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Ice Cube (written by)
Release Date:
8 April 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
Make the money. Don't let it make you. more
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A woman must contend with rival strippers and her boss in an attempt to make a legitimate living. full summary | add synopsis
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Police Harassment
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Wheelchair
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1 win
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(12 articles)
It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Opens 11/27 at the Players Club
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 23 November 2009, 4:15 PM, PST)
Cinema Retro Reunites "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." Stars At The Players Club Dinner For Robert Vaughn
(From CinemaRetro. 23 November 2009, 11:54 AM, PST)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 23 November 2009, 4:15 PM, PST)
Cinema Retro Reunites "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." Stars At The Players Club Dinner For Robert Vaughn
(From CinemaRetro. 23 November 2009, 11:54 AM, PST)
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An entertaining film with a lovely leading lady
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | LisaRaye | ... | Diamond (as Lisa Raye) |
 | Dick Anthony Williams | ... | Mr. Armstrong |
 | Judyann Elder | ... | Mrs. Armstrong (as Judy Ann Elder) |
 | Chrystale Wilson | ... | Ronnie |
| Adele Givens | ... | Tricks |
 | Bernie Mac | ... | Dollar Bill |
| Anthony Johnson | ... | L'il Man (as A.J. Johnson) |
| Jimmy Woodard | ... | Miron |
 | Montae Russell | ... | Lance (as Monte Russell) |
 | Oren Williams | ... | Jamal @ 4 Years |
 | Monica Calhoun | ... | Ebony |
 | Jossie Thacker | ... | Stripper #1 (as Jossie Harris) |
| Lalanya Masters | ... | Stripper #2 |
| Ursula Y. Houston | ... | Dancer #2 |
| Annie O'Donnell | ... | Lady |
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Rated R for strong language, sexual content and violence.
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104 min | Germany:90 min
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At one point, there was a scene when Lil Man asked Officer Freeman played by John Amos, "Did you know you look just like the father from Good Times?" Amos did, in fact, play the father in the 1970s sitcom "Good Times" (1974).
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Revealing mistakes: When Brooklyn aims the rocket launcher at The Players Club, you can see that the tube has no rocket in it.
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Featured in Ultimate Fights from the Movies (2002) (V)
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Flava in Your Ear
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This film is actually interesting at several levels. It is serio-comical so it has good contrast. Lisa Ray is delicious with her obvious attributes, mesmerizing eyes, and just perfect voice. Dollar Bill, the character played by Bernie Mac is simply funny.
To the extent that there is a theme, it is one of black exploitation by other blacks, the operative color being the green of money, and it was refreshing to see the absence of non-African Americans so that the themes and action were not framed within the usual, tired aria of white economic oppression, and rather the interactions between the characters are the focal point. The criminals portrayed with the guns are more cartoonish than not, yet the real and abhorrent predators become apparent as the ones victimizing Ebony.
Not an academy award winner, but good entertainment. Gets a 7 in my book.