Jackie's Back
Jackie's Back is a 1999 American mockumentary musical comedy television film directed by Robert Townsend and stars Jenifer Lewis in a title role. It also starred Tim Curry, Loretta Devine, Tom [Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold] and Whoopi Goldberg. It premiered on the Lifetime Television Network on June 14, 1999. It received NAACP [Image Awards|NAACP Image Award] nomination for NAACP [Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special|Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special] in 2000.
Plot
Presented as a mockumentary, Jackie's Back chronicles the life and career of Jackie Washington, 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 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
- as Antandra Washington
- as Shaniqua Summers Wells
- Robert Bailey, Jr. as Wilson Wells
- Whoopi Goldberg as Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens
- Loretta Devine as Snookie Tate
- Tom Arnold as Marvin Pritz
- Alan Blumenfeld as Ivan
- 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
- Richard [Lawson (actor)|Richard Lawson] as Milkman Summers
- Reynaldo Rey as Cadillac Johnson
Cameos
- Patti Austin
- Charles Barkley
- Diahann Carroll
- Eddie Cibrian
- Jackie Collins
- Don Cornelius
- Taylor Dayne
- Melissa Etheridge
- Kathy Griffin
- Sean Hayes
- Ricki Lake
- Howie Mandel
- Camryn Manheim
- Penny Marshall
- Bette Midler
- Liza Minnelli
- Rosie O'Donnell
- Dolly Parton
- Donna Pescow
- Chris Rock
- Eva Marie Saint
- Grace Slick
- Robert Townsend
- Bruce Vilanch