Charlie's Angels (film)

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Charlie's Angels

Theatrical poster
Directed by McG
Produced by Drew Barrymore
Leonard Goldberg
Nancy Juvonen
Written by Ryan Rowe
Ed Solomon
John August
Starring Drew Barrymore
Cameron Diaz
Lucy Liu
Bill Murray
Sam Rockwell
Crispin Glover
Tom Green
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) October 22, 2000
Running time 100 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $75,000,000
Gross revenue $264,105,545
Followed by Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Charlie's Angels is a 2000 American action–comedy film, co-produced by Columbia Pictures, Global Entertainment Productions, Tall Tree Productions and Drew Barrymore's Flower Films and directed by McG. Based on the same-titled television series from the late 1970s, it was adapted by screenwriters Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon and John August and stars Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu as three women working for a private investigation agency.

The film is a loose sequel of the original series. John Forsythe from the original series returned as Charlie's voice. Charlie's Angels was followed with the 2003 sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.

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[edit] Plot

Dylan, Natalie, and Alex are three talented women currently at the employ of the unseen "Charlie", who gives them cases to investigate via a speaker in his offices, and backing them with support for disguises and equipment; Charlie is assisted by Bosley who helps the women directly when needed. They are assigned the case of the kidnapping of Eric Knox, a programmer and head of Knox Enterprises, supposedly by a company called Redstar for his voice tracking and identification system. The three women infiltrate a party held by Redstar's owner, Roger Corwin, and spot a thin man that was seen on the surveillance videos during Knox' kidnapping. They give chase, and eventually corner and fight the thin man, but he runs off; when the women follow, they discover Knox.

After reuniting Knox with his partner Vivian Wood, Knox implores them to help understand what Redstar would do with his software. The three manage to infiltrate Redstar's secure computer system and plant a device to allow them to explore the Redstar mainframe at their leisure. They leave the laptop with Bosley and consider the mission successful. The group relaxes for the night, with Dylan taking up an offer to spend the night with Knox. However, Dylan discovers that Knox had planned the events all along with help from the thin man and Vivian; by gaining access to Redstar's server, he is able to seek out the location of any voice that can be detected on it. Knox shoots at Dylan, believing to have killed her, though Dylan is able to escape unharmed. When she regroups with Natalie and Alex, she finds they have also been attacked but each escaped, that Corwin has been murdered, and that Charlie's offices have been blown up. They learn from a radio transmitter implanted in Bosley's teeth that he is unharmed, captured by Vivian before the explosion, and are able to use information to target his whereabouts.

The women, with help from Dylan's current boyfriend "The Chad", are able to approach the abandoned lighthouse that Knox is holding Bosley in. They discover that Knox is planning on using the software and the Redstar server to physically locate Charlie when he next attempts to contact Bosley, as he believes Charlie was responsible for his father's death in the Vietnam War. While they are able to defeat Vivian and the thin man and rescue Bosley before Knox blows up the lighthouse, they are too late to stop him taking off in a helicopter armed with a missile to home in on Charlie's location. The women manage to board the chopper and reprogram the missile, sending it back to blow up the helicopter and kill Knox while they land safely in the ocean. Seeing the opportunity to finally meet their benefactor, the women enter the house Knox has targeted to find Charlie has already left, though remotely congratulates them on a job well done. The women and Bosley are treated by Charlie to a vacation getaway, where Charlie, unseen by the group, checks up on his Angels.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Cameos

Alex Trebek appears in the opening sequence, congratulating Natalie on becoming a five-time undefeated Jeopardy! champion.

LL Cool J appears in the opening scene of the movie as Mr. Jones, an African priest, which turns out to be Dylan in disguise.

Barrymore's then boyfriend (and subsequent husband), Tom Green appears in a cameo as Chad, Dylan's boyfriend.

Barrymore's ex-boyfriend Luke Wilson appears as "The Famous" Pete Komisky, a waiter smitten by Natalie who takes her on a date.

During the party scene in the film, Roger Corwin's (Tim Curry) girlfriend was played by 1998 Playmate of the Year, Karen McDougal.

Early in the film, Dylan is in a wrestling match with then WCW superstar Rey Mysterio.

Matt LeBlanc has the role of Alex's boyfriend actor Jason. His appearance replaced a cameo from Robert Boomfield.[citation needed] In Matt LeBlanc's later series Joey, Lucy Liu appeared in some episodes as the producer of Joey Tribbiani's series Deep Powder.

[edit] Production

One of the most widely reproduced publicity images from Charlie's Angels features (L to R) Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, and Drew Barrymore in defensive posture as they prepare to subdue "Creepy Thin Man."

Drew Barrymore, who was also one of the producers, disliked guns, which is why the Angels are martial arts experts in the film. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu all went through a strenuous training regimen to prepare for their roles, working with Yuen Woo-ping, renowned Hong Kong choreographer.

Barrymore pursued Bill Murray for months to play Bosley (originally played by David Doyle on the TV series) and he consistently declined. During the Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special, he sang TLC's "Waterfalls" to Drew. Eventually he did the film but did not return for the sequel. This has been partially attributed to the offscreen animosity between Murray and Lucy Liu (an argument between the two shut down filming for one day).

In his autobiography, Hollywood Causes Cancer, Tom Green revealed that he thought the script was "the biggest piece of shit [he'd] ever read" and only signed on because Drew Barrymore had flirted with him. When a reporter joked at the premiere that he knew "who to sleep with to get this movie," he considered replying "she practically had to sleep with me to get me to be in this thing," but instead said nothing.

Multiple candidates were considered for the role of Alex, including Foxy Brown (who was actually cast and then replaced due to legal issues), Lauryn Hill, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaliyah, and Victoria Beckham. Thandie Newton was also cast, but she subsequently pulled out, and the role went to Lucy Liu.


According to Icelandic singer Björk, she was offered a role as a villain but declined.

[edit] Soundtrack

Released October 24, 2000.[1]

  1. "Independent Women (Part I)" by Destiny's Child
  2. "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" by Tavares
  3. "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer
  4. "True" by Spandau Ballet
  5. "Dot" by Destiny's Child
  6. "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot
  7. "Angel's Eye" by Aerosmith
  8. "Barracuda" by Heart
  9. "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors
  10. "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass
  11. "Got to Give It Up (Part 1)" by Marvin Gaye
  12. "Ya Mama" by Fatboy Slim
  13. "Groove Is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite
  14. "Charlie's Angels 2000" by Apollo 440
  15. "Tangerine Speedo" by Caviar

[edit] Songs in film

[edit] Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a "Certified Fresh" rating of 68%.[2] The movie grossed more than $125 million at the U.S. box office and grossed over $260 million worldwide.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Walmart.com: Charlie's Angels Soundtrack, Soundtrack: Soundtracks
  2. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/charlies_angels/

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Preceded by
Meet the Parents		 Box office number-one films of 2000 (USA)
November 5 - November 12		 Succeeded by
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Preceded by
What Lies Beneath		 Box office number-one films of 2000 (UK)
November 26
Box office number-one films of 2000 (AUS)
November 26		 Succeeded by
Chicken Run
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Films directed by Joseph McGinty Nichol (McG)

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