How Stella Got Her Groove Back
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| How Stella Got Her Groove Back | |
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 Original theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | Kevin Rodney Sullivan |
| Produced by | Ronald Bass Terry McMillan Deborah Schindler |
| Written by | Terry McMillan (book & screenplay) Ronald Bass (screenplay) |
| Starring | Angela Bassett Taye Diggs Whoopi Goldberg Regina King |
| Music by | Michel Colombier |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | August 14, 1998 |
| Running time | 124 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $37,672,350 |
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back is a 1998 romance film, directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. The film stars Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg and Regina King. This film is an adaptation of Terry McMillan's best selling novel by the same title. The original music score was composed by Michel Colombier. The film's tagline is: "Sometimes you have to break the rules to free your heart."
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[edit] Plot
Stella (Angela Bassett) is a very successful, 40-year-old African-American stock broker living in San Francisco, California who is persuaded by her colorful New York girlfriend Delilah (Whoopi Goldberg) to take a well deserved, first-class vacation to Kingston, Jamaica. As she soaks in the beauty of the island, she encounters a strapping, young islander, Winston Shakespeare (Taye Diggs), who is 20 years her junior. His pursuits for her turn into a hot and steamy romance that forces Stella to take personal inventory of her life and try to find a balance between her desire for love and companionship, and the responsibilities of mother and corporate executive.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Angela Bassett | Stella Payne |
| Taye Diggs | Winston Shakespeare |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Delilah Abraham |
| Regina King | Vanessa |
| Suzzanne Douglass | Angela |
| Michael J. Pagan | Quincy Payne |
| Sicily Sewell | Chantel |
| Richard Lawson | Jack |
| Barry Shabaka Henley | Buddy |
| Lee Weaver | Nate |
| Glynn Turman | Dr. Shakespeare |
| Phyllis Yvonne Stickney | Mrs. Shakespeare |
| Denise Hunt | Ms. Thang |
| Lisa Hanna | Abby |
| James Pickens, Jr. | Walter Payne |
[edit] Awards & nominations
1999 Acapulco Black Film Festival
- Best Actress — Angela Bassett (won)
- Best Actor — Taye Diggs (nominated)
- Best Actress — Whoopi Goldberg (nominated)
- Best Director — Kevin Rodney Sullivan (nominated)
- Best Film (nominated)
- Best Screenplay — Terry McMillan (nominated)
- Best Soundtrack (nominated)
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture — Angela Bassett (won)
- Outstanding Motion Picture (won)
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture — Whoopi Goldberg (won)
- Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress — Michael J. Pagan (nominated)
[edit] Cultural references
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- The character "Winston Shakespeare," (played by Taye Diggs in the movie), is based on McMillan's husband, Jonathan Plummer. Plummer is Jamaican and is more than 20 years younger than McMillan. In June 2005, Plummer announced that he was gay, and McMillan filed for divorce.
- During WTJM/New York City's days as a Rhythmic Oldies outlet, the station had TV promos airing the station's on-air liner "How New York Got Their Groove Back."
- In the Family Guy episode "There's Something About Paulie", Peter sees a movie titled "How Stella Got Her Groove Back 2".
- In one episode of Friends, Rachel gets to pick the movie the friends see and she decides on How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
- On an episode of Charmed, ("Love Hurts") Phoebe and Prue are leaving to go Cabo. Pheobe says to Prue, "Stella we are gettin' our groove back!"
- On an episode of The Simpsons, Marge is having fun riding a manatee and screams, "I've got my groove back!"
- On another episode of The Simpsons, Homer quotes the tagline "Sometimes you have to break the rules to free your heart" to Marge.
- An episode of Futurama, is entitled "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back".
- On an episode of the popular TV series "Transformers Cybertron", the character Bud says: And that's how Optimus Prime got his groove back."
- In Undercover Brother a novel is referenced after The Man has begun his plan titled How Stella Got Her White Man Back.
- In a parody fast food commercial on Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Fallon states that the kid's meals come with How Stella Got Her Groove Back action figures.
- The first episode of the second season of Ugly Betty is named "How Betty Got Her Grieve Back."
