White Chicks
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| Directed by | Keenen Ivory Wayans |
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| Produced by | Keenen Ivory Wayans Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans |
| Written by | Keenen Ivory Wayans Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans |
| Starring | Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans Busy Phillips Terry Crews Jennifer Carpenter Jaime King Lochlyn Munro Jessica Cauffiel Frankie Faison Brittany Daniel |
| Cinematography | Steven Bernstein |
| Studio | Revolution Studios |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 23, 2004 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Language | English |
White Chicks is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written and produced by Keenen Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. The film was produced by Revolution Studios.
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[edit] Plot
The plot begins inside a convenience store where two FBI agents, Kevin Copeland and Marcus Copeland (Shawn and Marlon Wayans), try to capture members of an organization that sells drugs inside ice cream boxes (where in they disguise as old Caribbean men that are recipients of the drugs). Later on a gunfight ensued, the members escape, leaving the place in shambles. The FBI supervisor, Elliott Gordon (Frankie Faison) and some agents arrive after the scene.The place was very messy when they arrived. However, he decides to give the two agents a last chance to remain in the FBI by giving them the duty of protecting the cruise line heiresses Brittany and Tiffany Wilson (Maitland Ward and Anne Dudek) from a kidnapping plot. When the Wilson sisters get a facial cut in a car accident, they refuse to leave the hotel due to their appearance. The agents then disguise as white women in the form of Wilson sister look-alikes in order to save their job that leads them into many hilarious situations that eventually led them to discover that it was a "big adventure" while being the look-alikes.
[edit] Reception
The film received mostly poor critical reviews, with film critic Richard Roeper putting the film at #1 on his list of the worst films of 2004 amongst claims of unconvincing prosthetics, and was nominated for five Golden Raspberry Awards, including "Worst Picture". However, the film was successful with audiences. It grossed $70,831,760 at the U.S. box office, $113,048,997 worldwide and, in recent years, has become popular on broadcast cable networks.
[edit] Cast
- Shawn Wayans – Kevin Copeland/Brittany Wilson
- Marlon Wayans – Marcus Anthony Copeland II/Tiffany Wilson
- Busy Philipps – Karen Googlestein
- Jessica Cauffiel – Tori
- Jennifer Carpenter – Lisa
- Jaime King – Heather Vandergeld
- Brittany Daniel – Megan Vandergeld
- Terry Crews – Latrell Spencer
- John Heard – Warren Vandergeld
- Frankie Faison – Section Chief Elliott Gordon
- Lochlyn Munro – Agent Jake Harper
- Eddie Velez – Agent Vincent Gomez
- Maitland Ward – Brittany Wilson
- Anne Dudek – Tiffany Wilson
- Rochelle Aytes – Denise Porter
- Faune A. Chambers – Gina Copeland
[edit] Soundtrack
- Latin Thugs - Cypress Hill
- Hey Ms. Wilson - The Penfifteen Club
- Shake It (Like A White Girl) - Jesse Jaymes (Copeland)
- A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
- Realest Niggas - 50 Cent, Notorious B.I.G.
- White Girls - Mighty Casey
- Dance City - Oscar Hernandez
- U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
- La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
- Guantanamera - Jose Fernandez Diaz
- It's My Life - No Doubt
- (I Got That) Boom Boom - Britney Spears
- Crazy in Love - Beyoncé, Jay-Z
- It's Tricky - Run DMC
- Trouble - Pink
- This Love - Maroon 5
- That's Amore - Dean Martin
- Un Simple Historie (A Simply Story) - Thievery Corporation
- I Wanna Know - Joe
- Tipsy - J-Kwon
- Satisfaction - Benny Benassi
- Let's Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas
- Move Your Feet - Junior Senior
- Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, K. 493 [opera]
- The Four Seasons (Concerto no. 3 in F Major) - Vivaldi
- Ippy Bot Mon - Lil' Pasty
[edit] External links
- Official White Chicks website
- White Chicks at the Internet Movie Database
- White Chicks at Allmovie
- White Chicks at Rotten Tomatoes
- White Chicks at Box Office Mojo
[edit] See also
- True Identity (1991), film in which a black actor pretends to be white.
- Mrs Doubtfire
- Cross-dressing in film and television
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