Get on the Bus
“On October 16, 1996, the one year anniversary of the Million Man March, Spike Lee invites you to lift your head, raise your voice, and...get on the bus.”
Fifteen Black men gather in South Central LA to take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in October 1995. Among the attendees are an eclectic set of characters, including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a Black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the March, including manhood, religion, politics, sexuality, and race.
Genres
History, Adventure, Drama
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Get on the Bus performed
Budget
$2.4M
Worldwide Gross
$5.7M
Gross Profit
$3.3M
Return
2.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$996K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~50/50, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for History) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Rick
Richard Belzer
Rick
Evan Thomas, Jr. / 'Smooth'
De'Aundre Bonds
Evan Thomas, Jr. / 'Smooth'
Philip 'Flip'
Andre Braugher
Philip 'Flip'
Evan Thomas, Sr.
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Evan Thomas, Sr.
Jamal
Gabriel Casseus
Jamal
Craig
Albert Hall
Craig
Xavier 'X' Moore
Hill Harper
Xavier 'X' Moore
Randall
Harry Lennix
Randall
Jay
Bernie Mac
Jay
Wendell Perry
Wendell Pierce
Wendell Perry
Gary Rivers
Roger Guenveur Smith
Gary Rivers
Kyle
Isaiah Washington
Kyle
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