Sydney White (2007)

A modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.

Director:

Joe Nussbaum

Writer:

Chad Gomez Creasey

Stars:

Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, Matt Long

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amanda Bynes	...	Sydney White
Sara Paxton	...	Rachel
Matt Long	...	Tyler
Jack Carpenter	...	Lenny
Jeremy Howard	...	Terrence
Crystal Hunt	...	Dinky
Adam Hendershott	...	Jeremy
Danny Strong	...	Gurkin
Samm Levine	...	Spanky
Libby Mintz	...	Christy
John Schneider	...	Paul White
Arnie Pantoja	...	George
Donté Bonner	...	Embele
Brian Patrick Clarke	...	Professor Carleton
Lauren Leech	...	Katy

Storyline

This modern retelling of the classic fairytale follows a beautiful college freshman as she pledges her late mother's once dignified sorority. But after discovering that today's sisterhood is not what it used to be, Sydney finds her new home away from home with seven outcasts. With the help of her socially challenged new friends, Sydney will take on the reigning campus queen to attempt to transform the school's misguided social hierarchy.

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Plot Keywords:

college | sorority | college freshman | elite | hasidic jew | 

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Taglines:

Freshman year is no fairy tale.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language, sexual humor and partying

Details

Official Sites:

MySpace

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 September 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sydney White and the Seven Dorks

Filming Locations:

Church Street Station - 129 W. Church Street, Orlando, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$16,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$5,196,380 (USA) (21 September 2007)

Gross:

$11,702,090 (USA) (26 October 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morgan Creek Productions, SW7D Productions, Clifford Werber Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Another Snow White reference: When Sydney is sleeping in the library, the view from outside the glass window looks like the glass coffin that Snow White slept in.

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Goofs

While the character of Sydney is brunette like Snow White, both of her parents are blond. This is genetically impossible. Yet, many of the members of the sorority dyed their hair blond, so her mother may have done the same.

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Quotes

Lenny: Did they really make you sing Celine Dion?
Sydney White: Yeah.
Lenny: Do you need a place to stay?

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Connections

Version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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Soundtracks

"Stand Up"
Written by Christopher Cron and Rick Sanberg
Performed by Melee (as Mèlée)
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Feel good to the 7th power!

"Sydney White" is the typical losers-become-winners where we cheer for the underdogs.

Amanda Bynes is Sydney White, a freshman in college, who doesn't fit in with her Greek sorority. Determined to fight them she teams up with 7 'dorks' and launches a campaign to win back the school. Yes it is supposed to be a modern update of Snow White which I find lame, but it's easy to ignore that.

It has all of the characters you expect to find, the cute tomboy, the pretty and popular mean girl, the cute and popular but also sweet guy, and the geek (7 of them in this case). The great thing about these characters is that the important ones, who are supposed to be more than just caricatures, actually are.

And of course the highlight is Amanda Bynes, she is funny and sweet and pretty and very easy to like. Most people are familiar with Bynes so if you have liked her previous films ("What a Girl Wants" (2003) or "She's the Man" (2006)) then you should like her here. If you are not a fan of hers then I respect your opinion but think you're missing something, and you should probably also skip this.

"Sydney White" is everything that you want in a cute, sweet, feel good PG movie. I recommend it.