| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Benz Antoinee |
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| Lorena Gale |
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| Phillip Maurice Hayes |
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| James Kidnie |
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| Blu Mankuma |
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| Jessika Quynn Reynolds |
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| Ving Rhames |
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| Johnathan Wallace |
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| Mykelti Williamson |
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| Alfre Woodard |
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| Jesika Reynolds |
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| Johnathan Wesley Wallace |
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| Phil Hayes |
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| Benz Antoine |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama |
| Director |
Robert Townsend |
| Producer |
Jane Rosenthal; Robert De Niro |
| Writer |
Cheryl L. West |
| Studio |
MGM/UA |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
97 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| In a break from his usual he-man roles, Ving Rhames takes on the persona of "Holiday Heart," a church choir-directing female impersonator who is openly gay, religious, and alone. His loneliness ebbs when he rescues Wanda (Alfre Woodard) and her daughter from her drug-abusing boyfriend. He invites the pair to live free of charge in the duplex across the hall from his own and they form a family of sorts. But Wanda hooks up with a well-heeled drug dealer (Mykelti Williamson) and soon falls back into drug addiction, leaving Holiday to give up his own dreams and take care of the girl. Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) directed this R-rated cable movie that earned Woodard a Golden Globe nomination for her stark performance as a woman whose intelligence and love for her daughter are no match for the demons of her addiction. Screenwriter Cheryl L. West, who adapted her stage play, gets credit for combining the sentiment of a family story with the harshness of street life. The film's noble desire not to pretty things up does make for some tough scenes and a less-than-happy ending--thus the restricted rating. But the film has its fun moments, too, many of them thanks to Holiday's mincing fellow impersonator Jambalaya Blue, played with relish by Jonathan Wallace. --Kimberly Heinrichs |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
498 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
Amazon US
DVD Empire
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
027616860873 |
| Chapters |
16 |
| Release Date |
6/4/2002 |
| Subtitles |
French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital Stereo [English] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Features Not Specified
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