Directed by Malcolm D. Lee   Written by Robert Ramsey ... written by Matthew Stone ... written by Cast Samuel L. Jackson ... Louis Hinds Bernie Mac ... Floyd Henderson Sharon Leal ... Cleo Adam Herschman ... Phillip Sean Hayes ... Danny Epstein Affion Crockett ... Lester Terrell J. Ramsey ... Pay-Pay (as Fatso Fasano) Jackie Long ... Zig-Zag Mike Epps ... Duane Henderson John Legend ... Marcus Hooks Isaac Hayes ... Self Vanessa del Rio ... Full-Figured Neighbor P.J. Byrne ... Floyd's Doctor Ken Davitian ... Ardesh Kezian Jennifer Coolidge ... Rosalee Sara Erikson ... Chastity Soledad O'Brien ... Self Randy Jackson ... Narrator (voice) Jackie Johnson ... Weather Woman Shane Sampson ... Henderson Twin #1 Dylan Sampson ... Henderson Twin #2 Bart Hansard ... Flagstaff Lounge Manager Michael Brouillet ... Keyboard Player (Flagstaff) Sean Goulding ... Trombone Player (Flagstaff) (as Sean Robert Goulding) Ritchie Montgomery ... Emmett the Drunk Clay Yocum ... Audience Member (Flagstaff) Juan Gabriel Pareja ... Tow Truck Driver (as Juan Pareja) Lara Grice ... Peabody Desk Clerk Paul T. Taylor ... Peabody Hotel Manager (as Paul Taylor) Monyetta Shaw ... Odetta Jody Thompson ... Deputy Maurice DuBois ... Newscaster Miko DeFoor ... Apollo Stage Manager Michael Showers ... Detective in Charge Millie Jackson ... Claudette Willie Hall ... Self Ben Cauley ... Self Charles 'Skip' Pitts ... Self (as Skip Pitts) Scott Bomar ... Bassist Archie 'Hubie' Turner ... Keyboard Art Edmaiston ... Baritone Saxophone Marc Franklin ... Trombone Robyn l Charles ... Female Singer (as Robin Moffett) Ketrick Robinson ... Male Singer J.R. Taylor ... Baritone Sax Player (as Jovan 'Jr.' Taylor) Nathan Adams ... Tenor Sax Player Michael Franklin ... Trumpet Player Uncredited Cast Michael C. 'Mike' Allen ... NYC Police Officer Allen Bonilla ... Party Man LaVita Brooks ... Hotel Guest NyaSimone Caldwell ... Henderson daughter Keenan R. Carter ... Young Louis Hinds M Charlotte Cheatham ... Extra Gary D. Earl ... Officer Harris Ron Fagan ... Hotel Couple - Man Ted Ferguson ... Dancing Cowboy Jamie Jones ... Waitress Cindy McBride ... Office Worker Lee Ann McDade ... Apollo Audience Member / House of Blues Audience Member Donald Meyers ... Man in Hotel Lobby Safton Reed Neuman ... Audience Member (Flagstaff) James Paul ... Apollo Nite Club Patron Joey Robinson ... Foxy Lady Franklin Ojeda Smith ... Impersonator / Isaac Hayes (voice) Marchello Stewart ... Date Calvin Sykes ... Younger Floyd Henderson Alicia Tennant ... Female Singer / Audience Member Kenon Walker ... Beale St. Patron Thomas Wallace ... News Photographer Steven Whitemon ... Officer White Produced by Charles Castaldi ... producer David T. Friendly ... producer Steven Greener ... producer W. Mark McNair ... executive producer Donald Sparks ... associate producer Bob Weinstein ... executive producer Harvey Weinstein ... executive producer Original Music by Stanley Clarke   Special Effects by Matt Corrigan ... dead body technician Matt Kutcher ... special effects supervisor Matt Mehring ... special effects technician Gary Pilkinton ... special effects foreman James Scaramuzzo ... special effects assistant Robert Vazquez ... special effects supervisor Visual Effects by Cara Buckley ... visual effects producer: RhinoFX Matt Connolly ... animator Camille Geier ... visual effects executive producer: RhinoFX Mickey Gorenstein ... Flame compositor: RhinoFX Lucien Harriot ... visual effects producer: Mechanism Digital / visual effects supervisor: Mechanism Digital, Inc. Karin Levinson ... production executive: RhinoFX Yuval Levy ... cg supervisor: RhinoFX Ashley Lomax ... modeler: RhinoFX Bogdan Mihajlovic ... matchmove technical director: RhinoFX David W. Reynolds ... digital compositor / flame compositor: RhinoFX Jim Rider ... visual effects supervisor: RhinoFX Traceigh Scottel ... production supervisor: visual effects unit Michael Viscione ... lighter: RhinoFX Richard Weissman ... Flame compositor Stunts Bobby Aldridge ... stunt performer Kiante Elam ... stunt double Kofi Elam ... stunt driver Norman Epperson ... precision driver Justin Rodgers Hall ... stunt double Malosi Leonard ... stunts Terry Leonard ... stunt coordinator: Los Angeles Ed McDermott II ... precision driver Buddy Sosthand ... stunt double: Bernie Mac Thanks Cedric B. Glover ... special thanks Isaac Hayes ... dedicatee Felipe Linz ... special thanks Bernie Mac ... dedicatee

Additional Info Premiere: November 07, 2008 DVD Release: February 10, 2009 Blu-ray Release: February 10, 2009 Country: Distributor: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Dimension Films Friendly Films (II) Distributors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (2008) (United States) (theatrical) Genius Products   (2009) (United States) (DVD) Black Entertainment Television (BET)   (2011) (United States) (TV) Filming Locations Louisiana, USA Memphis, Tennessee, USA Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.4 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,430 / 21,373 Site Ranking #4,426 Celebrity Deathmatch: Season 5 (2006) #4,427 Celebrity Deathmatch: Season 2 (1999) #4,428 Celebrity Deathmatch: Season 1 (1998) #4,429 Celebrity Deathmatch: Season 6 (2007) #4,430 Soul Men (2008) #4,431 The Night Flier (1997) #4,432 Desperation (2006) #4,433 Hellraiser: Deader (2005) #4,434 White Zombie (1932)