Honey Page #2

Synopsis: Honey Daniels is a 22-year-old, sexy, tough-minded, part-black, part-Latina hip-hop dancer in New York's East Harlem who dreams of making it big as a music video choreographer. She teaches hip-hop dancing at a local youth center and encourages the local kids to attend to keep them off the streets and out of trouble. When luck shines on Honey in the form of a famous music video director, named Michael, who casts her in one music video, she's encouraged to make the transition from dancer to choreographer. But Honey's sudden success comes with a price when Michael refuses to take "no" for an answer to his sexual advances and then tries to sabotage her career by blackballing her out of the business.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Bille Woodruff
Production: Universal Pictures
  8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
37
Rotten Tomatoes:
21%
PG-13
Year:
2003
94 min
$30,222,640
Website
469 Views


Wait. Don't you need

my number?

lt's not good when

they don't ask for your number.

- Yo, heads up.

- Cut it. Cut it.

Why don't you take a break,

come play some ball?

Show me some of them moves.

l got a class to teach.

Mm-hmm.

Hey,yo, Chaz.

Come on, man. Let's play.

That was fun.

l'll see you tomorrow.

See you guys later.

l really like your class.

Thanks, Raymond.

Lucky for you,

l'm not goin' anywhere.

Well, see you next week.

What's up?

What's up, B.?

Raymond, what are

you doing here, dog?

Lookin' for you.

Look, you can't be here

right now, okay?

What? Are you deaf? Get on.

Go.

Get!

What's up, Otis?

Hey, B.B.

How's your stash?

All right. l'm set for today.

Make sure you got his back,

all right? He's my baby brother.

Yo, you want a smoke?

Right here. Right here.

Hey, Honey, it's me Dad.

Just calling to see how

those auditions are going.

Hey, girl, it's me.

Just checking in.

Remember, this is a temporary

situation. That's all.

So holler when you get in.

Honey Daniels, this is Mike Ellis.

Sorry l missed you.

lt's kind of crazy here.

Um, anyway, we start shooting

day after tomorrow.

Call Lenny's cell.

He'll give you all the information.

Dancer, right?

Okay, please follow me

to Hair and Makeup.

l need your Social Security card

or a passport for your time card.

l'll get that from you later.

We're gonna be here

till about 4:
00 a.m.

After that, it's time and a half.

Okay? Okay, guys.

This is the last one.

Yes, yes, l know.

Please make it fast

or it's my ass. Thank you.

You can do this.

Ready in there?

Yes. Yeah. l-- l'm ready.

Coming. l'm coming.

Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut.

See, it's not working here.

Well, hold that down, baby.

l'm gonna try, man.

l'm gonna try.

The girls look too choreographed.

Right.

l can make 'em more freestyle, but

we gotta get 'em together eventually.

Hey.

You came?

Yeah, you know,

had some free time, so--

Wait. Come here. Come here.

l want you to try

and work in with the girls.

Michael, who is this?

- Honey.

- Hey.

This is Honey.

Show her the steps.

Everybody else, take five.

l think l got

the first eight counts, okay?

Unbelievable.

All right, fellas,

let's take a break.

Hi.

We gotta work in another girl.

- Where would you like me?

-Just find yourself a spot

in the center row, okay?

Take it from the top.

You in the second row?

Yeah.

Playback.!

- No! Cut. Cut!

lt'll be better.

lt was just my first time through.

lt's all right.

lt's good choreography, though.

lt's good.

All right, still not working here.

Um--

lt is just, uh--

Okay, l'm gonna try something.

l'm gonna try something.

Hi. How are you doing?

Hi.

Good.

Good, good.

Um, l want you to pretend

that you're in a club.

- Excuse me, Michael. What are you doing?

- Directing. You have a problem with that?

Okay, so you're in a club.

And the music's gonna come on.

And l'm gonna want you to move.

Now, don't be nervous.

You're great. l saw you at

the Overdrive and you're great.

Okay.

- Nice.

- All right. Now, see, that--

that is sexy.

- Thank you!

- That is sexy. That is sexy!

