CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story
| CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| Screenplay by | Kate Lanier |
| Directed by | Charles Stone III |
| Starring | Keke Palmer Niatia "Lil Mama" Kirkland Drew Sidora |
| Narrated by | Keke Palmer Drew Sidora |
| Music by | Jay Wadley |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Bill Diggins Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins Keri Flint Kate Lanier Maggie Malina Rick Krim Alexander A. Mortlagh Jill Holmes Jeff Olde |
| Cinematography | Eric Maddison |
| Editor | John L. Roberts |
| Production companies | Diggit Entertainment Group In Cahoots Media, Inc. The Popfilms Movie Company VH1 Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | VH1 |
| Release | October 21, 2013 |
CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story is a 2013 American biographical television film about the R&B and hip hop musical trio TLC. Directed by Charles Stone III, written by Kate Lanier, and named after the group's 1994 album CrazySexyCool, the film stars Keke Palmer as Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, Niatia "Lil Mama" Kirkland as Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Drew Sidora as Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins. The real-life Thomas and Watkins also served as executive producers of the film.
The film's premiere on VH1 on October 21, 2013 generated 4.5 million viewers, making it the highest-rated television film premiere of 2013, as well as the highest-rated original film premiere in VH1 history.
TLC released a compilation album, 20, via LaFace and Epic Records on October 15, 2013, marking both the band's 20-plus years in the entertainment business and the film's release, which largely inspired the album's track listing. The film was released on DVD on October 21, 2014.