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MONEY
Did you know
Shot for just $4.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
The Players Club
"Sometimes you're the player. Sometimes you're played."
1998 1h 44m EN
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6.4
MID
★6.4TMDB · 95
ComedyDrama
Synopsis
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Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.
“Sometimes you're the player. Sometimes you're played.”
Cast
LisaRaye McCoy
Diana "Diamond" Armstrong
Bernie Mac
Dollar Bill
Jamie Foxx
Blue
Ice Cube
Reggie
Terrence Howard
K.C.
Michael Clarke Duncan
Bodyguard
Monica Calhoun
Ebony
Faizon Love
Peters
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ice Cube
- Writers
- Ice Cube
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts 🍿
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MONEY
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Made its money back 5.2× over at the box office.
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ERA
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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Ice Cube, shot by Malik Hassan Sayeed. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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CAST
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LisaRaye McCoy and Bernie Mac and Jamie Foxx carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Sometimes you're the player. Sometimes you're played.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0119905 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 95 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
MoodPlayr · trivia#08
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Ice Cube directs. Malik Hassan Sayeed behind the camera. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $4.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Made its money back 5.2× over at the box office.
- 328 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 4Directed by Ice Cube, shot by Malik Hassan Sayeed. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5LisaRaye McCoy and Bernie Mac and Jamie Foxx carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "Sometimes you're the player. Sometimes you're played.".
- 7IMDB entry: tt0119905 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 95 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Malik Hassan Sayeed
- Costume design
- Dahlia Foroutan
- Makeup / hair
- Stacye P. Branche
- Runtime
- 104 min · 1h 44m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Box office
- $23,261,485
- Return
- 517% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Ice Cube
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Selected frames
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Production companies
Who made it
New Line Cinema
US
Key crew
- ProducerIce Cube
- Art DirectionKeith Neely
- Costume DesignDahlia Foroutan
- Set DecorationCheryle Grace
- Makeup Department HeadStacye P. Branche
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- dominatrix
- stripper
- strip club
- single mother
- catfight
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1998-04-08R
Also known as
International titles
- Clube Dos ImoraisBR
