Holiday Heart
Brief Synopsis
For years, Holiday Heart has been living in the past. Devastated by the loss of his lover, a respected member of the Chicago police force, who kept Holiday as "h
Cast & Crew
Robert Townsend
Benz Antoine
Johnathan Wallace
Errol G. Farquharson
Ron Selmour
James Kidnie
Film Details
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Synopsis
The story of a drag queen who learns to open his heart when he begins caring for a young girl whose mother is battling a drug addiction.
For years, Holiday Heart has been living in the past. Devastated by the loss of his lover, a respected member of the Chicago police force, who kept Holiday as "his little secret," Holiday spends his days thumbing through old photographs and keeps his apartment as a shrine to happier times. The 50-year-old drag queen by night, choir director by day, is stuck in the 1970s and is finding it increasingly difficult to face himself in the mirror each night. Holiday escapes his self-inflicted tumult by listening to French lessons on tape, and dreaming of someday traveling to Paris. One fateful day, Holiday meets 12-year-old Nikki and her mother, Wanda, an aspiring poet with a history of drug addiction.
Wanda and Nikki move into an adjoining apartment and soon the three are watching movies together as a family. For the first time, Holiday feels needed. For a while, their home becomes a happy one -- at least until Wanda falls for a flashy drug dealer named Silas. Holiday takes an immediate dislike to Silas. Before long, Silas moves in with Wanda and Nikki and he tells Holiday to leave his new family alone. Deeply hurt, Holiday reluctantly carries on with his life. But Wanda is headed for trouble again; she reconnects with her old addictions. Silas realizes that Wanda's addiction is terminal and knows he can't change the situation. With nowhere else to turn, Silas implores Holiday to save Nikki. It's up to Holiday Heart to leave his sadness behind and embrace a positive future for himself and Nikki, making it possible for her to have the kind of life her mother desperately wanted for her.
Director
Robert Townsend
Cast
Benz Antoine
Johnathan Wallace
Errol G. Farquharson
Ron Selmour
James Kidnie
Bob Dawson
Lorena Gale
Mykelti Williamson
Rhys Williams
Mark Finley
Errol Gee
Mary Antonini
Scott Swanson
Steven Miller
Philip Maurice Hayes
Blu Mankuma
Roger Haskett
Emy Aneke
Guy Fauchon
Jessika Quynn Reynolds
Ving Rhames
Willie Taylor
Peter Williams
Alfre Woodard
Doug Cameron
Patricia Idlette
Crew
Rick Allen
David Birdsall
Laurie Boyle
Alicia Bridges
Scott Burnette
Gary Chibi
Russell Clark
Mike Crestejo
Robert De Niro
Julia Done
Lamont Dozier
Brad Epstein
Steven Felder
Chris Ferguson
Michelle Fitzpatrick
Liz Goldwyn
Mike Graham
Colin Gray
Kate Healey
Brian Holland
Edward Holland
Susan Hutchieson
Joan Isaacson
Jan Kiesser
Jae Marchant
Mindy Marin
Coreen Mayrs
Eric Norlin
Terry O'bright
Sabrina Plisco
Lisa Ragosin
Robert C Rodriguez
Jane Rosenthal
Neil Seale
Gina Sherritt
Roger Stafeckis
Kim Steer
Justin Taylor
Stephen James Taylor
Terry Weaver
Cheryl L West
Cheryl L West
Cheryl L West
Tracy Young
Dean A. Zupancic
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States December 10, 2000
Released in United States on Video May 29, 2001
Began shooting April 10, 2000.
Completed shooting May 15, 2000.
