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Smile

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PG,1hr 53min

Genre:

Comedy

Released:

January 1, 1975

Director:

Michael Ritchie

Distributor:

MGM

Starring:

Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd ...more

Synopsis: 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), ... Full Synopsis

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	Michael Hastings, AMG Review Only in the '70s could a film like Smile be produced, and only in the '70s could a film as groundbreaking and influential get lost in the shuffle of other groundbreaking, influential "director's" pictures. Released the same year as Robert Altman's masterpiece Nashville, Michael Ritchie's satire presents a similar, loose-ensemble take on one of the hallmarks of Americana, in this instance, the beauty ... Full Review

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	Bruce Dern "Big Bob" Freelander Barbara Feldon Brenda DiCarlo Michael Kidd Tommy French Geoffrey Lewis Wilson Shears

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	Miss Firecracker (1989) Nashville (1975) True Stories (1986) Used Cars (1980) The Great American Beauty Contest (1973) Citizen Ruth (1996)

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