House Party is a 1990 American comedy film released by New Line Cinema. It stars Kid and Play of the popular hip hop duo Kid 'n Play, and also stars Paul Anthony, Bow-Legged Lou, and B-Fine from Full Force, and Robin Harris . The film also starred Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, A.J. Johnson, Daryl "Chill" Mitchell and Gene "Groove" Allen , Kelly Jo Minter, John Witherspoon, with a cameo by funk musician George Clinton. The film was written and directed by Reginald Hudlin, based on his award-winning Harvard University student film. The film grossed $26,385,627 in its run at the box office... with its widest release being 700 theaters. While in their high school cafeteria, Peter, also known as "Play" announces to his friends Christopher aka "Kid" and Bilal that he will be having a party at his house that night, as his parents are on vacation. The reluctant Bilal is to be the DJ. Kid is then involved in an altercation with school bully Stab and his two brothers Pee-Wee and Zilla .
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| Release date: | January 1990 |
| Directed by: | Reginald Hudlin |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Producer: | Warrington Hudlin |
| Editor: | Earl Watson |
| Music by: | Marcus Miller, Lenny White |
| Cinematography: | Peter Deming |
| Screenplay by: | Reginald Hudlin |
| Estimated budget: | $2,500,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |