weaponized against African Americans. Numerous studies report on discriminatory practices that are hostile towards black people, across industries, based entirely on the sound of their voice. As Riley’s absurdist satire “Sorry To Bother You” illustrates, capitalism suppresses the “black voice,...
- 8/16/2018
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- Indiewire
A rip-roaring tale of code-switching and capitalism, it’s the most significant state-of-the-nation satire since Jordan Peele’s masterpiece
Boots Riley: how the outspoken musician is taking on Hollywood
Early on in Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, wet-behind-the-ears telemarketer Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) is smarting from yet another person hanging up on him. His co-worker Langston (Danny Glover) gives him a much-needed tip: success in this game requires him to ditch his natural tone and start speaking in a “white voice”. Suddenly, people stop slamming their phones down and start listening. His sales increase. Then they skyrocket. Cassius’s “white voice” (dubbed by Arrested Development’s David Cross) gets him promoted up and up until he is elevated to a “power caller”, an exclusive broker to the wealthiest 1%.
Boots Riley: how the outspoken musician is taking on Hollywood
Early on in Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, wet-behind-the-ears telemarketer Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) is smarting from yet another person hanging up on him. His co-worker Langston (Danny Glover) gives him a much-needed tip: success in this game requires him to ditch his natural tone and start speaking in a “white voice”. Suddenly, people stop slamming their phones down and start listening. His sales increase. Then they skyrocket. Cassius’s “white voice” (dubbed by Arrested Development’s David Cross) gets him promoted up and up until he is elevated to a “power caller”, an exclusive broker to the wealthiest 1%.
- 7/20/2018
- by Grant Pardee
- The Guardian - Film News
When director Spike Lee and writer Kevin Willmott came on board to work on “BlacKkKlansman,” the only note from producer Jordan Peele was that it needed to make people laugh.
“He just said, ‘Make it funny,'” Willmott told TheWrap. “But we never wrote jokes. Where you find the humor is in the seriousness and absurdity of the story.”
There was plenty of innate humor in the true but unlikely story of Ron Stallworth, a black police detective in 1970s Colorado who infiltrated the ranks of and investigated the Ku Klux Klan. (It’s based on Stallworth’s book of the same name.)
But there’s an albatross clinging to the entire thing: The film is about the rise of the Kkk, an organization known for violent bigotry. The film deals with racism as it was back then, and how little has changed.
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“He just said, ‘Make it funny,'” Willmott told TheWrap. “But we never wrote jokes. Where you find the humor is in the seriousness and absurdity of the story.”
There was plenty of innate humor in the true but unlikely story of Ron Stallworth, a black police detective in 1970s Colorado who infiltrated the ranks of and investigated the Ku Klux Klan. (It’s based on Stallworth’s book of the same name.)
But there’s an albatross clinging to the entire thing: The film is about the rise of the Kkk, an organization known for violent bigotry. The film deals with racism as it was back then, and how little has changed.
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- 7/20/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Warning: This article discusses the ending and major spoilers for “Sorry to Bother You.” Don’t read unless you’ve seen the movie.
There aren’t a lot of similarities between “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Sorry to Bother You,” but just like Thanos demanded your silence while the Marvel blockbuster came out, director Boots Riley has repeatedly asked the press not to give away the big twist in his film.
“For the most part, people have been pretty cool about it, though I’ve seen some reviews give it away,” the “Sorry to Bother You” director told TheWrap in an interview last week. “There are a lot of movies where people say you enjoy it more if you know as little as possible, but I really want that for the audience.”
“Sorry to Bother You” follows a destitute black man named Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) who finds fortune and success...
There aren’t a lot of similarities between “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Sorry to Bother You,” but just like Thanos demanded your silence while the Marvel blockbuster came out, director Boots Riley has repeatedly asked the press not to give away the big twist in his film.
“For the most part, people have been pretty cool about it, though I’ve seen some reviews give it away,” the “Sorry to Bother You” director told TheWrap in an interview last week. “There are a lot of movies where people say you enjoy it more if you know as little as possible, but I really want that for the audience.”
