Def Jam's How to Be a Player
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How to Be a Player | |
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Directed by | Lionel C. Martin |
Produced by | Todd R. Baker Mark Burg Preston L. Holmes Russell Simmons |
Written by | Mark Brown Demetria Johnson |
Starring | Bill Bellamy Natalie Desselle-Reid Bernie Mac Mari Morrow Lark Voorhies |
Music by | Darren Floyd |
Distributed by | PolyGram Video |
Release date(s) | August 6, 1997 |
Running time | 93 min. |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million |
Gross revenue | $9 million |
IMDb profile |
Def Jam's How to Be a Player is a 1997 comedy film, starring Bill Bellamy, Natalie Desselle and Bernie Mac. The film was directed by Lionel C. Martin, and written by Mark Brown and Demetria Johnson. The film is rated R for crude humor, and sex-related activities, and at the box office it did very poorly, only bringing in $9 million.
[edit] Plot Outline
André "Dray" Jackson (Bill Bellamy) is a playboy with only one goal in his life: to have sex with as many women as possible. While he is doing that, he is busy trying to keep these women a secret from his girlfriend, Lisa (Lark Voorhies). But, Dray's sister, Jenny, (Natalie Desselle-Reid) and her friend Katrina (Mari Morrow) strategize to invite all the women Dray has been playing to the same party that he is attending.
[edit] Cast
- Bill Bellamy — André "Dray" Jackson
- Natalie Desselle-Reid - Jenny Jackson
- Lark Voorhies - Lisa
- Mari Morrow — Katrina
- Pierre Edwards — David
- Bernie Mac - Buster
- Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins — Kilo
- Anthony Johnson - Spootie
- Max Julien - Uncle Fred
- Beverly Johnson - Robin
- Gilbert Gottfried - Tony the Doorman
- Stacii Jae Johnson - Sherri
- Elise Neal - Nadine
- J. Anthony Brown - Uncle Snook
- Amber Smith - Amber