Smile
starring: Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, Geoffrey Lewis, Nicholas Pryor
directed by: Michael Ritchie
directed by: Michael Ritchie
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0027616910080
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 24, 2004
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 15008
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1975
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Get ready for a hilarious (Variety) look at one of America's most beloved institutions: the beauty pageant! OscarÂ(r) nominees* Bruce Dern and Melanie Griffith wind their way throughpageant hell in this twisted exposition of Americana that deserves a high place among successful film spoofs (Cue)! The bleached-blonde town of Santa Rosa, California, is very excited aboutits annual Young American Miss Pageant. Chief judge Big Bob Freelander (Dern) promises his town a good contest. But the battling bombshells are growing ruthless in their quest for the crown! Can Big Bob make sure that his bevy of Beauties remains civil so that audiences don't discover what really lies behind those smiles?! *Dern: Supporting Actor, Coming Home (1978); Griffith: Actress, Working Girl (1988)
Amazon.com:
A small-town beauty pageant, and the turmoil it causes in the lives of its participants and sponsors, is the focus of this dark and witty cult comedy from Michael Ritchie (The Bad News Bears, Fletch). Bruce Dern shines in a rare comic lead as the chief judge of the 'Young American Miss' contest, and his ability to find humor and pathos in his sad-sack character is well-matched by Barbara Feldon as a glacial former contestant, Geoffrey Lewis as a densely heartless sponsor, and famed choreographer Michael Kidd as (what else) the disillusioned pageant choreographer. Ritchie and writer Jerry Belson split the film's focus between the contestants (among them Annette O'Toole, Melanie Griffith, and Colleen Camp) and the sponsors and judges, and if the plot takes an absurd turn at the climax, Smile is ultimately a rare satire that cares for its characters while skewering their foibles. --Paul Gaita
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- Nice Piece of AmericanaThis is an enjoyable piece of Americana of the 1970's. Its satire is gentle and understanding of ... Read More
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- SmileI received Smile, one of my all-time favorite parodies, this time of beauty pageants, in perfect condition ... Read More
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- Hilarious and nicely doneLong before Little Miss Sunshine, there was this funny 1975 spoof of American teen beauty pageants, nicely ... Read More
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- SmileDon't miss Michael Ritchie's subtly devastating take on small-town life and conventions. Dern is a hoot in a rare ... Read More
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- Best Bruce Dern Movie Ever MadeBruce Dern was often cast as a bad guy; after all he was the guy who killed John Wayne (in the Cowboys, I believe). ... Read More
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