| Release Date: | Mar 2003 |
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| Genre: | Comedy |
| Awards: | 9 nominations |
| Runtime: | 95 min |
| Cast: | Chris Rock (Mays Gilliam) Bernie Mac (Mitch Gilliam) Dylan Baker (Martin Geller) Nick Searcy (Brian Lewis) Lynn Whitfield (Debra Lassiter) Julian Glover (Kim) Tamala Jones (Lisa Clark) Lois Red Elk (Sen. Bill Arnot) Keith David (Bernard Cooper) Eleanor Moriarty (Meat Man) Nancy Marchand (Nikki) Robert Stanton (Advisor) Jude Ciccolella (Mr. Earl) Ransford Doherty (Himself) Angie Mattson (Nate's girl) Chris Rock (Mays Gilliam) Bernie Mac (Mitch Gilliam) Dylan Baker (Martin Geller) Nick Searcy (Brian Lewis) Lynn Whitfield (Debra Lassiter) Robin Givens (Kim) Tamala Jones (Lisa Clark) James Rebhorn (Sen. Bill Arnot) Keith David (Bernard Cooper) Tracy Morgan (Meat Man) Stephanie March (Nikki) Robert Stanton (Advisor) Jude Ciccolella (Mr. Earl) Nate Dogg (Himself) Angie Mattson (Nate's girl) |
Mays Gilliam, a Washington D.C. neighborhood Alderman, is about to be red-lined out of his job. But after the untimely death of the party frontrunner, Gilliam is plucked from obscurity, and thrust into the limelight as his party's nominee--for President of the United States. The players in Gilliam's life include: Mitch Gilliam, his unsophisticated older brother who becomes his running mate; Kim, his ex-girlfriend who had once dumped him, but who now has a sudden change of heart as she sees a chance at becoming First Lady; Martin Geller, his campaign manager; Lisa Clark, the woman who truly believes in Gilliam; and Debra Lassiter, the woman who doesn't have faith in his candidacy, and is serving as his reluctant advisor.