“Sorry to Bother You” follows a destitute black man named Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) who finds fortune and success...
- 7/16/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
To shape the visual language of “Sorry to Bother You,” production designer Jason Kisvarday familiarized himself with the history of Oakland, Calif., where the story is set and the film was shot — and where writer-director Boots Riley grew up.
“He’s more or less the unofficial mayor there. I absorbed all I could about his experiences and then translated them for my designs,” says Kisvarday, whose credits include “Swiss Army Man” and director Jim Hosking’s upcoming “An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn.”
“Sorry,” an Annapurna Pictures release and a Grand Jury Prize nominee at Sundance, casts Lakeith Stanfield of “Atlanta” fame as Cassius Green, an impecunious black man who finds success as a telemarketer when he mimics a white accent.
Kisvarday transitioned the color palettes in the character’s environments to parallel his journey. At the start, avocado greens, wood grains and orange carpeting dominate his apartment, a makeshift...
“He’s more or less the unofficial mayor there. I absorbed all I could about his experiences and then translated them for my designs,” says Kisvarday, whose credits include “Swiss Army Man” and director Jim Hosking’s upcoming “An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn.”
“Sorry,” an Annapurna Pictures release and a Grand Jury Prize nominee at Sundance, casts Lakeith Stanfield of “Atlanta” fame as Cassius Green, an impecunious black man who finds success as a telemarketer when he mimics a white accent.
Kisvarday transitioned the color palettes in the character’s environments to parallel his journey. At the start, avocado greens, wood grains and orange carpeting dominate his apartment, a makeshift...
- 7/13/2018
- by Daron James
- Variety Film + TV
Lakeith Stanfield stars as Cassius Green in Boots Riley’s Sorry To Bother You, an Annapurna Pictures release.
Director/writer Boots Riley’s ambitious, inspired social satire Sorry To Bother You sets its protagonist, a young black man trying to make a living as a telemarketer, in a world nearly like our own but imbued with the surreal, magical realism and even science fiction. The comedy is excellent but the director also makes hold-no-punches points about our country’s unequal economic system.
Bitingly funny, creative and intelligent, Sorry To Bother You is a welcome breeze shaking up the summer doldrums and our comfortable assumptions.
Lakeith Stanfield is outstanding as Cassius Green, a likable African American every-man living in Oakland, California, who is struggling to just trying to pay the rent but ambitious to get ahead in life. His girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson) is an aspiring performance and visual artist but...
Director/writer Boots Riley’s ambitious, inspired social satire Sorry To Bother You sets its protagonist, a young black man trying to make a living as a telemarketer, in a world nearly like our own but imbued with the surreal, magical realism and even science fiction. The comedy is excellent but the director also makes hold-no-punches points about our country’s unequal economic system.
Bitingly funny, creative and intelligent, Sorry To Bother You is a welcome breeze shaking up the summer doldrums and our comfortable assumptions.
Lakeith Stanfield is outstanding as Cassius Green, a likable African American every-man living in Oakland, California, who is struggling to just trying to pay the rent but ambitious to get ahead in life. His girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson) is an aspiring performance and visual artist but...
- 7/13/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
[Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for “Sorry to Bother You.”]
At RegalView, the telemarketing firm where much of “Sorry to Bother You” is set, the most important rule is “stick to the script.” Yet writer-director Boots Riley refused to follow conventional filmmaking wisdom with his debut feature’s ending. Before the credits roll, corporate greed literally strips hero Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) of his humanity.
Cassius first encounters the equisapien — half-horse, half-man — inside the mansion of Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), CEO of Worry Free, the world’s leading provider of indentured servitude. Cassius is terrified and tries to flee, but Lift forces him into his study to watch a claymation video, “A New Miracle,” which reveals that Worry Free residents ingest a chemical “fusing catalyst” that causes 70 percent of humans to mutate into the creatures Cassius just encountered.
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Cassius is incensed,...
At RegalView, the telemarketing firm where much of “Sorry to Bother You” is set, the most important rule is “stick to the script.” Yet writer-director Boots Riley refused to follow conventional filmmaking wisdom with his debut feature’s ending. Before the credits roll, corporate greed literally strips hero Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) of his humanity.
Cassius first encounters the equisapien — half-horse, half-man — inside the mansion of Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), CEO of Worry Free, the world’s leading provider of indentured servitude. Cassius is terrified and tries to flee, but Lift forces him into his study to watch a claymation video, “A New Miracle,” which reveals that Worry Free residents ingest a chemical “fusing catalyst” that causes 70 percent of humans to mutate into the creatures Cassius just encountered.
Read More: ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Star Lakeith Stanfield Is Ready to Kick Off His Shoes and Get Comfortable in Your Establishment
Cassius is incensed,...
- 7/9/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Sorry To Bother You centers on a telemarketer named Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) who finds himself climbing up the ladder after utilizing his “white voice” to bond with clients. Tessa Thompson, who worked with Stanfield on Selma, plays Cassius’ artist girlfriend Detroit.
“I think what you’re seeing is this sort of real desire to talk about [...]
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“I think what you’re seeing is this sort of real desire to talk about [...]
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- 7/9/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Sundance debut Sorry to Bother You opens in seven markets this weekend via Annapurna, which picked up the title out of the festival. Written and directed by Boots Riley, the genre-bending fantasy-sic-fi stars Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson. Cannes 2018 doc Whitney will go out in well several hundred locations, hoping to tap the momentum of docs Rbg, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and Three Identical Strangers, which have had robust theatrical runs this spring/summer. Time will tell whether the Whitney Houston pic can replicate the success of the 2015 Amy Winehouse doc Amy, which also spotlighted a musical sensation who died way too soon. That A24 release took in more than $8.4M and an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. And Breaking Glass Pictures is opening Daniel Peddle’s adventure-drama Moss in two New York and L.A. locations ahead of an on-demand release July 10.
Other limited rollouts this weekend...
Other limited rollouts this weekend...
- 7/5/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
What a movie has to say can be so important that we forgive its excesses in the telling. Whether it was Jean-Luc Godard in the 1960s (or his admirer Gregg Araki in the 1990s), their sprawling, messy movies brought up issues and ideas that other movies didn’t, so even if their films weren’t slick or tidy, they throbbed with a shaggy vitality.
That’s the kind of energy that first-time feature director Boots Riley brings to “Sorry to Bother You,” an outrageous satire that swings for the fences — in about 26 different directions — and even if every hit doesn’t clear, audiences will know they’ve seen something provocative, funny, impolite, meaningful and aimed squarely at the 2018 zeitgeist.
With “The First Purge” in theaters, and “Blindspotting” and “BlackkKlansman” on the near horizon, “Sorry to Bother You” becomes part of an exciting new wave of black cinema, one that’s...
That’s the kind of energy that first-time feature director Boots Riley brings to “Sorry to Bother You,” an outrageous satire that swings for the fences — in about 26 different directions — and even if every hit doesn’t clear, audiences will know they’ve seen something provocative, funny, impolite, meaningful and aimed squarely at the 2018 zeitgeist.
With “The First Purge” in theaters, and “Blindspotting” and “BlackkKlansman” on the near horizon, “Sorry to Bother You” becomes part of an exciting new wave of black cinema, one that’s...
- 7/5/2018
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Summer movies are synonymous with escapism. They tend to focus on costumed heroes or marauding dinosaurs. But is it possible for these beach weather offerings to be both entertaining and socially conscious? This year, the answer is yes, as a string of critically acclaimed festival darlings with searing commentaries on race relations, corporate greed and police brutality are about to hit theaters.
The first, “Sorry to Bother You,” from Oakland rapper and activist Boots Riley, opens Friday in limited release before expanding wider the following week.
First-time feature director Riley says his absurdist workplace satire, which has been compared to “Idiocracy,” is intended to represent the angst of the working class amid the backdrop of an increasingly corporatized world. It’s also an invitation to think more deeply about inequality and hopes to inspire viewers to take action, he says.
“Sorry to Bother You” follows the story of Cassius Green...
The first, “Sorry to Bother You,” from Oakland rapper and activist Boots Riley, opens Friday in limited release before expanding wider the following week.
First-time feature director Riley says his absurdist workplace satire, which has been compared to “Idiocracy,” is intended to represent the angst of the working class amid the backdrop of an increasingly corporatized world. It’s also an invitation to think more deeply about inequality and hopes to inspire viewers to take action, he says.
“Sorry to Bother You” follows the story of Cassius Green...
- 7/5/2018
- by Ricardo Lopez
- Variety Film + TV
In Sorry To Bother You, Lakeith Stanfield is Cassius Green, a telemarketer who finds the path to success by compromising his own values for the sake of capitalism. Stanfield, who starred in the innovative horror hit Get Out, believes Sorry To Bother You is another movie that is refreshingly original.
“I don’t think anyone will expect [...]
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“I don’t think anyone will expect [...]
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- 7/5/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
There’s a sea change of originality to be found within Sorry to Bother You, the best film of the year so far. Not only is it the class of 2018 so far, it’s arguably one of the very best movies of the last five years. The past half decade has had some real great works, and this stands tall alongside them. Boots Riley makes a debut here that is one for the ages. This weekend, when Sorry to Bother You begins its theatrical run, a magical experience is hitting cinemas. It may turn some people off, but if you’re anything like me, it’s going to blow you away. Describing this movie is almost impossible, and that’s part of its charm. The plot synopsis is perfectly vague on IMDb, as it simply states: “In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success,...
- 7/5/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Lakeith Stanfield spends “Sorry to Bother You” pretending to be someone he’s not. We meet his alter ego, Cassius Green, as clutches a homemade employee-of-the-month plaque, trying to win a telemarketing gig at RegalView. He’s not fooling the interviewer — but he still gets the job.
During a recent interview with IndieWire at Santa Monica’s Casa del Mar hotel, Stanfield didn’t try to fool anyone. Wearing a long-sleeved black-and-white shirt, tweed pants, and Gucci canvas slip-ons, we were shown to our table and he immediately lay down on a couch. He resembled a slack marionette, propping up his head for a few jokey, one-word retorts interspersed with more thoughtful, deliberate answers. Then came an interruption from the hotel’s disapproving manager, likely unaware that the splayed gentlemen is a regular on a lauded series (“Atlanta”), and got bigger laughs than host Jimmy Kimmel at this year’s Academy Awards.
During a recent interview with IndieWire at Santa Monica’s Casa del Mar hotel, Stanfield didn’t try to fool anyone. Wearing a long-sleeved black-and-white shirt, tweed pants, and Gucci canvas slip-ons, we were shown to our table and he immediately lay down on a couch. He resembled a slack marionette, propping up his head for a few jokey, one-word retorts interspersed with more thoughtful, deliberate answers. Then came an interruption from the hotel’s disapproving manager, likely unaware that the splayed gentlemen is a regular on a lauded series (“Atlanta”), and got bigger laughs than host Jimmy Kimmel at this year’s Academy Awards.
- 7/3/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Written and directed by Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You centers on Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield), a telemarketer who finds success in his career but also encounters the inevitable pull of capitalism. The feature, which utilized 61 locations throughout Oakland, co-stars Armie Hammer as Steve Lift.
“Steve Lift is a nut,” said Hammer, who drew praise [...]
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“Steve Lift is a nut,” said Hammer, who drew praise [...]
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- 7/1/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Musician-turned-filmmaker Boots Riley was presented with the Sundance Institute’s Vanguard Award Thursday night in front of a sold-out house at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles for his debut feature Sorry to Bother You. Before the preview screening of surrealistic socially conscious Sundance Festival fave, Rosario Dawson, who appears in the film in voice form, presented him with the award.
“You are walking poetry,” said Dawson. “You are a remarkable human being. You are part of this movie generation — and you know what I mean by that.”
She added that Riley is pushing boundaries when it comes to storytelling and that it “could not be given to anymore more deserving.”
