The Ladies Man (2000)

The Saturday Night Live (1975) character gets a big screen treatment.

Director:

Reginald Hudlin

Writers:

Tim Meadows, Dennis McNicholas

Stars:

Tim Meadows, Karyn Parsons, Billy Dee Williams

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tim Meadows	...	Leon Phelps
Karyn Parsons	...	Julie Simmons
Billy Dee Williams	...	Lester
John Witherspoon	...	Scrap Iron
Jill Talley	...	Candy
Lee Evans	...	Barney
Will Ferrell	...	Lance DeLune
Sofia Milos	...	Cheryl
Eugene Levy	...	Bucky Kent
David Huband	...	Frank
Ken Hudson Campbell	...	Hal (as Ken Campbell)
Kevin McDonald	...	Mail Man
Tamala Jones	...	Theresa
Julianne Moore	...	Audrey
Tiffani Thiessen	...	Honey DeLune

Storyline

Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps, along with his sweet and loyal producer Julie, is fired from his Chicago gig. They can't find another job. About that time, two things happen: he gets a letter from a wealthy former lover who offers to take care of him (but she doesn't sign her real name, so Leon, an inveterate Casanova, has no idea who she is), and a group of angry cuckolds, all of whom have surprised their wives in flagrante delicto with Leon (who has a distinctive tattoo on his booty), are closing in, armed and dangerous. Can he find the sugar mommy and escape the wrath of the mob of husbands? What about Julie?

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Plot Keywords:

sex scene | womanizer | african american | buttocks | male rear nudity | 

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Taglines:

He's cool. He's clean. He's a love machine.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

David Wells appeared in a scene, but it was deleted.

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Goofs

When Miss Simmons is reading the letter from "Sweet Thing" she says "But I still remember" where the letter actually reads "but I've never forgotten".

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Quotes

Leon Phelps: How long have you been uhh nunnin' it up?

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Rob Lowe/Eminem (2000)

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Soundtracks

VSA Swing Song
by Marcus Miller, Tim Meadows, Dennis McNicholas & Andrew Steele
Published by Famous Music Corporation
Produced by Marcus Miller

User Reviews

This movie is FUNNY! :))

I'm a virulently racist fascist bastard, and I dig this movie. It's totally ridiculous, and that's it's charm :) It doesn't pretend to be something else. It's a big '70's cliché, and the story is very complete and 'cute'. Undercover Brother is another flick like this one - very silly, very funny! I absolutely hate blacks, but movies like this do show a side of them that is entertaining to see. It's a vibe that is very alien, and also interesting in an anthropological sort of way. It's rather like watching peacock struts and so on. This 'Leon' character is so totally over-the-top it's really high art - art of sleeze you might call it LOL

There are also many great scenes in this movie. Will Farrell is funny in this one as well - though in many movies he is not. Also a hoot is the gay style musical number from the macho men - totally unexpected and funny as hell. Many scenes like this - unexpected things, funny little things. This is a good movie :) See it, and you will laugh lots.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Ladies Man

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,426,390, 15 October 2000

Gross USA:

$13,616,610

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,743,212

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broadway Pictures, SNL Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1