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Overview

User Rating:
5.6/10   290 votes
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Director:
Robert Townsend
Writers (WGA):
Dee LaDuke (written by) &
Mark Alton Brown (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
14 June 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Music more
Awards:
4 nominations more
User Comments:
A Delightful Mockumentary! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jenifer Lewis ... Jackie Washington

Tim Curry ... Edward Whatsett St. John
T.V. Blake ... Antandra Washington (Jackie's Daughter)

Tangie Ambrose ... Shaniqua Summers Wells (Jackie's Daughter)

Whoopi Goldberg ... Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)
Robert Bailey Jr. ... Wilson Wells (Jackie's Grandson)
Loren Freeman ... Kim (Jackie's Costume Designer)

Tom Arnold ... Marvin Pritz (Jackie's Former Manager)

Patti Austin ... Herself (Gospel Singer at Peaches' Funeral

Loretta Devine ... Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
Julie Hagerty ... Pammy Dunbar (Host)

David Hyde Pierce ... Perry (The Deaf Rehearsal Pianist)

Kathy Najimy ... Lola Molina (Jackie's Stalker)

Isabel Sanford ... Miss Krumes (Jackie's Play Mama)

JoBeth Williams ... Jo Face (Jackie's Vocal Coach)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Jackie's Back: Portrait of a Diva (USA)
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Runtime:
120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In France, Jackie is known as "La Washington." more
Quotes:
Chris Rock: I influenced... a lot of Jackie's work. I never wanted money. I didn't want the fame. I just wanted some love... and she couldn't give it. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Mommie Dearest (1981) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
A Delightful Mockumentary!, 27 June 1999
10/10
Author: Mike Smith from Tonkawa, Oklahoma

With cameos by the hundreds, and going downhill in the last 20 minutes, this one beat the Ruttles mockumentary by the mile!

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Whoopi was hilarious in this! mrs-bauer
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