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"Crossroads" was released in 2,380 theaters in [[February 15]], [[2002]] and grossed $7 million dollars on first midnight debut.<ref name=boxoffice>{{cite journal | first=Mark | last=Lawrence | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2001&wknd=38&p=.htm | title='Crossroads" beats glitter | journal=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] | date=[[2002-02-15]] | accessdate=2002-02-15 }}</ref> Crossroads ultimately grossed $8,165,092 on its opening day, 80% more than her rival [[Mariah Carey]]'s "''[[Glitter]]''" ([[2001]]).<ref name=boxoffice>{{cite journal | first=Mark | last=Lawrence | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2001&wknd=38&p=.htm | title='Crossroads" beats glitter | journal=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] | date=[[2002-02-15]] | accessdate=2002-02-15 }}</ref> The [[Box Office Mojo]] reported that "Crossroad" open at number 2 on the [[Box Office]] with an estimate of $14,527,187 million dollars, just behind ''"[[John Q.]]'s"'' $20,275,194 million opening weekend.<ref name=boxofficenews>{{cite journal | first=Mark | last=Lawrence | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2002&wknd=007&p=.htm | title='Crossroads" debuts at number 2 | journal=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] | date=[[2002-02-15]] | accessdate=2002-02-15 }}</ref> By the second week the film dropped a 52% on tickets sales ranking at number 5 on the box office, according to [[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Movies]] the decrease was due to lack of promotion.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2002&wknd=008&p=.htm ticket sales decrease due to lack of promo]</ref> On it's third week the film dropped a 49% of ticket sales, and ranked at number 9 on the box office charts with $4.1 million dollars way in front of ''"[[Last Orders]]"'' debut week.<ref name=boxoffice2>{{cite journal | first=Hernandez | last=Marithsa | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2002&wknd=09&p=.htm | title='Crossroads' makes higher sales than debut film | journal=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] | date=[[2002-04-21]] | accessdate=2002-04-22 }}</ref>On it's fourth week "Crossroads" failed to chart in the top ten, but it grossed $2.4 million with a 39% drop. Ultimately "Crossroads" grossed $37,191,304 in the [[United States]] with 60.8% of revenue by the [[Paramount]]. <ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=crossroads.htm Crossroads makes $37+ million in the US]</ref> Internationally the film grossed $23,949,726 million dollars for a total of $61,141,030 million dollars worldwide.<ref name=boxofficeinternational>{{cite journal | first=oscar | last=Lawrence | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=crossroads.htm | title=Crossroads grosses $64 million worldwide | journal=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] | date=[[2002-07-17]] | accessdate=2002-07-17 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:58, 14 November 2008
| Crossroads | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Tamra Davis |
| Written by | Shonda Rhimes |
| Produced by | Ann Carli David Gale |
| Starring | Britney Spears Dan Aykroyd Kim Cattrall Anson Mount Zoe Saldana Taryn Manning Justin Long Beverly Johnson Jamie Lynn Spears |
| Cinematography | Eric Alan Edwards |
| Edited by | Melissa Kent |
| Music by | Trevor Jones |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures MTV Films |
Release date | February 15, 2002 |
Running time | 93 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12,000,000 |
| Box office | $61,141,030 |
Crossroads (also known as Friends for Ever internationally, and alternately called The Britney Spears Movie) is a 2002 American / comedy-drama film directed by Tamra Davis and written by Shonda Rhimes. The film stars pop superstar Britney Spears in her first major movie role along Anson Mount, Dan Aykroyd and Kim Cattrall. The film was rated PG-13 in the United States due to sexual content and brief teen drinking.
Crossroads was shot over approximately four months, from late July of 2001 - August of the same year, in the Kentwood, Louisiana and Los Angeles, California. Its primary location is set in the Kentwood, Louisiana. The film was made on a relatively modest budget estimated at US$12,000,000 and was a significant box office success for its time, grossing an estimated $61.1 million worldwide.[1]
Even though the film was welcomed with negative reviews in the United States by the time of it's release, over time it has become a "Cult classic" among Spears' fans, young girls and the gay community.[2]
Plot
The movie begins with a flashback of three young girls from Georgia, Lucy (Britney Spears), Mimi (Taryn Manning), and Kit (Zoë Saldaña), burying a "wish box" in the ground. They vow to dig it up on the night of their high school graduation, and pledge to stay best friends forever.
In the present day, Lucy is a valedictorian at her school; it is the day of graduation. She, Mimi and Kit are no longer friends. Mimi is viewed by many as "trailer trash", largely because she is pregnant. Kit is the popular homecoming queen who is engaged to be married to Dylan, a college student in L.A.. Lucy is a smart girl with perfect grades. She is disappointed that she didn't get to experience high school like everyone else because she was always studying. Her father assures her that she is better because of it. She wants to pursue music in college, but her father wants her to become a doctor. Lucy's mom left when Lucy was three and now lives in Arizona.
That night all of the seniors are at a big party. Mimi tries to persuade Kit and Lucy to come and dig up the box, but they refuse as they already have plans. Lucy and her lab partner Henry (Justin Long) have agreed to sleep with each other in order to avoid being friendless since they are virgins, and Kit just wants to party.
Later, Mimi goes to dig up the box and is surprised to see both Lucy and Kit there. Lucy decided not to sleep with her lab partner because she wants her first time to be special. They realize that their dreams haven't come true. Mimi says that she is going to fulfill her dream to see the world by leaving for L.A. to enter a singing contest. She invites the others to come if they want to. Lucy's dream was to see her Mom and goes along to be dropped off in Arizona to meet her. Kit's wish was to be happily married so she agrees to go so she can visit her fiancé in L.A. A cute guitarist named Ben (Anson Mount), has agreed to drive them.
The girls are quite uncomfortable around each other so the trip begins very dull and filled with tension. They stop at a shabby motel to stay the first night where they realize that they only have $400 dollars and will have to spend wisely.
As they are driving the next day, their car breaks down. Lucy recognizes the problem immediately, because her father is a mechanic. However, the group doesn't have enough money to repair it. They decide to have Mimi perform Karaoke to win some money, but she chickens out and Lucy is forced to step in. The girls are great and they earn enough money to repair their car and to last them the rest of the trip. They stay in a really nice hotel and spend all night talking and sharing experiences: Lucy is really scared about meeting her mother; Mimi isn't really a party girl like everyone thought. In fact, the only time she has partied was at Christmas when she got really drunk. She took a ride home from a guy, who drank from a blue bottle and raped her. She is going to raise the baby by herself.
The group continues on the next morning. Lucy and Ben are becoming very close, and she even shares her poetry with him. She reads him a poem called "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman" and he later puts it to music for her.
When they finally arrive in Arizona, Lucy leaves the group and goes to meet her mother. However, when Lucy finally meets her she realizes that Caroline (Kim Cattrall) is very cruel and patronizing. She has remarried and has two sons, Lucy's half-brothers, who didn't even know about her. Lucy realizes that her father was right about her mother and feels unwanted, so goes to the hotel that the group is staying at and tearfully tells them the story: her mom told her that Lucy was an accident and that her father forced her mom to have her. Ben listens to her and they sleep together.
At last they arrive in L.A. One day, before the contest, Mimi and Kit go out sightseeing. Kit wants to go and visit her fiancé, Dylan. When they arrive, they discover another woman in his room. Kit then notices the blue beer bottle in Dylan's hand and realizes that he was the man who raped Mimi. Mimi starts to run away, ashamed, and trips down some stairs. She is rushed to the hospital.
At the same time Lucy and Ben are asleep in the hotel bed. They receive a phone call and rush to the hospital, where they hear from Mimi that she lost the baby. Despite originally not wanting to keep it, Mimi said she felt the baby kick when she achieved her dream, and put her feet in the Pacific Ocean, having got away, that she decided to keep it. She is heartbroken. While at the hospital, Lucy calls her father and he immediately flies to L.A. He starts to take all of the girls to the airport when Lucy tells him that she is staying and runs to Ben, and they kiss.
At the contest, Lucy sings her song "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman". Then the movie jumps forward to the beach where the girls are burying a new wish box, to forget about their past. They pledge to be there for each other always.
During the end credits, Britney performs "Overprotected" and clips of bloopers are shown during the song.
Production
Even though some of the scenes were filmed on a Paramount Studio, the majority of them were in fact filmed in location. The first scenes were filmed in Kentwood, Louisiana, to film there production had to change some of the street's names due to the citys privacy.
The first preview of "Crossroads" premiered during the week of December 31 in 2001 during the new year's show in "MTV", by January the preview was leaken onto the internet. The high definition of the trailer premiered via the film's official website, and Paramount Pictures's official website.
Screenplay
In June of 2001, Shonda Rhimes revealed to have finish writing a screenplay titled "Friends are Forever" and she was interested in Britney Spears to play the lead role "Lucy".[3] When asked about the plot of the story she revealed that the story features three girls searching for their dreams.
Britney Spears announced via her website that her film debut was going to have a 2003 release. Production notice that her third album "Britney" was to be release late 2001 and by mid of the same year production started so the film could coincide with the album's release.
Shonda Rhimes changed some details of the screenplay and finished early August, 2001. The name of the story was changed to "Crossroads" by the writer. The screenplay won the award for Cannes independent Screenplay Awards.[4][5]
Directing
In the month of July, 2001, production announced Nora Ephron as the film director, but by August, Tamra Davis was announced as new director of "Crossroads", to date there has been no publication or statement on why the change of directors, "MTV News" announced that the director had personal problems and couldn't shoot the film, to date there is no official statement on why they change directors and this change of directors is considered one of the best kept secrets in Hollywood by E!.[6]
Music
The music score was composed by "Trevor Jones", who had previously composed "Arachnophobia" (1990), and "From Hell" (2001).[7] The majority of the music playing during the film was taken from Spears' third studio album "Britney". Madonna allowed production to use "Open Your Heart" as the opening theme with a cost.[8] The romantic Marvin Gaye ballad "Let's Get it On" was used in the scene were Spears and Long are about to have a sexual encounter.[9]
Filming locations
According to a DVD feature, Crossroads was shot in exactly 40 days in Los Angeles, California; Malibu, California; Santa Clarita, California; Studio City, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Kenner, Louisiana; and Metairie, Louisiana.
