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Undercover Brother | |
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Directed by | Malcolm D. Lee |
Screenplay by | |
Story by | John Ridley |
Based on | Undercover Brother by John Ridley |
Produced by | Brian Grazer Michael Jenkinson Damon Lee |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Tom Priestley Jr. |
Edited by | William Kerr |
Music by | Stanley Clarke |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25 million[1] |
Box office | $41.6 million[2] |
Undercover Brother is a 2002 American satirical spy action comedy blaxploitation film directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Eddie Griffin. The screenplay by John Ridley and Michael McCullers is based on the Internet animated series created by Ridley. It spoofs blaxploitation films of the 1970s as well as a number of other films, most notably the James Bond franchise. The film also stars former Saturday Night Live cast member Chris Kattan and comedian Dave Chappelle as well as Aunjanue Ellis, Neil Patrick Harris, Denise Richards, and Billy Dee Williams, and features a cameo by James Brown.