| Title |
Four play. |
| Edition |
Standard format. |
| OCLC |
61269702 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
634991194525 |
| Videorecording number |
19452-7 BET Pictures |
| Publisher |
[Washington, D.C.] : Black Entertainment Television ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Distributed by UrbanWorks Entertainment, [2004] |
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©2004 |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 370 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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African American women -- Drama.
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| System details note |
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 simulated surround sound. |
| Cast |
Rhapsody: Gina Ravera, Wood Harris, Lisa Raye. A private affair: Vanessa Bell Calloway, Clifton Powell, Janet MacLachlan. Playing with fire: Vanessa Williams, Tangi Miller, Mel Jackson. Intimate betrayal: Monica Calhoun, Khalil Kain, Erica Gimpel. |
| Target audience |
Not rated by the MPAA. |
| Summary |
Rhapsody: Record producer Dollar Bill and his girlfriend Lenore make beautiful music together until Bill is offered a record deal and a duet with sexy R&B singer Victoria. He begins to crumble under the unfamiliar pressures of fame, fearing that his true inspiration to make music is gone forever. |
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Private affair: A successful novelist, threatened by the possibility of tax evasion proceedings, seeks refuge with family and friends. She finds that fame and fortune may have changed her relationships forever. |
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Playing with fire: Riana Robert, an over-protective woman, tries in vain to save her younger sister who has, along with her lover, stolen a priceless solid gold artifact from Ghana. With the Ghanian consulate and U.S. customs hot on her trail, she faces extreme danger as she plans to double-cross her lover and keep all of the money for herself. |
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Intimate betrayal: After the death of her brother, a young reporter named Reese Delaware is comforted by his boss, a high tech millionaire, who may or may not be the cause of her brother's death. |
| Contents |
Rhapsody / BET Pictures presents a Director's Circle Filmworks production ; based on the novel by Felicia Mason ; screenplay by Summer Simmons ; directed by Jeff Byrd (95 min.) -- Private affair / BET Pictures presents a Director's Circle Filmworks production ; based on the novel by Donna Hill ; screenplay by Tony Lee ; directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno (95 min.)-- Playing with fire / BET Pictures presents a Director's Circle Filmworks production ; based on the novel by Dianne Mayhew ; screenplay by Christopher Lucien Koefoed ; produced and directed by Roy Campanella II (90 min.) -- Intimate betrayal / BET Pictures presents a Director's Circle Filmworks production ; based on the novel by Donna Hill ; screenplay by Chuck Cummings and Diane Wynter ; directed by Diane Wynter (90 min.). |
| Language note |
Soundtrack in English. |
| General note |
Title and credits from container. |
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"Based on the popular Arabesque line of romance novels"--Container. |
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Originally produced as television movies in 2001(Rhapsody, Intimate betrayal) and 2003 (A private affair, Playing with fire). |
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Special features: trailers; behind the scenes footage. |
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"For mature audiences; contains adult situations and some sexuality"--Container. |
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