black and white

Director: james toback

Actor: ben stiller,allan houston,claudia schiffer,scott caan

Data Published: Fri Oct 08 1999

Genres: Crime,Drama,Music

Key Words: timberland boot,hip hop,new york city,sex,recording studio

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165643/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_White_(1999_drama_film)

Description: Black and White is a movie starring Ben Stiller, Allan Houston, and Claudia Schiffer. A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.

Plot: Rich Bower (Power) is a mover and shaker in the world of rap music (he's involved with a number of other licit and illicit business ventures as well), and his apartment is a favored meeting place for musicians, hangers-on, and hipsters who want to seem cool, including a clique of white kids who want to be on the inside of what they consider the coolest scene of the day. Sam (Shields), a filmmaker, is making a documentary about Rich and his circle, with the help of her husband Terry (Downey), a closeted homosexual who doesn't feel at home in this milieu. Dean (Houston) is Rich's friend since childhood and a talented college basketball player. He is offered a deal by a bookmaker, Mark (Stiller) to throw a few games for a price. Dean takes the money against his better judgment, and he soon realizes how much of a mistake he made when Mark turns out to be a cop hoping to dig up dirt on Rich. Rich in turn discovers that Dean might be forced to tell what he knows to stay out of jail, and he decides that Dean has to be killed; however, rather than murder his friend himself, Rich asks one of the white kids who hangs out with him, who seems especially eager to prove himself, to do it for him. The kid, however, is actually the son of the District Attorney.