Mean Girls (2004 film)

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Mean Girls (2004 film) is a popular teen comedy film written by Tina Fey that satirizes high school cliques and social dynamics.


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instanceOf American film
high school film
satirical film
teen comedy film
award 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance (Lindsay Lohan)
2005 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team
basedOn Queen Bees and Wannabes
basedOnAuthor Rosalind Wiseman
boxOfficeUSD approximately 129000000
budgetUSD 17000000
characterPortrayedBy Aaron Samuels – Jonathan Bennett
Betsy Heron – Ana Gasteyer
Cady Heron – Lindsay Lohan
Damian Leigh – Daniel Franzese
Gretchen Wieners – Lacey Chabert
Janis Ian – Lizzy Caplan
Karen Smith – Amanda Seyfried
Mrs. George – Amy Poehler
Ms. Norbury – Tina Fey
Principal Duvall – Tim Meadows
Regina George – Rachel McAdams
cinematographyBy Daryn Okada
countryOfOrigin United States
director Mark Waters
discussesTheme bullying
female friendships
high school cliques
identity
social hierarchy
distributor Paramount Pictures
distributorRegion North America – Paramount Pictures
editedBy Wendy Greene Bricmont
filmingLocation Toronto, