Superstar (1999)

A nerdy Catholic schoolgirl, Mary Katherine Gallagher, dreams of superstardom.

Director:

Bruce McCulloch

Writers:

Molly Shannon (character), Steve Koren (as Steven Wayne Koren)

Stars:

Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, Elaine Hendrix

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Molly Shannon	...	Mary Katherine Gallagher
Will Ferrell	...	Sky Corrigan / Jesus
Elaine Hendrix	...	Evian
Harland Williams	...	Slater
Mark McKinney	...	Father Ritley
Glynis Johns	...	Grandma
Jason Blicker	...	Howard
Gerry Bamman	...	Father John
Emmy Laybourne	...	Helen
Jennifer Irwin	...	Maria
Rob Stefaniuk	...	Thomas
Natalie Radford	...	Autum
Karyn Dwyer	...	Summer
Tom Green	...	Dylan
Chuck Campbell	...	Owen

Storyline

Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies, and her conversations with her only friend focus on achieving super-stardom. Her big chance is a school talent contest; her main competition is Evian, the school beauty, who is dancing with Sky, the object of Mary Katherine's kiss dream. Mary Katherine gets some talent-show help from her fellow special education students, her grandma, and Jesus, and inspiration from secrets in her past. Watching are Sky, Evian, and a silent classmate.

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Plot Keywords:

school | orphan | special education | dancing | student | 

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Taglines:

Dare to dream.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 October 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Superestrella

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$34,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,912,743, 10 October 1999, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$30,628,981, 6 February 2000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broadway Pictures, SNL Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Every car seen in the movie (with the exception of the opening sequence) is either a lime green or black new Volkswagen Beetle. The cars in the opening sequence are all classic VW Beetles.

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Goofs

In the video shop after the _Armageddon (1998)_ spoof, the man asks Mary if she's rewound the tape, and she puts it in a box and gives it him, but in the next shot, his hand is holding an unboxed tape.

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Quotes

Father John Insomnic: Maria Ganitisis?
Maria Ganitisis: HERE! But the devil speaks for me, obviously.

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Connections

Referenced in RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!: Queens of Talk (2014)

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Soundtracks

Beautiful
Written by Gina Schock & Charlotte Caffey
Performed by The Go-Go's (as The Go-Go's)
Courtesy of IRS Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets

User Reviews

Underrated comedy excellence

I remember watching this movie when I was working in America in the year 2000 with my cousin and absolutely pissing my pants with laughter at it.

I then totally forgot about it until I noticed it on a website for sale for like £3 and thought I would buy it and see if it was as funny as I remembered. It was - and it was funnier the second time around.

Molly Shannon is an underrated comedic actress who we should see more often and who should be given lead roles on a more regular basis as she is absolutely hilarious in Superstar.

This movie has absolutely no point and no story but is just full of class comedy moments which make me chuckle over and over again. And not only is Ms Shannon rather good in it - Will Ferrell is on top form before he made it big time. Its just a shame he didn't drag Molly with him and make her as big a star as she is.

Get her in the Frat Pack now! Oh - and this movie is well funny so I recommend it highly to anyone with a sense of humour!