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Loving Jezebel
- Directed by: Kwyn Bader
- Starring: Hill Harper, Andre B. Blake, Elisa Donovan, Larry Gilliard, Laurel Holloman, Sandrine Holt, David Moscow, Nicole Parker, Phylicia Rashad
- Genre: Comedies
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- Theater Release: 10/27/2000
- Video Release: 04/10/2001
- Run Time: 1hr 25min
Synopsis
Writer-director Kwyn Bader's debut feature is an extremely likeable romantic comedy that features a star-making performance from Hill Harper. Harper plays Theodorus Melville, a mixed-race suburban youth who discovers at an early age that he has a penchant for falling in love with the wrong girls--most often, his friends' girlfriends. Barely surviving college, where he slept with the girlfriend of the football team's star running back, Theodorus eventually settles in New York City with his best friend, whose gorgeous Trinidadian girlfriend, Mona (Sandrine Holt), can't hide her attraction for him. Meanwhile, Theodorus is in the midst of a passionate affair with Frances (Nicole Ari Parker), a firecracker of an actress whose mental stability is questionable. Working as a waiter in a coffee shop, Theodorus befriends the bumbling Samantha (Laurel Holloman), a sweet-natured woman who is married to Gabe (David Moscow), a walking time bomb. By the time that Theodorus has an epiphany which enables him to fully give in and choose his truest love, his philandering ways threaten to catch up with him once and for all.
Writer-director Kwyn Bader's debut feature is an extremely likeable romantic comedy that features a star-making performance from Hill Harper. Harper plays Theodorus Melville, a mixed-race suburban youth who discovers at an early age that he has a penchant for falling in love with the wrong girls--most often, his friends' girlfriends. Barely surviving college, where he slept with the girlfriend of the football team's star running back, Theodorus eventually settles in New York City with his best friend, whose gorgeous Trinidadian girlfriend, Mona (Sandrine Holt), can't hide her attraction for him. Meanwhile, Theodorus is in the midst of a passionate affair with Frances (Nicole Ari Parker), a firecracker of an actress whose mental stability is questionable. Working as a waiter in a coffee shop, Theodorus befriends the bumbling Samantha (Laurel Holloman), a sweet-natured woman who is married to Gabe (David Moscow), a walking time bomb. By the time that Theodorus has an epiphany which enables him to fully give in and choose his truest love, his philandering ways threaten to catch up with him once and for all.
Production Notes
Released theatrically: October 27, 2000.
Shot on location in New York City.
The film captured the Audience Award at the 2000 South by Southwest Film Festival, and also screened as part of the 2000 Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City.
Writer-director Kwyn Bader, a graduate from New York University, spent many years working various jobs in the entertainment industry before making his debut feature.
In what could be perceived as an in-joke of sorts, Bader casts Phylicia Rashad as the mother of "Theo," which pays an obvious debt to her many years on THE COSBY SHOW.
Released theatrically: October 27, 2000.
Shot on location in New York City.
The film captured the Audience Award at the 2000 South by Southwest Film Festival, and also screened as part of the 2000 Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City.
Writer-director Kwyn Bader, a graduate from New York University, spent many years working various jobs in the entertainment industry before making his debut feature.
In what could be perceived as an in-joke of sorts, Bader casts Phylicia Rashad as the mother of "Theo," which pays an obvious debt to her many years on THE COSBY SHOW.
Reviews
"...Mr. Harper [is] boyish and intense....[The film is] a good-natured boys' version of SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT..." (New York Times)
"...Mr. Harper [is] boyish and intense....[The film is] a good-natured boys' version of SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT..." (New York Times)
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