![]() Touchstone Pictures, Permut Presentations, Rat EntertainmentĪction Comedy, Confidence Men, White Collar Crime, Corporate Malfeasance, Organized Crime, C.I.A. Movie Info A successful New York investment banker Daryl Chase (Orlando Jones) is suddenly on the run and has to switch identities with low-life petty thief Freddy Tiffany (Eddie Griffin). However, Knightly is four inches taller, while Portman is four years older. Doubletake 1985 2 hr 0 mins Drama NR Watchlist Richard Crenna as a detective probing the gruesome murders of a teacher and a hooker. ![]() Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley With their small frames, dainty faces and similar hairstyles, these two actresses look undeniably alike. ![]() See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.Īction Comedy, Confidence Men, White Collar Crime, Corporate Malfeasance, Organized Crime, C.I.A., Drug Cartels, FBI, Undercover, Fired, Rogue Agent, Surprise Twist, False Identity, Corrupt Cops In fact, a 14 year old Kiera Knightly played Portman’s double, Sabé, in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. This could have been the movie that Bamboozled could not be, a satiric swipe at the. It's even a waste of the film.All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,101-4,200)Īll Time Domestic Box Office for Remake Movies (Rank 101-200)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office for Remake Movies (Rank 101-200)Īll Time Domestic Box Office for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 301-400)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 301-400) Usually, the worst thing about a movie like this is the waste of talent yes, DOUBLE TAKE wastes the talent of Orlando Jones (who was terrific in The Replacements) and Eddie Griffin and especially the wonderful Vivica A. All of this is turned into a startlingly strange and compelling meditation on fear and how it's used by. It's a truly one-of-a-kind melange, mid-late 20th Century geopolitical documentary merged with a meta-backstory of Alfred Hitchcock and his imaginary double. He has starred in many theatre productions, both on and off Broadway, including 'K2' (for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best. Double Take is a 2001 American buddy action comedy film starring Eddie Griffin and Orlando Jones. Double Take is well worth at least one viewing, and maybe a few more. He studied in England at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, then returned to America and was a member of the National Shakespeare Company. With Ron Burrage, Mark Perry, Delfine Bafort, Leonid Brezhnev. Jeffrey DeMunn was born on Apin Buffalo, New York. We guess way ahead of the characters who will turn out to be a good guy and who won't. Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King engages the viewer in the work of sculptor and stop-action filmmaker Elizabeth King, who embarks on. Double Take: Directed by Johan Grimonprez. The jokes are tired and so is the plot, with the least surprising twists and turns we are likely to see this year. See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records. But no effort is made to take on the real underlying issues, with the possible exception of Tiffany's comment when he is frisked by policemen: "Do I look like Puff Daddy?" and his point to Chase that "It wasn't the brother in the suit but the suit on the brother that got you your so-called respect." ![]() What humor there is comes from Chase having to "act black." After one high-jiving performance, Tiffany asks, "What's the last movie you seen, 'Car Wash?'" Chase shows that he has "kept it real" on some level by out-dancing and out-foxing Tiffany. This could have been the movie that Bamboozled could not be, a satiric swipe at the way that black men, both upper-class and street, are seen by American society - and each other. Usually, the worst thing about a movie like this is the waste of talent yes, DOUBLE TAKE wastes the talent of Orlando Jones (who was terrific in The Replacements) and Eddie Griffin and especially the wonderful Vivica A. ![]()
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