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DISAPPEARING ACTS (2000) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on-his-luck construction worker and not-quite divorced father of two hoping to start his own business. The two meet and fall in love and during the course of the stormy relationship, they both come to some startling conclusions about love and each other. |
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| Wesley Snipes (Franklin Swift), Sanaa Lathan (Zora Banks), Regina Hall (Portia), Lisa Arrindell Anderson (Claudette), Q-Tip (Reg Bapiste), Clark Johnson (Jimmy), John Amos (Mr. Swift), CCH Pounder (Mrs. Swift), Aunjanue Ellis (Pam), John Beasley (Mr. Banks), Fernando Phifer Cameron, Dequan Henderson, Laz Alonzo, Cleveland Sampson, Thomas Day, Kelli Crews, Tony Ray Rossi, Kyle Rivers (Greg), Cassandra Creech, Michael Imperioli (Vinney), Christina Osorio (Girl in Choir), Robert Ray Manning Jr. (Lamont, uncredited), Riley G. Matthews Jr. (Construction Worker, uncredited), Peter Onorati (Construction Worker, uncredited). |
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I'TS ABOUT MORE THAN THE MORNING AFTER. |
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FACTS |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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RELEASE DATE: December 9th, 2000 (USA)
(TELEVISION PREMIERE)
- Filmed on location in Brooklyn and Manhattan and at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York.
- Author Terry McMillan was offered more money to make the film as a theatrical release but opted to work with HBO in order to be given the freedom to see her vision come to life.
Terry McMillan is also the author of Waiting to Exhale (in which Snipes also appeared) and How Stella Got Her Groove Back, both of which were turned into very successful films.
- Leonard Welch, the father of a child with McMillan, sued in 1990, claiming that the character of Franklin was based on him except he was mean-spirited and libelous.
- Among the songs used in the film are tracks by the Isley Brothers, Curtis Mayfield, Donna Hathaway, Nina Simone, and Chris Khan. |
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DIRECTOR: Gina Prince-Bythewood.
WRITERS: Lisa Jones, and based on the novel by Terry McMillan.
PRODUCERS: Lydia Dean-Pilcher.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Juanita F. Diana.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Kimiko Fox, Terry McMillan and Wesley Snipes.
LINE PRODUCER: Amy Herman.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Allen Cato and Me'Shell NdegeOcello.
DISTRIBUTOR: HBO Films. |
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QUOTES |
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Zora: But a guy has to be a millionaire for me to give him the time of day? |
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Portia: See, the brother can't even afford to buy a watch. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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"...nothing you couldn't get out of a week of 'Passions.'" -- David Cornelius, Amazing Colossal Website |
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