| Black and White | |
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| Directed by | James Toback |
| Produced by | Daniel Bigel Michael Mailer Ron Rotholz |
| Written by | James Toback |
| Starring | Robert Downey, Jr. Gaby Hoffmann Allan Houston Jared Leto Method Man Joe Pantoliano Bijou Phillips Oli "Power" Grant Raekwon Claudia Schiffer Brooke Shields Scott Caan Mike Tyson Elijah Wood and Ben Stiller |
| Music by | American Cream Team |
| Cinematography | David Ferrara |
| Editing by | Myron Kerstein |
| Distributed by | Palm Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 4, 1999 (Telluride) April 5, 2000 (United States) |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Black and White is a 1999 American film directed by James Toback, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Gaby Hoffmann, Allan Houston, Jared Leto, Scott Caan, Claudia Schiffer, Brooke Shields and a number of rap musicians, namely members of the Wu-Tang Clan (Raekwon, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Oli "Power" Grant, Masta Killa and Inspectah Deck) and Onyx (Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz).
The film also 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 U.S. on April 5, 2000.
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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 was improvised by the cast. Only Claudia Schiffer's part was fully scripted.
Because she had not had them done previously, Claudia Schiffer had to have her ears pierced especially for the large hoop earrings worn by her character. In addition to sporting fake dreadlocks, Brooke Shields also wore a nose ring for this film, for which she had her nose temporarily pierced.
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