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The Cookout is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 3 september 2004 with Quran Pender
The Cookout (2004)
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Add to a movie listThe Cookout is a 2004 comedy film, directed by Lance Rivera. It is co-written by and features Queen Latifah, and is also the feature film debut for her mother Rita Owens. This was the last film for Farrah Fawcett due to her death in 2009.
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When Todd Anderson (played by Quran Pender) has just signed a $30 million contract with his hometown basketball team the New Jersey Nets, he purchases many new luxuries for himself and his family including a new house in a well established, high class neighborhood for him and his gold digging girlfriend Brittany (played by Meagan Good). Keeping with family tradition, he decides to host a regular family reunion cookout in his new place, however, not planning for it to clash with an important business meeting for an endorsement deal.Actors
Quran Pender
Ja Rule
(Bling Bling)
Vincent Pastore
(Poo Salesman)
Jenifer Lewis
(Lady Em)
Tim Meadows
(Leroy)
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