Jackie's Back
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| writer = Mark Alton Brown
Dee LaDuke
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| director = Robert Townsend
| starring = Jenifer Lewis
Tim Curry
Whoopi Goldberg
Loretta Devine
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| theme_music_composer = Marc Shaiman
| country = United States
| language = English
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| producer = Gideon Amir
| editor = John L. Price
| cinematography = Charles Mills
| runtime = 120 minutes
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| network = Lifetime
| released = {{Start date|1999|06|14}}
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Jackie's Back (stylized as Jackie's Back!) is a 1999 American mockumentary musical comedy television film directed by Robert Townsend and stars Jenifer Lewis in a title role.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackies_back|title=Jackie's Back! - Rotten Tomatoes|date=March 19, 2002|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}} It also starred Tim Curry, Loretta Devine, Tom Arnold and Whoopi Goldberg. It premiered on the Lifetime Television Network on June 14, 1999.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/jackies-back-vm1093289|title=Jackie's Back (1999) - Robert Townsend | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com}} It received NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special in 2000.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000345/2000/1/|title=Image Awards (NAACP) (2000)|website=IMDb}}
Plot
Presented as a mockumentary, Jackie's Back chronicles the life and career of Jackie Washington (Jenifer Lewis), a 1960s/1970s R&B diva. After several years of toiling in obscurity, Washington decides to organize her own comeback concert with filmmaker Edward Whatsett St. John (Tim Curry) filming the event. The film also features numerous cameo appearances by celebrities.
Cast
- Jenifer Lewis as Jackie Washington
- Tim Curry as Edward Whatsett St. John
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086737 T.V. Blake] as Antandra Washington (Jackie's daughter)
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024425 Tangie Ambrose] as Shaniqua Summers Wells (Jackie's daughter)
- Robert Bailey, Jr. as Wilson Wells (Jackie's grandson)
- Whoopi Goldberg as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's sister)
- Loretta Devine as Snookie Tate (Jackie's childhood friend)
- Tom Arnold as Marvin Pritz (Jackie's former manager)
- Alan Blumenfeld as Ivan
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293489 Loren Freeman] as Kim
- Johnny Brown as Reverend Eustace Barnett
- Julie Hagerty as Pammy Dunbar
- David Hyde Pierce as Perry
- Kathy Najimy as Lola Molina
- Kyla Pratt as Little Jackie Washington
- Rudy Ray Moore as Dolemite
- Isabel Sanford as Miss Krumes
- JoBeth Williams as Jo Face
- Mary Wilson as Vesta Crotchley (Jackie's 3rd-grade teacher)
- Richard Lawson as Milkman Summers (Jackie's ex-husband #1)
- Reynaldo Rey as Cadillac Johnson (retired pimp)
=Cameos=
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- Patti Austin
- Charles Barkley
- Diahann Carroll
- Eddie Cibrian
- Jackie Collins
- Don Cornelius
- Taylor Dayne
- Melissa Etheridge
- Kathy Griffin
- Sean Hayes
- Ricki Lake
- Howie Mandel
- Camryn Manheim
- Penny Marshall
- Bette Midler
- Liza Minnelli
- Rosie O'Donnell
- Dolly Parton
- Donna Pescow
- Chris Rock
- Eva Marie Saint
- Grace Slick
- Robert Townsend
- Bruce Vilanch
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0202409|title=Jackie's Back}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|id=jackies_back}}
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Category:1999 television films
Category:American mockumentary films
Category:Films directed by Robert Townsend
Category:Films scored by Marc Shaiman
Category:Lifetime (TV channel) films
Category:1990s English-language films
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