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6.9/10   260 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Gloria Naylor (novel)
Karen Hall (teleplay)
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Release Date:
19 March 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Seven Women. Seven Lives Hanging in the Balance.
Plot:
Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor, in which a group of strong-willed women who live in the same rundown housing project located on Brewster Place... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Excellent movie. Jackee shines over Oprah! more (3 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Oprah Winfrey ... Mattie Michael
Mary Alice ... Fannie Michael
Olivia Cole ... Miss Sophie
Robin Givens ... Kiswana
Moses Gunn ... Ben
Jackée Harry ... Etta Mae
Paula Kelly ... Theresa

Leon ... Abshu
Lonette McKee ... Lorraine
Barbara Montgomery ... Miss Eva

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney ... Cora Lee

Lynn Whitfield ... Ciel
Paul Winfield ... Sam Michael

William Allen Young ... Eugene

Cicely Tyson ... Mrs. Browne
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Additional Details

Runtime:
200 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Cameo: [Mike Tyson] [, a street gang member (he's the one wearing the cap and sunglasses).] more
Goofs:
Continuity: The length of Theresa's cigarette when she tells Lorraine that she has decided not to go to the party at the night club. This happens at the same time that the block party is going on outside. more
Quotes:
Mattie Michael: [Etta Mae flirtatiously accepts an invitation to dance] Woman, you better stay here and act your age.
Etta Mae: Ooh, I'm acting it. 35!
Mattie Michael: Hm! You've got regrets older than that.
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3 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Excellent movie. Jackee shines over Oprah!, 25 May 1999
10/10
Author: anonymous from ohio

Excellent drama about a group of women living in an apartment building. This explores all their lives and shows how everyone is struggling through something. jackee comes out the best! This movie is dramatic, hilarious and heartbreaking. Such lines as "You shoulda thoughta that before you started breeding em like roaches!" and Jackee's one liners during the tenants meeting had me laughing out loud. Highly recommended!!!!!!

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