Def Jam's How to Be a Player

How to Be a Player
VHS cover
Directed byLionel C. Martin
Screenplay by
  • Mark Brown
  • Demetria Johnson
Story byMark Brown
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRoss Berryman
Edited byWilliam Young
Music byDarren Floyd
Production
companies
Distributed byGramercy Pictures
Release date
  • August 6, 1997 (1997-08-06)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million
Box office$14 million[2]

Def Jam's How to Be a Player is a 1997 American sex comedy film, starring Bill Bellamy, Natalie Desselle and Bernie Mac. The film was directed by Lionel C. Martin, and written by Mark Brown and Demetria Johnson.

The How to Be a Player Soundtrack, released by Def Jam Recordings on August 5, 1997, featured the hit single "Big Bad Mamma" by Foxy Brown featuring Dru Hill.

  1. ^ a b "Def Jam's How to Be a Player (1997)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. ^ Def Jam's How to Be a Player at Box Office Mojo