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Overview

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Director:
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Writers (WGA):
Cheryl L. West (story)
Kate Lanier (screenplay)
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Release Date:
21 September 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Music | Romance more
Tagline:
In music she found her dream, her love, herself more
Plot:
Similar to Mariah's life story. Mariah plays the role of a young singer who is eager to become a big star. She dates a DJ who helps her get into the music business. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(63 articles)
Mariah Carey: Death by 'Glitter'
 (From Actress Archives. 6 November 2009, 7:51 AM, PST)

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User Comments:
Mariah Carey cannot be excused from this wreckage.... more (298 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mariah Carey ... Billie Frank
Max Beesley ... Julian Dice

Da Brat ... Louise

Tia Texada ... Roxanne
Valarie Pettiford ... Lillian Frank

Ann Magnuson ... Kelly

Terrence Howard ... Timothy Walker
Dorian Harewood ... Guy Richardson

Grant Nickalls ... Jack Bridges

Eric Benét ... Rafael

Padma Lakshmi ... Sylk

Don Ackerman ... Peter
Ed Sahely ... Francois
Carmen Wong ... Rose

James Allodi ... Video Director
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
All That Glitters (USA) (working title)
Glitter and Gold (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sensuality, language and brief violence.
Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)
Certification:
Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37746) | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Greece:K | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG

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Trivia:
The movie is based on an idea by Mariah Carey that kept bouncing back from studio to studio starting in 1997, and the singer began writing songs for the soundtrack album prior to the movie even getting a green light. Carey admits that when the project was approved for production (2000), she found songs for the movie that she had written and forgotten about. She was only supposed to do six songs, however many collaborations with current and 1980s producers, writers, and artists including Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, and the late Rick James led to growth for her track listing, which became the entire soundtrack. A song by her and Prince was also in development, but it did not make the deadline in time for soundtrack reproduction, packaging, and distribution. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Billie, Roxie and Louise dance under the silver glitter, Roxie has two pieces of glitter stuck under her neck, which both fall off. In the next shot one piece is back. more
Quotes:
Dice: I like hanging out wit you, Billie. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#4.3)" (2009/I) more
Soundtrack:
If We more

FAQ

Does Mariah Carey's character commit suicide at the end?
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32 out of 45 people found the following comment useful.
Mariah Carey cannot be excused from this wreckage...., 14 February 2003
1/10
Author: CTS-1 from USA

...because, as her vanity project, she undoubtedly had the final yea or nay on what went into this mess. The inexplicable glitter strip (note: watch for continuity errors in its location)? The longest-lived cat ever? Telepathic songwriting? The most unsympathetic cast of characters since "A Clockwork Orange?" Ms. Carey knew, or should have known.

Mariah's acting is, well.... zombified. Her screen presence would actually be explained by her being under the influence of some medication designed to help with her later well known breakdown. Ms. Carey proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that bad over-acting makes for more entertaining badfilm than bad under-acting, which just leaves the viewer wondering why the movie was made. I couldn't tell for sure whether the rest of the cast's tepid-to-annoying performances were due to their own bad acting or from trying to perform across from the lifeless Ms. Carey; after 45 minutes, I couldn't care either. A well-deserved 1.

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