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How to Be a Player is a film of genre Comedy released in USA on 6 august 1997 with Bill Bellamy
How to Be a Player (1997)
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Add to a movie listDef 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 How to Be a Player Soundtrack, released by Def Jam Recordings on August 5, 1997, featured the hit single "Big Bad Mama" by Foxy Brown featuring Dru Hill.
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Dray JACKSON est fiancé à Lisa, mais sa passion pour les femmes fait de lui un "jongleur". Lisa ne sait pas qu'il la trompe avec un nombre impressionnant de filles et il fait tout pour qu'elle n'en sache rien. Sa devise: "un bon jongleur ne se fait jamais griller!" va être mise à rude épreuve quand sa soeur, aidée d'une amie, décide de le piéger. Quand une actrice, une femme mariée (et son mari asthmatique), une Baba Cool, une Sado Maso, la fiancée, le jongleur et sa soeur se retrouvent à la même soirée, il n'y a plus qu'une chose à faire pour Dray: déclencher un "69 911"...Actors
Bill Bellamy
(Drayton Jackson)
Natalie Desselle-Reid
(Jenny Jackson)
Lark Voorhies
(Lisa)
Bernie Mac
(Buster)
Mari Morrow
(Katrina)
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