White Chicks
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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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Plot
The plot begins when two FBI agents, Kevin and Marcus Copeland (Shawn and Marlon Wayans), are assigned the duty of protecting cruise line heiresses Brittany and Tiffany Wilson (parodying Paris and Nicky Hilton) from a kidnapping plot. Their supervisor, Elliott Gordon (Frankie Faison) has given them this duty as a last resort to being fired from the agency given their recent reputation. When the Wilson sisters get a facial scar in a car accident, they refuse to leave the hotel due to their appearance. In order to save their job, the Copeland brothers disguise themselves as white women in the form of Wilson sister look-alikes.
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 theatrically. It grossed $70,831,760 at the U.S. box office and $113,048,997 worldwide.
Cast
- Shawn Wayans – Kevin Copeland/Brittany Wilson
- Marlon Wayans – Marcus Copeland/Tiffany Wilson
- Frankie Faison – Section Chief Elliott Gordon
- Terry Crews – Latrell Spencer
- Busy Philipps – Karen Googlestein
- Jaime King – Heather Vandergeld
- John Heard – Warren Vandergeld
- Lochlyn Munro – Agent Jake Harper
- Eddie Velez – Agent Vincent Gomez
- Brittany Daniel – Megan Vandergeld
- Jessica Cauffiel – Tori
- Jennifer Carpenter – Lisa
- Maitland Ward – Brittany Wilson
- Anne Dudek – Tiffany Wilson
- Rochelle Aytes – Denise Porter
- Faune A. Chambers – Gina Copeland
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 (singer)
- 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
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