When Riley strutted on to the stage to accept his award said, “I never won an award before…except for a karaoke award for ‘most well-intentioned.'”
The project started in 2012 and he started working with...
“You are walking poetry,” said Dawson. “You are a remarkable human being. You are part of this movie generation — and you know what I mean by that.”
She added that Riley is pushing boundaries when it comes to storytelling and that it “could not be given to anymore more deserving.”
When Riley strutted on to the stage to accept his award said, “I never won an award before…except for a karaoke award for ‘most well-intentioned.'”
The project started in 2012 and he started working with...
- 6/15/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
If the first trailer for Annapurna Pictures quirky and unique new film, Sorry to Bother You, wasn’t outrageous enough, the new red band trailer could certainly remedy that.
Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta) plays Cassius Green, a lackadaisical telemarketer who realizes he has the power to speak with a ‘white voice’ (voiced by David Cross). Armed with this new skill, he becomes a rising star at his company – much to the chagrin of his activist girlfriend, Detroit (Tessa Thompson).
At the top of the corporate ladder, Cash encounters the over-the-top personality of Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), a coke-snorting CEO who has a few disturbing secrets of his own.
Also in trailers – Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder are reunited in trailer for comedy Destination Wedding
The film is slated to hit cinemas July 6th
Sorry to Bother You Official Synopsis
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers...
Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta) plays Cassius Green, a lackadaisical telemarketer who realizes he has the power to speak with a ‘white voice’ (voiced by David Cross). Armed with this new skill, he becomes a rising star at his company – much to the chagrin of his activist girlfriend, Detroit (Tessa Thompson).
At the top of the corporate ladder, Cash encounters the over-the-top personality of Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), a coke-snorting CEO who has a few disturbing secrets of his own.
Also in trailers – Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder are reunited in trailer for comedy Destination Wedding
The film is slated to hit cinemas July 6th
Sorry to Bother You Official Synopsis
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers...
- 5/18/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I've got a wild new red-band trailer for a new comedy you've got to watch called Sorry To Bother You. This movie looks incredibly fun and very unique in the way it tells its story.
The film stars Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out, Atlanta) and the story is set in an alternate present-day version of Oakland, "California black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success - which propels him into a macabre universe." That magical key to success is using his "white voice" to talk to people over the phone. From there, things get wonderfully wacky.
The film also stars Tessa Thompson, and features Danny Glover, Armie Hammer, Steven Yeun, and Terry Crews. The film is set to be released on July 6th! Enjoy the new trailer, which is filled with all kinds of positive buzz!
The film stars Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out, Atlanta) and the story is set in an alternate present-day version of Oakland, "California black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success - which propels him into a macabre universe." That magical key to success is using his "white voice" to talk to people over the phone. From there, things get wonderfully wacky.
The film also stars Tessa Thompson, and features Danny Glover, Armie Hammer, Steven Yeun, and Terry Crews. The film is set to be released on July 6th! Enjoy the new trailer, which is filled with all kinds of positive buzz!
- 5/18/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Annapurna Pictures have new red band trailer and poster have been released for Boots Riley‘s upcoming film, Sorry to Bother you. Sorry to Bother You looks like a more straight forward comedic take of Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street meets Atlanta. And since this is a red band trailer, you know some parental advisory is suggested.
Most of the footage is the same as we have seen in the previous trailer except this time around there’s some explicit language and a sex scene added. Still, it looks really ridiculous and hilarious and makes it on the list of my must sees for the year.
Official synopsis:
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.
The film stars Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta), Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok), Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name...
Most of the footage is the same as we have seen in the previous trailer except this time around there’s some explicit language and a sex scene added. Still, it looks really ridiculous and hilarious and makes it on the list of my must sees for the year.
Official synopsis:
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.
The film stars Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta), Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok), Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name...
- 5/18/2018
- by Chris Salce
- Age of the Nerd
Sorry to Bother You Red Band Trailer
The second movie trailer, a red band trailer, for Sorry to Bother You (2018) has been released by Annapurna Pictures.
Sorry to Bother You‘s plot synopsis: “In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre [...]
