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Funnym an C hris R ock sets his
sights on the highest office in the
land in the com edy "H ead o f State,”
scheduled for release nationw ide
on Friday, M arch 28.
In addition to starring, the in ­
c re a s in g ly m u lti-fa c e te d R ock
m akes his directorial debut with
“H ead o f S tate.” He also co-w rote
the film with long-tim e collaborator
and “H ead o f S tate” p ro d u cer Ali
LeRoi.
R ock stars as M ays G illiam , a
W ashington D .C. n eighborhood
alderm an, w h o ’s about to be red-
lined out o f his jo b . But after the
u n tim e ly d e a th o f th e p a rty
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a vva^niii^iun u.u. politician wno is plucked from obscurity and
frontrunner, Gilliam is plucked from
thrust into the limelight as his party’s nominee for the President o f the United States. Lynn
obscurity and thrust into the lim e­ Whitfield (left) plays Deborah Lassiter, Gilliam's campaign adviser, whose job it is to help him lose
light as his p a rty 's nom inee-for gracefully without embarrassing the party.
P resident o f the U nited States.
“T his film is about the little man actress best know n for her starring T h at’s w hy the tw o collide.”
is L isa C lark, played by T am ala
running for President. H e 's the low ­ roles in “E ve’s Bayou” and “A Thin
Robin G ivens, known for her star­ Jones, a beautiful actress w hose
est guy you could im agine getting Line Between Love and Hate, ” plays ring roles in “ Book o f L ove,” “A
m ost recent film roles w ere T w o
a shot at the biggest title in the D eborah L assiter, G illiam ’s cam ­ Rage in H arlem ” and “B oom erang”
C an Play That G am e" and “ Broth­
w orld. H e’s a "R ocky1 o f politics,” paign adviser, w hose jo b it is to w as R o ck ’s first and only choice to
ers.” In “H erd o f S tate" she plays
R ock said.
help him lose gracefully w ithout play his crazy ex-girlfriend.
the convenience store w orker, w ho
R ock said G illiam appeals to the em barrassing the party. The co m ­
“B asically, she dum ps m e a week steals G illiam ’ s heart.
public because he has a unique edy com es out o f the natural con- before I’m asked to run for Presi-
“W e had great chem istry to­
cam paign style.
g eth er,” R ock said. “I selected her
“H e tells the truth— w hich is
for the role, because sh e 's a good
unique in politics to d ay ," R ock
actress and sh e’s ju s t so cute.”
said. “H e’sn o t constricted the w ay
R ounding out the m ain cast are
other politicians are. so he tells it
D ylan B aker (“R oad to P erdition",
like it is.”
as G illia m 's cam paign m anager,
The film also stars equally hi lari -
N ick Searcy (“O ne H our Photo” )
ous Bernie M ac, o f “T h e Bernie
as M ay s o p p o n e n t and Jam es
M ac Show ,” as M ay s’ older brother - Comedian Chris Rock on his role as presidential candidate Mays
R ebhorn ( “F ar F rom H eaven” ) as
M itch, w ho becom es his running Gilliam In “Head of State”
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the head o f the political party.
mate.
A nother interesting choice Rock
“Just like M ays, M itch tellp the flict betw een G illiam and Lassiter. dent,” Rock said. “She thinks I ’m
m ade w as rapper N ate D ogg, w ho
truth. He is a bold, crazy bail bonds­
“T h e tw o are going after tw o going to be a nothing, and the next narrates the movie.
m a n fr o m C h ic a g o ,” R o c k different things. M ays G illiam has thing she knows, 1 ’ m the nominee for
“N ate has long been a narrator
said. “Since I c a n 't tru st anybody been hired to lose, but he w ants to President. So, she spends the whole
o f hip-hop culture,” Rock said. “ By
in the party, I ask him to be my Vice w in at any cost,” R ock said. “She rest o f the m ovie trying to get back
giving him that role, we m ake the
P resident.”
w ants him to lose w ithout tarnish­ with me. She is perfect in the part."
m ovie relevant to kids and every­
L ynn W hitfield, the vivacious ing the p arty ’s future chances.
The other woman in G illiam 's life body. N ate is great.”
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