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Director
  
Robert Townsend

First episode date
  
June 14, 1999

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Music

Initial DVD release
  
March 19, 2002

Country
  
United States

Jackies Back movie poster

Release date
  
June 14, 1999

Writer
  
Dee LaDuke, Mark Alton Brown

Cast
  
Jenifer Lewis
(Jackie Washington),
Tim Curry
(Edward Whatsett St. John),
Tangie Ambrose
(Shaniqua Summers Wells (Jackie's Daughter)),
Whoopi Goldberg
(Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)),
David Hyde Pierce
(Perry (The Deaf Rehearsal Pianist)),
Loretta Devine
(Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend))

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Jackie's Back! is a 1999 television film directed by Robert Townsend. It premiered on the Lifetime Television Network on June 14, 1999.

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Plot

Presented as a mockumentary, Jackie's Back chronicles the life and career of Jackie Washington (Jenifer Lewis), a 1960s/1970s R&B diva. After several years of toiling in obscurity, Washington decides to organize her own comeback concert with filmmaker Edward Whatsett St. John (Tim Curry) filming the event. The film also features numerous cameo appearances by celebrities.

Cast

  • Jenifer Lewis as Jackie Washington
  • Tim Curry as Edward Whatsett St. John
  • T.V. Blake as Antandra Washington (Jackie's daughter)
  • Tangie Ambrose as Shaniqua Summers Wells (Jackie's daughter)
  • Robert Bailey, Jr. as Wilson Wells (Jackie's grandson)
  • Whoopi Goldberg as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's sister)
  • Loretta Devine as Snookie Tate (Jackie's childhood friend)
  • Tom Arnold as Marvin Pritz (Jackie's former manager)
  • Alan Blumenfeld as Ivan
  • Loren Freeman as Kim
  • Johnny Brown as Reverend Eustace Barnett
  • Julie Hagerty as Pammy Dunbar
  • David Hyde Pierce as Perry
  • Kathy Najimy as Lola Molina
  • Kyla Pratt as Little Jackie Washington
  • Rudy Ray Moore as Dolemite
  • Isabel Sanford as Miss Krumes
  • JoBeth Williams as Jo Face
  • Mary Wilson as Vesta Crotchley (Jackie's 3rd grade teacher)
  • Reynaldo Rey as Cadillac Johnson (Retired Pimp).

    • References

    Jackie's Back Wikipedia
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    Jackies Back IMDb Jackies Back themoviedb.org