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The second movie trailer, a red band trailer, for Sorry to Bother You (2018) has been released by Annapurna Pictures.
Sorry to Bother You‘s plot synopsis: “In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre [...]
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- 5/17/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Stfu – New Sorry To Bother You Materials?!?!
The Sorry To Bother You Red Band Trailer and Posters are now available. But wait…there’s more…
In need of a new car? Well, lucky you because The Sorry To Bother You Official Paraphernalia Store is Now Open!
Written and directed by Boots Riley, Sorry To Bother You stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, Terry Crews, Steven Yeun, Omari Hardwick, Jermaine Fowler and Danny Glover.
Check out the trailer and new posters below and be sure to visit the new Sorry To Bother You Store Here to get Bothered!
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.
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The Sorry To Bother You Red Band Trailer and Posters are now available. But wait…there’s more…
In need of a new car? Well, lucky you because The Sorry To Bother You Official Paraphernalia Store is Now Open!
Written and directed by Boots Riley, Sorry To Bother You stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, Terry Crews, Steven Yeun, Omari Hardwick, Jermaine Fowler and Danny Glover.
Check out the trailer and new posters below and be sure to visit the new Sorry To Bother You Store Here to get Bothered!
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.
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- 5/17/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Sorry to Bother You” has released an electrifying new Red Band trailer, and it’s easy to see why the comedy is one of the most hotly anticipated movies of the summer. Written and directed by hip hop artist/producer Boots Riley, the movie stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, and Armie Hammer. Stanfield plays a telemarketer who quickly ascends the corporate ladder once he adopts a “white voice,” and things only get weirder from there. The new trailer teases some of the movie’s more inventive tricks, offering an eye-popping introduction to Riley’s wholly original cinematic voice.
Per the official synopsis: “In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.” In his B+ review out of Sundance, IndieWire’s Eric Kohn wrote: “[‘Sorry to Bother You’] foregrounds a series of ludicrous developments based around the...
Per the official synopsis: “In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.” In his B+ review out of Sundance, IndieWire’s Eric Kohn wrote: “[‘Sorry to Bother You’] foregrounds a series of ludicrous developments based around the...
- 5/17/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Lakeith Stanfield goes from his uncle's garage to the gaudy and strange upper echelons of telemarketing in the new red-band trailer for Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You. The film opens in select theaters July 6th, with a wider release scheduled for July 13th.
Sorry to Bother You is set in a slightly alternate version of contemporary Oakland and stars Stanfield as Cassius Green, a down-on-his-luck guy who learns that the secret to making loads of money as a telemarketer is to use his "white voice." Comedian David Cross provides...
Sorry to Bother You is set in a slightly alternate version of contemporary Oakland and stars Stanfield as Cassius Green, a down-on-his-luck guy who learns that the secret to making loads of money as a telemarketer is to use his "white voice." Comedian David Cross provides...
- 5/17/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Lakeith Stanfield has quickly been making a name for himself in the past few years. Stanfield has had roles on Netflix’s Death Note, Straight Outta Compton, Atlanta and the Academy Award-winning film Get Out. In each of those films, Stanfield has had supporting roles. This time, Stanfield is front and center as Cassius “Cash” Green, a struggling telemarketer in Sorry to Bother You. Watch the official trailer below.
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.
The star-studded cast includes Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok) , Terry Crews (The Expendables), Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name), Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead), Patton Oswalt (Happy!), David Cross (Arrested Development), and Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon). Sorry to Bother You is written and directed by Boots Riley. This is the Riley’s debut writing and directing a feature film.
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.
The star-studded cast includes Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok) , Terry Crews (The Expendables), Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name), Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead), Patton Oswalt (Happy!), David Cross (Arrested Development), and Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon). Sorry to Bother You is written and directed by Boots Riley. This is the Riley’s debut writing and directing a feature film.
- 3/12/2018
- by Chris Salce
- Age of the Nerd
Sorry to Bother You Trailer
Boots Riley‘s Sorry to Bother You (2018) movie trailer stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, Danny Glover, and Steven Yeun. Sorry to Bother You‘s plot synopsis: “In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.”
