Smile Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Ritchie
Genres: Comedy
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The American beauty-contest ritual is skewered by screenwriter Jerry_Belson and director Michael_Ritchie in Smile. The film takes place during an annual pageant in Santa Rosa, CA. The event is supervised by local mover and shaker Brenda DiCarlo (Barbara_Feldon), to whom the contest is the most important thing on earth. Nothing -- not even the violent backlash of her neglected husband, Andy (Nicholas_Pryor) -- is allowed to interfere with her pet project. Choreographer Tommy French (Michael_Kidd), outwardly nasty and cynical, takes money out of his own pocket to insure the safety of the contestants as they parade down a rickety stage runway; chief judge "Big Bob" Freelander (Bruce_Dern) discovers that his son is a budding voyeur, information which leads to a silly "politically correct" consequence; and the various contestants scheme to upstage one another through a variety of means (one girl puts Vaseline on her teeth to assure a gleaming smile). Among the contestants are such stars-to-be as Colleen_Camp, Denise_Nickerson, Annette O'Toole, and Melanie_Griffith. Though not a hit itself, Smile has developed a fervent cult following, which led to a Broadway musical version of the property in 1986, with songs by Marvin_Hamlisch. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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