Sorry to Bother You

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black comedy film film satirical film science fiction film surrealist film

"Sorry to Bother You" is a surreal, darkly comedic satirical film that critiques capitalism and race in corporate America through an absurd, genre-bending narrative.

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Sorry to Bother You canonical 8
Sorry to Bother You (unproduced screenplay by Boots Riley) 1

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instanceOf black comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
surrealist film ⓘ
basedOn Sorry to Bother You self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sorry to Bother You (unproduced screenplay by Boots Riley)
cinematographyBy Doug Emmett ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Boots Riley ⓘ
distributor Annapurna Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Terel Gibson ⓘ
filmingLocation Oakland ⓘ
surface form: Oakland, California
genre dark comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
mainCharacter Cassius Green ⓘ
mainTheme critique of capitalism ⓘ
labor exploitation ⓘ
race in corporate America ⓘ
MPAARatingUS R ⓘ
musicBy The Coup ⓘ
Tune-Yards ⓘ
notableElement absurdist and surreal narrative style ⓘ
depiction of radical labor organizing ⓘ
use of code-switching "white voice" in telemarketing ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Charles D. King NERFINISHED ⓘ
Forest Whitaker ⓘ
Nina Yang Bongiovi ⓘ
productionCompany Significant Productions ⓘ
releaseYear 2018 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenplayBy Boots Riley ⓘ
setting Oakland ⓘ
surface form: Oakland, California
starring Armie Hammer ⓘ
Danny Glover ⓘ
David Cross ⓘ
Jermaine Fowler ⓘ
Lakeith Stanfield ⓘ
Omari Hardwick ⓘ
Patton Oswalt ⓘ
Terry Crews ⓘ
Tessa Thompson ⓘ
SundancePremiereYear 2018 ⓘ
theatricalReleaseDateUS July 6, 2018 ⓘ
worldPremiereAt Sundance Film Festival ⓘ
writer Boots Riley ⓘ

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Tessa Thompson → notableWork → Sorry to Bother You ⓘ
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Sorry to Bother You → basedOn → Sorry to Bother You self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sorry to Bother You (unproduced screenplay by Boots Riley)
Steven Yeun → notableWork → Sorry to Bother You ⓘ
Kate Berlant → notableWork → Sorry to Bother You ⓘ
Kate Berlant → performedIn → Sorry to Bother You ⓘ
Lakeith Stanfield → knownFor → Sorry to Bother You ⓘ
Lakeith Stanfield → characterIn → Sorry to Bother You ⓘ
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature → notableWinner → Sorry to Bother You ⓘ