Smile
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"Smile" is a 1975 satirical comedy film that skewers the absurdities of American beauty pageants and small-town ambition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Smile canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Conrad Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignFocus | pageant costumes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| depicts |
adolescent insecurity
ⓘ
media exploitation ⓘ patriarchal attitudes ⓘ |
| director | Michael Ritchie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard A. Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | color ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American beauty pageants
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American middle-class values ⓘ commercialization of beauty ⓘ small-town ambition ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Fielding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
behind-the-scenes pageant politics
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contestants' personal struggles ⓘ hypocrisy of civic boosters ⓘ |
| notableFor |
darkly comic tone
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ensemble cast ⓘ satirical depiction of beauty pageants ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | fictional Young American Miss beauty pageant ⓘ |
| producer | David V. Picker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Jerry Belson Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 113 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jerry Belson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
small-town America ⓘ |
| stars |
Annette O'Toole
NERFINISHED
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Barbara Feldon NERFINISHED ⓘ Bruce Dern NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoffrey Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanie Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Kidd NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Pryor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1970s America ⓘ |
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