Albert Hall, Andre Braugher, Bernie Mac

Get On the Bus tells the story of a group of men who board a bus headed for the historic Million Man March as strangers but emerge three days and thousands of miles later as brothers: an estranged fat...( read more  read more... )her struggling to connect with his teenage son; an aspiring actor who is filled with hate; a cop desperate to end the slaughter he sees on the streets of his city; a devout Muslim whose nightmares echo with the blast of gunfire; an old man who has made an honest living but never truly lived; a film student who wants to capture it all on tape; and the driver whose job it is to get them from one side of the nation to the other.

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Spike Lee

Release Date: October 16, 1996

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DVD Release Date: January 30, 2001

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  • May 2, 2007
    a black road movie with some sharp dialogue and some very well built characters. almost soap opera like which inflicts its demise upon me...... and it's another "you will get this". it's interesting and funny in parts. i probably would watch it again because it's easy going
  • October 10, 2007
    I thought this would be the ususal...oh how we are hard done by' sort of movie but I did laugh out load several times...
  • May 14, 2009
    on a scale of 1-10 I give it a 7
  • April 30, 2009
    Another SPIKE LEE classic !
  • August 12, 2008
    It had a needed message.
  • July 18, 2008
    One of my favourite Spike Lee joints.
  • March 7, 2008
    Looks like a student film.
  • March 2, 2008
    This movie pulls you in from the begining. Makes you look at the world in a different way. Great characters and great acting.
  • February 21, 2008
    one of spike lees best movies
  • January 31, 2008
    C+ = Slightly above average

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