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 girl | female protagonist | sorority house | 

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Taglines:

Freshman year is no fairy tale.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

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 USA:

$5,196,380, 23 September 2007

Gross USA:

$11,892,415

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,620,075

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morgan Creek Entertainment, 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

Cast and crew were given 35 days to shoot the film.

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Goofs

When Katy tells Rachel about Sydney White at the Rush Party, she says the word "Legacy" is three words when it is really three syllables. Kappa members are, for the most part, portrayed as stereotypical preppy blondes. Katy should not be expected to be very smart.

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Quotes

Tyler: The Kappa's are our sorority sisters.
Sydney White: Oh! So we'll be like brother and sister?
[Tyler gives her a weird look]
Sydney White: Oh, not in the related, familiar way, but more the fraternal-sororal, sororital... is that a word? ok.

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Connections

References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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Soundtracks

Back on Track
Written by Graham Preskett
Courtesy of APM Music

User Reviews

modern update on Snow White?

i think this is a modern retelling of the snow white fairy tale.it has most of the same types of characters as the fairy tale does.but instead of dwarfs,it has dorks.and the movie takes place on a college campus.it's an under dog movie,so it is fairly predictable,but it is a fun movie to watch.there is a great mix of characters with odd quirks,and Armada Bynes is so likable it's hard not to like the movie.she has great comedic timing and plays the fish out of water role very well.i laughed quite a bit throughout the movie.i like the fact that it's a movie that takes place on campus,but is not raunchy,or low brow.it's nice to know a movie can be funny and entertaining without being crude,lewd or offensive.not that there's anything wrong with that.i also really liked Sara Paxton as the school president/villainess.i thought she was very convincing.overall, a very entertaining 100 plus minutes.my vote for Sydney White is an 8/10