This trailer [...]
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Boots Riley‘s Sorry to Bother You (2018) movie trailer stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, Danny Glover, and Steven Yeun. Sorry to Bother You‘s plot synopsis: “In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.”
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- 3/12/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, Annapurna Pictures has released the first trailer for the quirky and unique new film.
Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta) plays Cassius Green, a lackadaisical telemarketer who realizes he has the power to speak with a ‘white voice’ (voiced by David Cross). Armed with this new skill, he becomes a rising star at his company – much to the chagrin of his activist girlfriend, Detroit (Tessa Thompson).
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At the top of the corporate ladder, Cash encounters the over-the-top personality of Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), a coke-snorting CEO who has a few disturbing secrets of his own.
The film is slated to hit cinemas July 6th
Sorry to Bother You Official Synopsis
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a...
Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta) plays Cassius Green, a lackadaisical telemarketer who realizes he has the power to speak with a ‘white voice’ (voiced by David Cross). Armed with this new skill, he becomes a rising star at his company – much to the chagrin of his activist girlfriend, Detroit (Tessa Thompson).
Also in trailers – Christina Hendricks and Martin Henderson’s family holiday becomes their worst nightmare in trailer for The Strangers: Prey At Night.
At the top of the corporate ladder, Cash encounters the over-the-top personality of Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), a coke-snorting CEO who has a few disturbing secrets of his own.
The film is slated to hit cinemas July 6th
Sorry to Bother You Official Synopsis
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a...
- 3/12/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Bursting with creative energy, hip-hop artist-turned-director Boots Riley’s directorial debut Sorry to Bother You made a splash at Sundance and now the first peek has arrived ahead of a summer release. Starring Lakeith Stanfield’s character as he climbs the corporate ladder only to find Armie Hammer’s coke-snorting boss character at the top (and much stranger things best left unspoiled), it’s a satire that would make Robert Downey Sr., Michel Gondry, and Spike Lee proud.
I said in my review, “Sorry to Bother You is a bold debut–in every sense of the word–for rapper-turned-director Boots Riley. There are truly radical, thrilling ideas both in the script and on screen, and also his boldness sometimes undercuts the character- and narrative-building aspects as we jump from compelling idea to idea. Mixing the droll comedy of Office Space with the race-backed satire of Putney Swope, and adding an...
I said in my review, “Sorry to Bother You is a bold debut–in every sense of the word–for rapper-turned-director Boots Riley. There are truly radical, thrilling ideas both in the script and on screen, and also his boldness sometimes undercuts the character- and narrative-building aspects as we jump from compelling idea to idea. Mixing the droll comedy of Office Space with the race-backed satire of Putney Swope, and adding an...
- 3/12/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The first look trailer for Annapurna Pictures seven-figure, buzzy acquisition Sorry To Bother You has been released in advance of its SXSW showcase. Lakeith Stanfield, Armie Hammer, and Tessa Thompson star in the comedy/fantasy/sci-fi film, marking the directorial debut of rapper/producer Boots Riley, who wrote and directed. Stanfield stars as Oakland telemarketer Cassius Green, who affects a white accent in order to be more successful at his job. The film, which debuted…...
- 3/12/2018
- Deadline
You’ve seen Lakeith Stanfield everywhere recently in a flurry of supporting roles including in the Oscar-winning “Get Out,” Netflix’s remake of “Death Note,” and a recurring role on Donald Glover’s hit show, “Atlanta.” In “Sorry to Bother You,” Stanfield finally gets shot as a leading man.
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“Cassius Green is sort of the central figure of this story in this alternate universe, which I found to be really fun and [it] mirrors ours.” Stanfield recently told THR at Sundance.
Read More: Boots Riley’s ‘Sorry To Bother You’ Is Visionary [Sundance Review]
“Cassius Green is sort of the central figure of this story in this alternate universe, which I found to be really fun and [it] mirrors ours.” Stanfield recently told THR at Sundance.
- 3/11/2018
- by Alex Arabian
- The Playlist
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