Cast
- Britney Spears as Lucy Wagner
- Anson Mount as Ben
- Zoë Saldana as Kit
- Taryn Manning as Mimi
- Dan Aykroyd as Pete Wagner
- Kim Cattrall as Caroline
- Justin Long as Henry
- Bowling for Soup as Graduation Band
Release dates
The following release dates are from different parts of the world:[10][11][12]
| Country | Date |
|---|---|
| United States (Premiere) | February 11, 2002 |
| United States | February 15, 2002 |
| Hungary, Israel, Estonia, Netherlands | March 14, 2002 |
| Netherlands (Premiere) | March 19, 2002 |
| Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom | March 22, 2002 |
| Mexico (Premiere, "Britney" promotion) | June 22, 2002 |
Soundtrack
The film featured three Britney's songs from her self-titled album: "Overprotected", "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" and "I Love Rock 'N' Roll". An original CD soundtrack was released with six songs taken from the movie.
Reception
Response
Crossroads received generally mixed to negative reviews in the United States. many panning the film and called it predictable, after school special, bland and stated it wasn't appropriate for Britney's young fans. On the Rotten Tomatoes review site, the film holds a 15% favorable rating (However, it holds a 13% rating when filtered to include only professional critics), which was slightly lower.[1] In the perspective of pop star debuts, Britney Spears is number 13, and number 10 in MTV Brand movies. Roger Ebert from the "Chicago Sun-Times" wrote "I went to Crossroads expecting a glitzy bimbofest and got the bimbos but not the fest."[13] In the other hand there were some positive reviews. "The Hollywood Reporter" quoted on their review "Davis directs the low-budget production with economy and a lack of surface flashiness that is pleasingly unpretentious."[14] E! said that Spears' breezy acting style was more enjoyable to watch than fellow pop-star-turned-actress Mariah Carey.
Awards and nominations
At the 2002 Razzie Awards, "Crossroads" won two awards: "Worst Original Song" for I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman, and "Worst Actress" to Britney Spears, that award was shared with Madonna for her 2002 film Swept Away. Aside from the worst list awards the film received two MTV Movie Award nominations.
| Category | Person | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Worst Film | Paramount Pictures | Nominated |
| Worst Director | Tamra Davis | Nominated |
| Worst Screenplay | Shonda Rhimes | Nominated |
| Worst Actress | Britney Spears | Won |
| Worst On Screen Couple | Britney Spears y Anson Mount | Nominated |
| Worst Teenage Movie | Paramount Pictures | Nominated |
| Worst Original Song | I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman | Won |
| Worst Original Song | Overprotected | Nominated |
Other honors
Inl 2005 VH1 released their list for 100 Greatest Teen Movies, Crossroads debuted at number three just behind Titanic and The Notebook.[15] Crossroads was also selected by it's studio "Paramount Pictures" to be one of the 100 films to have a release as a "Collectors Edition".
- In 2002, Crossroads was nominated for two MTV Movie Awards for:
- Best Actress: Britney Spears
- Best Dressed: Britney Spears
- In 2002, Crossroads was also nominated for two Teen Choice Awards for:
- Best Actress Comedy/Drama: Britney Spears
- Best on-screen Couple: Britney Spears and Anson Mount
References
- ^ a b "'Crossroads" beats glitter". Box Office Mojo. Box Office Mojo. 2003-04-12. Retrieved 2003-04-12.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Osborn, Michael BBC News November 10, 2008 [1] BBC News Retrieved on November 10, 2008.
- ^ All Movie Portal June, 2001 [2] All Movie Portal Retrieved on June, 2001.
- ^ IMDb.com June, 2002 [3] IMDb.com Retrieved on June, 2002.
- ^ Razzie February, 2002 [4] Razzie Retrieved on February, 13 2002.
- ^ E! December, 12 2007 [5] E! Retrieved on December, 12 2007 .
- ^ http://spanish.imdb.com/name/nm0002303/
- ^ IMDb Spanish December, 02 2001 [6] IMDb Spanish Retrieved on December, 02 2001.
- ^ E! December, 14 2001 [7] IMDb Spanish Retrieved on December, 02 2001.
- ^ IMDb Spanish February 12, 2002 [8] IMDb Spanish Retrieved on February 12, 2002.
- ^ IMDb January 23, 2002 [9] IMDb Retrieved on January 23, 2002.
- ^ IMDb January 13, 2002 [10] IMDb Retrieved on January 13, 2002.
- ^ "Roger gives 'Crossroads' bad reviews". Chicago Sun-Times. [[[Chicago Sun-Times]]. 2002-02-16. Retrieved 2002-02-18.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "'Crossroads" makes posite reviews". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. 2002-02-11. Retrieved 2002-02-15.
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