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White Chicks
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White Chicks is an American buddy, comedy and buddy cop film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, who also wrote and produced it together with Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans, its co-stars. Set in New York and filmed in Vancouver, it also featured Jaime King and Frankie Faison, with a score by Teddy Castellucci and editing by Jeff Gourson.
Made by Revolution Studios and released in 2004, the film carried a budget of 37,000,000 dollars and earned 113,100,000 dollars in revenue.
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6.9Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. To avoid being fired they accept a mission escorting a pair of socialites to the Hamptons--but when the girls are disfigured in a car accident, they refuse to go. Left without options, Marcus and Kevin decide to pose as the sisters, transforming themselves from black men into rich European-American women.
Cast
- Shawn Wayans as Kevin Copeland / Brittany Wilson
- Marlon Wayans as Marcus Anthony Copeland II / Tiffany Wilson
- Frankie Faison as Elliott Gordon
- Terry Crews as Latrell Spencer
- Faune Chambers Watkins as Gina Copeland
- Rochelle Aytes as Denise Porter
Themes
- undercover
- kidnapping
- fbi
- auction
- nightclub
- sleepover
- cross dressing
- car accident
- shopping
- news reporter
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Screenplay by
- Keenen Ivory Wayans Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans Michael Anthony Snowden Xavier Cook
- Story by
- Keenen Ivory Wayans Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans
- Produced by
- Keenen Ivory Wayans Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans Rick Alvarez Lee R. Mayes
- Starring
- Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans Jaime King Frankie Faison Lochlyn Munro John Heard
- Cinematography
- Steven Bernstein
- Edited by
- Jeffrey Stephen Gourson Stuart Pappé
- Music by
- Teddy Castellucci
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Revolution Studios Gone North Productions
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- June 23, 2004 ( 2004-06-23 )
- Running time
- 109 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $37 million
- Box office
- $113.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- buddy cop film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Screenwriter
- Marlon Wayans
- Cast member
- Monique Ganderton
- Composer
- Teddy Castellucci
- Producer
- Marlon Wayans
- Production company
- Revolution Studios
- Cinematographer
- Steven Bernstein
- Narrative location
- New York
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 772068
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/movies/whitechicks
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- title
- White Chicks
- film editor
- Jeff Gourson
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- hotel
- review score
- 41/100
- publication date
- 2005-01-13
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Encyclopedic overview
White Chicks is a 2004 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans from a screenplay co-written by Wayans, Andy McElfresh, Michael Anthony Snowden, with additional contributions by and starring his brothers Marlon and Shawn. It also stars Jaime King, Frankie Faison, Lochlyn Munro, and John Heard. In the film, two black FBI agent brothers go undercover as white women by using whiteface to protect two hotel heiresses from a kidnapping plot targeting socialites.
Principal photography for White Chicks took place in Chilliwack and Victoria in British Columbia, and in The Hamptons in New York. It was theatrically released in the United States on June 23, 2004. The film received generally negative reviews upon release, and was nominated for five Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture. It grossed over $113.1 million worldwide, and has since come to be regarded as a cult classic.
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