White Chicks
| White Chicks | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Keenen Ivory Wayans |
| Written by | Keenen Ivory Wayans Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans |
| Produced 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 |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Template:FilmUS |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $37 million[1] |
| Box office | $113,086,475[1] |
White Chicks is a 2004 American film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written and produced by Keenen Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios.
Cast
- Shawn Wayans as Kevin Copeland/Brittany Wilson
- Marlon Wayans as Marcus Anthony Copeland II/Tiffany Wilson
- Busy Philipps as Karen Googlestein
- Jessica Cauffiel as Tori
- Jennifer Carpenter as Lisa
- Jaime King as Heather Vandergeld
- Brittany Daniel as Megan Vandergeld
- Terry Crews as Latrell Spencere
- John Heard as Warren Vandergeld
- Frankie Faison as Section Chief Elliott Gordon
- Lochlyn Munro as Agent Jake Harper
- Eddie Velez as Agent Vincent Gomez
- Maitland Ward as Brittany Wilson
- Anne Dudek as Tiffany Wilson
- Rochelle Aytes as Denise Porter
- John Reardon as Heath
- Faune A. Chambers as Gina Copeland
- Steven Grayhm as Russ
- Drew Sidora as Shaunice
- Casey Lee as Tony
- Kevin Blatch as Aubrey
- David Lewis as Josh
- Suzy Joachim as Elaine Vandergeld
- Ben Nemtin[2]as Hamptons Hotel Guy
Reception
Critical response
The film received poor reactions from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an aggregate rating of only 15% based on 121 reviews. Film critic Richard Roeper put 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.
Box office
It grossed $70,831,760 at the U.S. box office, $113,048,997 worldwide and has become popular on broadcast cable yeahboy
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., Eminem
- "White Girls" – Mighty Casey
- "Dance City" – Oscar Hernandez
- "Trouble" – P!nk
- "U Can't Touch This" – MC Hammer
- "Dance, Dance, Dance" – The Beach Boys
- "Guantanamera" – Jose Fernandez Diaz
- "It's My Life" – No Doubt
- "(I Got That) Boom Boom" – Britney Spears, Ying Yang Twins
- "Bounce (The Bandit Club Remix) " - Stock, IC Green
- "Crazy in Love" – Beyoncé, Jay-Z
- "It's Tricky" – Run–D.M.C.
- "This Love" – Maroon 5
- "No Control" – Blackfire
- "I Wanna Know" – Joe
- "Tipsy" – J-Kwon
- "Satisfaction" – Benny Benassi
- "Let's Get It Started" – Black Eyed Peas
- "Move Your Feet" – Junior Senior
- "Final Heartbreak" – Jessica Simpson
- "I Need Your Love Tonight" – Elvis Presley
Sequel
On August 16, 2009, it was reported that a sequel is in the works with Keenan Ivory Wayans set to direct and write again along with his brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. Shawn and Marlon will reprise their roles as black FBI agents pretending to be white women.[3] Marlon Wayans said "In the lab writing White Chicks 2, and in the gym cutting pounds. Who says showbiz is easy? It was nice to have shoulders. Oh well..." from his Twitter on August 27, 2009.[4] On December 4, Shawn and Marlon Wayans announced on Good Day L.A. that a sequel was in production and will be released in 2011.
See also
References
- ^ a b [1]
- ^ Ben Nemtin (April 11, 2010) http://www.imdb.de/name/nm1640104/
- ^ http://www.cinemablend.com/new/White-Chicks-2-Tropic-Thunder-Payback-14388.html
- ^ Marlon Wayans (August 27, 2009) http://twitter.com/marlonlwayans