- Everybody else,

follow what she's doing.

- You're kidding, right?

l am not.

Playback.

Jadakiss.

Sheek.

Whoo!

D-block. Dark child.

Wonderful. Wonderful.

Was it all right?

Yeah, yeah.

All right, we're moving in

for a close-up, everyone.

What do you think?

What you doing next week?

Working at the record store?

No.

Working at the club?

Not working at the club?

Not unless you're doing it

for fun.

Two of anything, on me.

Anything?

l'm liking this.

And you know what else

l've been thinking about?

Your birthday.

Twenty-five's a big one.

We gotta do it up right.

Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.

So l'm thinking we should rent

a big old car, roll on down

to Atlantic City.

You sure you wanna spend

all your big faces like that on me?

Are you kidding?

l wouldn't even have these big faces

if it weren't for you.

lt's true, it's true.

l should be your manager.

l don't really care,

to tell you the truth.

Who's that?

l don't know.

Some guy from the center.

- What's wrong with you?

He's fine. Why you duckin'?

- l'm not duckin'.

You duckin'. You duckin'

like a bobblehead.

So, manager, am l bookin'

the limo, or what?

Hell, yeah, you gettin' the limo.

You gettin' the limo, the room,

the Cristal with caviar,

the male strippers--

Oh, my God! lt's you!

Turn it up! Turn it up!

That's my girl. That's my girl.

Turn it up.! Turn it up.!

That's right, y'all. That's my friend.

Check it out. Check it out.

Check it out.

She's good,

you know what l mean?

Hey! Hey, look!

lt's Honey. She's on TV.

Yo, check it out, man.

See?

- That's Jadakiss and Sheek.

- Those are my boys.

She dances with them?

Mm-hmm.

Yo, that's my move.

- For real.

- That's what l'm talkin' about.

My move.

Hey, yo, biter.

Oh, hey.

We caught you on TV.

- Benny saw that you used his move.

- Yeah. Shouldn't l get a check

or something for that?

l haven't even got a check

for it yet. You here for the class?

Yeah. Once Benny saw you

with Jadakiss,

he said maybe

you were cool after all.

Nah. l just figured you might

need some more moves to jack.

- Well, you can show 'em toJoey

and he'll pass 'em along.

- You're not teaching?

No. l got this video

and l'm supposed to be there like now.

You gonna be here tomorrow?

l don't know. This director guy's

got a fewjobs lined up, so--

- That's cool. Whatever.

- You should still take the class.

Joey's great.

Who, me? l wasn't gonna go.

l was just dropping off Raymond.

Go on, dog.

Go to your little class.

l'm outta here.

Can we see this with playback?

l swear to goodness.

What up? What up?

Ah, shoot. Now look at you.

ln your bustier and your hooker heels.

Where we goin'tonight?

Oh, l'm goin' to Papi Chulos.

Oh, word? The gay club?

Shoot, l love the kids.

But l didn't have to wear my heels

for that. l could have worn my sneakers.

- Actually, l'm goin' with Michael.

- Oh, you can't bring me?

lt's kind of a work thing.

You know, charity fund-raiser

with tickets and all.

- Sorry.

- Hmm.

- Sounds like somebody's trying

to dip their fingers in the Honey jar.

- Gina, he's my boss.

You say that like you never heard

of Monica Lewinsky.

lt's the video world.

You know, they do their

meet-and-greets at night in clubs.

Oh, okay.

Well, there's only one world--

the real world-- and in that world...

if a man is taking a woman out

on a Friday night in her hooker heels...

and she can't bring her homegirl,

he tryin'to get some booty.

You're nuts.

All right, that's him.

How do l look?

Gorgeous.

Yes, children, it's just another night

at Papi Chulos.

l'm the mother of the house,

Harmonica Sunbeam.

Yes.! Drama, drama, drama, attitude.

Judges, score.

Ten, ten, ten, ten. Ow.! Yes.!

Make some noise!

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Come on up here.

How you doing, miss?

Hi.

Good to see you.

What up, B.?

What's happening, my man?

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