The Best Man (1999 film)
The Best Man is a 1999 American romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. It was produced by 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, with Lee's cousin, Spike Lee, serving as producer. The film stars Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut and Sanaa Lathan. A Christmas-themed sequel, The Best Man Holiday, was released on November 15, 2013 with a reunited cast.
Plot
Harper Stewart (Diggs) is a young man living in Chicago with his beautiful and devoted girlfriend Robin (Lathan). However, Harper, whose professional life is on the verge of a major breakthrough is hesitant about committing to a woman. Harper's debut novel, Unfinished Business, has been selected by Oprah's Book Club, a seal of approval that pretty much guarantees him a best seller.
Harper then travels to New York City, where his best friend Lance (Chestnut), a running back for the New York Giants, is getting married to a young lady named Mia (Calhoun), who is also an old friend by Harper's. Harper is picked up at the airport by his friend Murch (Perrineau), and they catch up in the car. Eventually they meet up with Jordan (Long), Harper's old what-could-have-been female friend, and we learn that Jordan has obtained an advanced copy of his book and has been passing it around their inner circle of friends. Harper then learns that Murch was the reason that Jordan obtained the book, much to Harper's anguish. Due to its autobiographical nature, Harper never intended for any of them to read "Unfinished Business" prior to the wedding, with a lot of secrets from the past being revealed with Harper and friends. Here the guys meet up with Quentin (Howard), who congratulates Harper for the book. Harper chastises Quentin for not being able to settle down with work and with women.
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The Best Man (1964 film)
The Best Man is a 1964 political drama film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner with a screenplay by Gore Vidal based on his play of the same title. Starring Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, and Lee Tracy, the film details the seamy political maneuverings behind the nomination of a presidential candidate. The supporting cast features Edie Adams, Margaret Leighton, Ann Sothern, Shelley Berman, Gene Raymond, and Kevin McCarthy.
Tracy was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this, his final film.
Plot
William Russell (Fonda) and Joe Cantwell (Robertson) are the two leading candidates for the presidential nomination of an unspecified political party. Both have potentially fatal vulnerabilities.
Russell is a principled intellectual (believed by many critics and fans to be based on Adlai Stevenson). A sexual indiscretion has alienated his wife Alice (Margaret Leighton). In addition, he has a past nervous breakdown to live down.
Cantwell (believed to be based upon John F. Kennedy with some Richard Nixon and Joseph McCarthy mixed in) portrays himself as a populist "man of the people," and patriotic anti-communist campaigning to end "the missile gap" (a Kennedy campaign catch-phrase). Cantwell is a ruthless opportunist, willing to go to any lengths to get the nomination.
The Best Man Holiday
The Best Man Holiday is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. It is the sequel to the 1999 film, The Best Man. The film was released on November 15, 2013 by Universal Pictures. It stars Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Harold Perrineau, Morris Chestnut, Monica Calhoun, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Melissa De Sousa, and Regina Hall, reprising their roles from the 1999 film along with the supporting cast.
Plot
Mia Sullivan (Monica Calhoun), wife of Lance Sullivan (Morris Chestnut), have written letters requesting the old gang join them for Christmas: Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) and his almost-nine-month-pregnant wife Robyn (Sanaa Lathan), Julian Murch (Harold Perrineau) and wife Candace Sparks (Regina Hall), her best friend Jordan Armstrong (Nia Long) and boyfriend Brian McDonald (Eddie Cibrian), Quentin "Q" Spivey (Terrence Howard), and Shelby Taylor (Melissa De Sousa). All the friends arrive at the house, the first time they've come together in 14 years, and the celebration begins. At dinner, the old friends catch up while tensions grow between Shelby and Candace.
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The Best Man
by: Kutt Calhoun[Preacher:] I now pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride
(Cheers)
But on some real shit, you gonna tell that nigga
Kutt: yeah I'm a tell that nigga man
You better tell him or I'm a tell him
Kutt: Nah I'm a tell him, it's kind of a sensitive subject though
You know what I'm sayin, that nigga love the bitch dog
[Krizz:]
This is a story of a female dog
And in this tale the dog, be gettin busy
Chasin after two wrongs
Lookin for food and shelter in two homes
But when you bite the hand that feeds ya
You find yourself on your ass when you do wrong
Listen to the words that I'm speakin
This is your best man
[Kutt:]
Was a good and bad syndicate, like Heaven and Hell
Used to run the streets since the age of 11 or 12
Your momma was my momma, mi casa was su casa
Hangin out at skippin parties, thunderbird and?
We used to seel dope together, stackin major chips
Thinkin ain't nobody in this city could fade the click
Two niggas that would kill for each other on the real though
No questionin our loyalty we bonifide real bros
I remember when we used to fuck hoes together
Traded clothes in? state flow together
But now u's a man, you say you gotta plan
Under God and wanna put your life all in his hands
And that's cool, plus I hear you got a boo in these street
You been datin for months, and see her five days a week
But you lookin to tie the knot it's gettin crazy deep
Said you want me to be the best man, it made we weep
[Chorus:]
I was his best man
Lord knows I'm wrong, I've been sippin on Patron real hard
And he was my best friend
Gotta bring it to an end, and I don't even know how to start
And it was his girlfriend
But now it's his wife, so what we had together was trife
So I don't know if I can
Be a man and tell the truth, I'll walk away with guilt for life
[Kutt:]
Man it's crazy that my nigga got a broad ya dig
Thinkin bout her gettin married, a nice car and crib
Bein a wife, picket fence man, life's just a glimpse
But put it all together and it all make sense
I get a knock at the do, must be my baby to be
Nice broad, you A&Rin for a label or three
I ain't seen her in some months now, ready to get punched down
But when I answer she lookin funny and hunched down
What's wrong with you? Is the question I lay
She say she feel a little under the weather today
She hadn't been outta town but she had somethin to say
She been lovin up with my homie, not my brotheren mayne
I'm like DAMN could've nearly killed the bitch
Now I'm thinkin of every way that I could filter this
Done over by a beezy that was some filthy shit
But I ain't the type to play the guilty trick
[Chorus:]
I was his best man
Lord knows I'm wrong, I've been sippin on Patron real hard
And he was my best friend
Gotta bring it to an end, and I don't even know where to start
And it was his girlfriend
But now it's his wife, so what we had together was trife
So I don't know if I can
Be a man and tell the truth, I'll walk away with guilt for life
[Kutt:]
Now I'm hearin that there's gonna be some problem in the streets
When you see me cause this nigga had the nerves to bump his gums to my motha
So tell me what he really wanna do
I got milli's I got phillies matter of fact a whole brigade muthafucka
So nigga when you see me you gon see me
I ain't never been a bitch, that's on my momma so believe
I ain't duckin, and we can get em up on 27
You can trust I got the rap for you suckas
But when I think about it, man we cooler than that
We shouldn't let a bitch come between what me and you had, a pact
Like niggas over bitches, money over hoes
And not to let a scandalous bitch step on our toes
These hoes now is way too vicious
Days and times we livin in is way too different
Bitches go out they way just to make you slip
So niggas watch ya hoes, cause they sickness
[Chorus:]
I was his best man
Lord knows I'm wrong, I've been sippin on Patron real hard
And he was my best friend
Gotta bring it to an end, and I don't even know where to start
And it was his girlfriend
But now it's his wife, so what we had together was trife
So I don't know if I can