Miss Congeniality

Starring: Michael Caine, Sandra Bullock Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 12th November, 2001 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Romanian

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Miss Congeniality is a 2000 comedy movie. The plot of Miss Congeniality centers around Sandra Bullocks character, an FBI agent who goes undercover in a beauty pageant in order to ferret out wrongdoers. Specifically, the FBI has been investigating a serial bomber who has indicated his next strike will be at the pageant. Bullocks agent is a feminist who is not traditionally attractive; part of the in-joke is the turning of her into a drop-dead gorgeous woman, contestant Gracie Lou Freebush -- with the same tomboyish habits she had before said makeover. This is definitely a Sandra vehicle, including several inside jokes, such as her reaction to the gun-toting Texans, or the hideous Tyrolean dress she wears for the talent competition. Posters Of Miss Congeniality

Its a good thing Sandra Bullock knows her strengths & weaknesses, because without Bullock as star & producer, Miss Congeniality would be an insufferable mess as opposed to being a mildly enjoyable trifle that is custom-made for Bullocks established screen persona. Here she plays nerdy FBI agent Gracie Hart, who is given the horrific pseudonym Gracie Lou Freebush when assigned to infiltrate a beauty pageant to investigate threats of a terrorist attack. Transforming Bullock from frumpy to stunning is a piece of cake , so the films premise is trivial at best. More enjoyable is her characters uncouth disdain for pageant contestants & her mistaken perception that theyre all a bunch of bimbos. The film nicely charts Gracies realisation that her pageant makeover provides a much-needed ego boost. In addition to Caines effortless scene-stealing, pageant host William Shatner & organiser Candice Bergen are smart choices for comedic support , but the film desperately needs a credible foundation for its comedy to really pay off. None of the plotting is as smart as predecessors like Beverly Hills Cop in combining procedure with laughs. That leaves Bullock to carry the burden of a comedy that barely works in her favour.

Michael Caine is a British film actor. He was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in Rotherhithe, South London & grew up in nearby Camberwell. During the Second World War he was evacuated to Norfolk. When Michael Caine first became an actor he changed his name to Michael Scott. He happened to be speaking to his agent in a telephone box in London s Leicester Square when he was informed that he had to change his name again because another actor was already using the name Michael Scott. His agent insisted that he come up with a new name immediately. Looking around for inspiration, he noted that The Caine Mutiny was being shown at the Odeon cinema & so he decided to change his name to Michael Caine. He once joked to an interviewer that had he looked the other way, he would have ended up as Michael 101 Dalmatians. After several minor roles, Caine came into the public eye as an upper-class British army officer in the 1963 film, Zulu. Posters Of Michael Caine

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Sandra Annette Bullock is a American film actress, known for her wide appeal & box office prowess. Sandra majored in drama at East Carolina University. She dropped out to pursue acting in New York City but found it difficult to establish herself. She moved to Los Angeles, California & landed a series of small roles in several independent films. Eventually, she got the lead role in the TV version of the movie Working Girl. Her first notable movie appearance was in Demolition Man in 1993. That led to her breakthrough performance in Speed the following year. She became a bona-fide star in the mid-late 1990s, carrying a string of hits on the strength of her name alone. Bionic Showdown. The Six Million Dollar Man & The Bionic Woman. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Bullock was born to the late German -born opera singer Helga Meyer & American voice teacher John Bullock. She started singing as a child in Germany, where she also studied ballet & performed small parts in her Mothers operas. Posters Of Crash

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