At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from an affluent neighborhood.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Kirsten Dunst | ... | Nicole Oakley | |
| Jay Hernandez | ... | Carlos Nuñez | |
| Bruce Davison | ... | Tom Oakley | |
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Herman Osorio | ... | Luis |
| Miguel Castro | ... | Eddie | |
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Tommy De La Cruz | ... | Victor |
| Rolando Molina | ... | Hector | |
| Soledad St. Hilaire | ... | Mrs. Nunez | |
| Lucinda Jenney | ... | Courtney Oakley | |
| Taryn Manning | ... | Maddy | |
| Richard Steinmetz | ... | Coach Bauer | |
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Ana Argueta | ... | Rosa |
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Neil Looy | ... | Jimmy - The Pilot |
| Marion Moseley | ... | Morgan Oakley | |
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Mike Jones | ... | Dr. Linehan |
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Jay Hernandez stars as Carlos Nunez, a poor but athletically gifted Latino teenager who endures a two-hour bus ride every day from East L.A. to attend the posh, wealthy Pacific Palisades High School in Los Angeles on a football scholarship. A straight-A student, Carlos is focused and driven, but his future is cast in doubt when he becomes the flirtation target of spoiled, self-destructive bad girl Nicole Oakley (Kirsten Dunst), who's the daughter of a prominent congressman (Bruce Davison). When his friends, family, and even Nicole's own father oppose the romance for Carlos' sake, he chooses to ignore their advice and stubbornly pursues his relationship with Nicole, whose feelings grow from simple physical attraction to something much deeper.
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When it's real. When it's right. Don't let anything stand in your way.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving teens, drug/alcohol content, sexuality & language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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29 June 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$13,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$4,715,060, 1 July 2001, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$16,929,123, 26 August 2001Company Credits
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Written by Patrick Tilon (as P.I. Tilon), E.A. De Vreede, R.H.J. van Barneveld, S.C. Matadin and M.H. Shoots
Performed Urban Dance Squad
Courtesy of LoveCat Music and Pennies from Heaven
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music
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Maddy's Bronco license plate, 2GAT123, was also used in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Traffic (2000), Pay It Forward (2000), Mulholland Dr. (2001), L.A. Story (1991), Two and a Half Men (2003), S.W.A.T. (2003), and Go (1999) See more »Goofs
Nicole's hair color changes from blonde to red and back to blonde. The whole movie her hair is blonde except during the hotel scene when she is outside wrapped in a blanket and tells Carlos she wants to be good for him it is red. The next shot, when they are in the car taking her back home her hair is blonde again and stays that way through the rest of the movie. The red hair was due to Kirsten Dunst starting to film Spider-Man See more »Alternate Versions
The film was submitted five times to the MPAA to achieve a PG-13 instead of a R rating. See more »Soundtracks
DemagogueWritten by Patrick Tilon (as P.I. Tilon), E.A. De Vreede, R.H.J. van Barneveld, S.C. Matadin and M.H. Shoots
Performed Urban Dance Squad
Courtesy of LoveCat Music and Pennies from Heaven
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music
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In Crazy Beautiful Kirsten Dunst (Interview With A Vampire, Bring It On) plays Nicole a rich girl at high school who befriends a first generation Mexican lad called Carlos (Jay Hernandez).
Nicole and Carlos hit it off in spite of Carlos's reservations about the wild (crazy/beautiful) Nicole. He's from a poor family and keen to do well at his studies. She's on a path of self destruction, at least academically, probably physically. Carlos hopes to go to the navy academy and become a pilot.
Now this sounds fairly ho hum but is brought successfully to the screen by very strong acting performances from both Dunst and Hernandez and also by Bruce Davison who plays Nicole's Dad Tom.
These characters are flawed and therefore interesting. The film is mindful of how complicated real people are.
Nicole is a carouser, drunk or stoned most of the time. Jay is level headed but becomes overwhelmed by Nicole. Dad certainly doesn't think he has all of the answers.
Crazy/Beautiful is inspired a little by the inter racial aspect of the relationship but much more by the veracity of the performances.
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