Blonde Ambition
- For Madonna's 1990 world tour. see Blond Ambition Tour.
| Blonde Ambition | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Scott Marshall |
| Written by | Matthew Flanagan David McHugh |
| Produced by | Justin Berfield Jason Felts |
| Starring | Jessica Simpson Luke Wilson Drew Fuller Paul Vogt Willie Nelson |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Release dates | December 21, 2007 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Language | English |
Blonde Ambition is a film released in December 2007 and inspired by the theme of the Academy Award-winning movie "Working Girl" starring singer/actress Jessica Simpson playing the part of a small town girl who moves to New York City and rises up into a career as a business woman. The film also stars Luke Wilson, Paul Vogt and actor/comedian Andy Dick.
Before the movie started filming, the media reported that "Blonde Ambition" was a remake of the 1980's film Working Girl. After Simpson learned about this rumor, she talked to Empire Online and stated, "I don't know where that came from", "it's a movie called "Blonde Ambition" co-starring Luke Wilson. It's definitely the theme of Working Girl - this small town girl that moves to New York City to rise up into this great career as a business woman pretty much. But it's definitely not a remake." Simpson also said that this film is more of a knockabout comedy than the Melanie Griffith starrer, which was a drama genre movie.
The official trailer for the movie leaked to the internet on early May, 2007[1], a full version of a pre-release DVD was leaked on December 16 2007.
It was released into eight theatres in Texas, the home state for stars Simpson and Wilson, on December 22, 2007 before a DVD release date on January 22, 2008. [2] Blonde Ambition averaged $48 per screen on December 22, 2007 for a total box office of $384. This meant, based on an $8 ticket price, that only 6 people paid to see the movie at each of those eight theatres and only 48 people went to see the movie. [3]
Credited Cast
- Jessica Simpson - Katie
- Luke Wilson - Ben
- Rachael Leigh Cook - Haley
- Paul Vogt- Floyd
- Andy Dick - Hank
- Drew Fuller - Billy
- Bill Jenkins - Robert Perry
- Karen McClain - Betty
- Larry Miller - Richard Connelly
- Penelope Ann Miller - Debra
- Piper Mackenzie Harris - Amber Perry
- Sarah Ann Schultz - Samantha
- Dan Braverman - Cab Driver