Glitter (2001)

Similar to Mariah's life story. Mariah plays the role of a young singer who is eager to become a big star. She dates a DJ who helps her get into the music business.

Director:

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Writers:

Cheryl L. West (story), Kate Lanier (screenplay)

Stars:

Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, Da Brat

Bottom 100 #34 | 1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mariah Carey	...	Billie Frank
Max Beesley	...	Julian Dice
Da Brat	...	Louise
Tia Texada	...	Roxanne
Valarie Pettiford	...	Lillian Frank
Ann Magnuson	...	Kelly
Terrence Howard	...	Timothy Walker
Dorian Harewood	...	Guy Richardson
Grant Nickalls	...	Jack Bridges
Eric Benét	...	Rafael
Padma Lakshmi	...	Sylk
Don Ackerman	...	Peter
Ed Sahely	...	Francois
Carmen Wong	...	Rose
James Allodi	...	Video Director

Storyline

Billie Frank is a shy, young mixed-race girl who is sent away by her alcoholic mother at a very early age. At an orphanage, she befriends Louise and Roxanne. Flash forward to 1983. Billie and her friends are spotted by a record producer, Timothy Walker, who wants them to sing backup for his latest pop-music discovery. But when super DJ Dice hears Billie's incredible voice, he makes a shady deal with Timothy to get her out of that dead-end situation. Soon, Billie and Dice are making hits inside the studio, and falling in love outside of it. Eventually, the pressure of her newfound celebrity puts too heavy a strain on Billie, forcing her to decide what it is she really wants from Dice, and what she wants for herself.

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Plot Keywords:

music business | new york | music group | 1980s | break up | 

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Taglines:

A strength to survive. A desire to dream.

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Genres:

Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sensuality, language and brief violence

Details

Official Sites:

Fox

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 September 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

All That Glitters

Filming Locations:

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,414,596 (USA) (21 September 2001)

Gross:

$4,273,372 (USA) (26 October 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Maroon Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS (8 channels)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Release was postponed for three weeks when star Mariah Carey was hospitalized as a result of an "emotional and physical breakdown".

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Goofs

After Billie slaps Dice, then leaves, her handbag swaps shoulders.

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Quotes

Billie: [looking at her plate of escargot in a fancy restaurant] So somebody went all the way to France for this?

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Connections

References The Rose (1979)

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Soundtracks

"You Are In My System"
Written by Mic Murphy and David Michael Frank
Performed by The System
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

Are you sure there's no way to vote ZERO?

Okay, without swear words...

This movies bites everything bad really hard.

Don't get me wrong. Even if a movie is BAD, I can still often get a kick out of it. Some bad films are so bad they're fun: Roadhouse, Kingdom of the Spiders ("starring" William Shatner), Orgy of the Dead, Cool as Ice, Battlefield Earth... This one's just plain bad. I'm not sure if I can EVER forgive myself for having watched it. I swear, my eyes and ears began bleeding about twenty minutes into it. Still, I waited for something so bad it was funny. It didn't happen. Just plain bad. No, not "just plain bad," but really bad. Really, really bad. I truly can't say how bad it was on this post without resorting to, and making up new, swear words.

That said, I was unfortunate enough to stumble upon some show on MTV about celebrities' homes during a segment about Pariah Careless herself. Let's just say that I used to think she was the Devil. Now I know that there are worse, more pretentious, and just all-around truly more terrible and terrifying things than the Devil. She's straight out of H P Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. A slimy many-tentacled thing waiting to devour humankind's happiness to further its own demented, sickening Ends.

And if you think I'm being flippant or sarcastic, let me set the record straight: I am not religious, but I fear I may be in mortal danger for having exposed her as the the Evil Lurking Thing that she is. I pray to unknown benevolent gods that I never hear the wet, poison tentacle-claws scratching their way in through my door. I hope my death will be quick and painless when the Mariah-thing comes to reap my soul.

By the way, I really didn't like this movie at all.