The Best Man (1999) on Netflix
Harper Stewart's new novel is drawn from his close friends, and an advance copy is already passing among them. He comes to New York as best man at Lance Sullivan's wedding.
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Plot summary
Harper Stewart's novel Unfinished Business is finished and chosen by Oprah's Book Club, and the friends it draws on are about to gather. Robin, the woman he dates, wants more from him than he is willing to give. Harper flies to New York for a weekend with the group before Lance Sullivan, a pro athlete, marries Mia Morgan; Harper is to stand beside him as best man. Jordan Armstrong, a friend from college, has handed an advance copy of the book around, and the others appear in it. Harper worries that Lance will find in its pages what passed between him and Mia in college. Jordan also tells Harper she wants him for one night before Robin arrives.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Best Man (1999)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Roots' "What You Want" plays over The Best Man's opening credits, but its lyrics were edited because the version on the soundtrack album contains a major plot spoiler.
- Two songs used in The Best Man are missing from its soundtrack album: Stevie Wonder's "As", which Anthony Hamilton and Marsha Ambrosius covered for the sequel, and Cameo's 1986 "Candy", which the film treats as important to its plot.
- A scholarly analysis found that Mia, the bride-to-be, speaks for only about 15 percent of The Best Man.
