Ride (film)

Infobox Film
name = Ride


director = Millicent Shelton
producer = Bob Weinstein
Cary Granat
Ernest Johnson
Harvey Weinstein
Reginald Hudlin
S. Bryan Hickox
Warrington Hudlin
writer = Millicent Shelton
narrator = Melissa De Sousa
starring = Fredro Starr
Kellie Shanygne Williams
Malik Yoba
Melissa De Sousa
Sticky Fingaz
music = Chino XL
Dunn E. Pearson
cinematography = Alan Degen
Frank Byers
editing = Earl Watson
distributor = Dimension Films
released = flagicon|US March 27, 1998
runtime = 90 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
gross = $5,485,295 [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ride.htm, Box Office Mojo]
amg_id = 1:161753
imdb_id = 0120707

"Ride" is a 1998 comedy film, written and directed by Millicent Shelton. The film stars Fredro Starr, Malik Yoba, and Melissa De Sousa. The film is sometimes confused with "The Ride", another film released in 1998.

Plot

NYC film school graduate Leta Evans (De Sousa) has just become the assistant to hot music video director Bleau Kelly (Downtown Julie Brown). She almost loses the job before her first day's barely even started when Bleau decides budget cuts must be made for her next project. When Leta offers to do the assignment for a smaller fee, Bleau decides to have her escort a group of rappers, singers, and showbiz wanna-be's to Miami for a video shoot. The gang, which is kept in line by Poppa (Yoba), gets acquainted on a decaying bus as they travel down the East Coast, encountering barroom fights and other problems en route to the video gig.

Tagline: "This party makes no stops."

Cast

*Melissa De Sousa — Leta Evans
*Fredro Starr — Geronimo
*Kellie Shanygne Williams — Tuesday
*Malik Yoba — Poppa
*Sticky Fingaz — Brotha X
*Cedric the Entertainer — Bo
*Dartanyan Edmonds — Byrd
*Downtown Julie Brown — Bleau Kelly
*Guy Torry — Indigo
*Idalis DeLeón — Charity
*John Witherspoon — Roscoe
*Julia Garrison — Blacke
*The Lady of Rage — Peaches
*Luther "Luke" Campbell — Freddy B
*Reuben Asher — Casper

Trivia

*Chris Rock was offered a role in the film but turned it down.
*Def Squad, Doctor Dré & Ed Lover, Fred Williamson, and Snoop Dogg all make guest appearances. Producer Reginald Hudlin makes an uncredited cameo as well.
*One scene in the film parodied the music video for the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1997 hit single "Mo Money Mo Problems."
*The film marked Cedric the Entertainer's big screen debut.

References

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External links

*amg title|id=1:161753|title=Ride
*imdb title|id=0120707|title=Ride