| The Seat Filler | |
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| Directed by | Nick Castle |
| Written by | Mark Brown Duane Martin Tisha Campbell-Martin |
| Starring | Duane Martin Kelly Rowland Melanie Brown DeRay Davis Shemar Moore Kyla Pratt Glynn Turman Sy Smith |
| Cinematography | Suki Medencevic |
| Editing by | Patrick Kennedy Julia Wong |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Home Entertainment The Momentum Experience |
| Release date(s) | July 20, 2004 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million |
| Box office | $17,972,898 |
The Seat Filler is an American romantic comedy musical film produced by the Company Production of Magnolia Home Entertainment, Seat Filler Productions, Shake Martin Films and Strange Fruit Films which released in 2004. It stars Kelly Rowland, Duane Martin, Melanie Brown, Kyla Pratt and Shemar Moore. The movie received mainly average reviews.
The film is also recognized as Duane Martin's first (and to date, only) appearance in a musical film and Kelly Rowland's most successful film in a leading role performance.
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The romantic comedy The Seat Filler stars Duane Martin as a law student working very hard to keep his head above water financially. He takes a job as a seat filler at a big awards function where he meets a famous singer (Kelly Rowland). She believes he works in show business and he does nothing to disabuse her of this notion. That leads to him having to go to larger and larger measures to keep his lie going when their relationship continues.
The Seat Filler should have additional appeal to R&B/pop fans that enjoy Rowland's work as a solo artist, as well her involvement as a member of the popular group, Destiny's Child. Melanie Brown (LD 50 Lethal Dose, Spice World), aka Mel B, aka Scary Spice of the Spice Girls, also has a sizable role as Jhnelle's best friend and assistant, Sandie. Actress/singer Tisha Campbell, wife of star Duane Martin, receives a co-writing credit, while Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith serve as executive producers. R&B star Chante Moore makes a brief stage appearance as well.
| "I Need a Love" | |
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| Single by Kelly Rowland | |
| Released | April 27, 2008 (Youtube) 2005 (Worldwide) |
| Format | youtube Release, digital download |
| Recorded | United States |
| Genre | Pop, contemporary R&B |
| Length | 3:47 |
| Label | Blacktrak Entertainment |
| Writer(s) | Kelly Rowland, Rob Lewis, Courtney Harrell, Cookie Lewis |
| Producer | Baskoash, Rob Lewis |
The film did not released any soundtrack, instead a promo single "I Need a Love" in Youtube website which released on April 27, 2008 produced by Rob Lewis and Baskoash performed by Kelly Rowland which later released in digital downloads, the film used 28 songs featuring Chante Moore, Michael Angelo Berry, Honey, Brie, Rick James, Teena Marie, Nastacia Kendall, Street Loyalty and many more. Rowland's contributed five songs including "Follow Your Destiny", "Train on a Track" and Bad Habit.
The film debuted 18 in the box office top twenty for the week, grossing $4,812,287 in 287 cinemas. It averaged $4,410 at 2,905 sites, and earned a total domestic gross ticket sales of $10,238,923. Worldwide, the film grossed $17,972,898.
The film have been promoted only at the United States hit talk-show The Tyra Banks Show which promoted so much as well as rowland's second album Ms. Kelly.
The film has received mainly average reviews. Garnering a rating of 3/5 stars, Vince Leo of Qwipster.net states that "While it isn't a must-see film by any means, never rising above a level of being merely pleasantly enjoyable, for those that enjoy romantic comedies, this one has enough moments of cleverness and natural charm to justify seeking out"[1] Andy Dursin of The Aisle Seat gave the film 2.5/4 stars staying "This romantic comedy with an African-American cast was capably directed by Nick Castle (“The Last Starfighter”) and offers an appealing cast, with the two leads generating believable chemistry throughout"[2] HomeTheaterInfo.com also gave the film 2.5/4 stars praising Rowland by stating the she "has what it takes to be a romantic comedy success, she is pretty, talented and be the girl next door or the sought after star. She also connects well with her fellow actors here providing a performance that the audience to become emotional invested with her character."[3]
The film was probably unnoticed when it first came out in movie theaters, but did well in DVD sales. June 28, 2006, the movie get a network premiere on BET.
The DVD was released 20 July 2005 in U.S.A, on its second week of release the DVD entered United States Billboard DVD Chart (top 40) at number 14 and sold over 160,000 copies. After seven weeks of release it has made an estimate of $6,847,722 in sales.
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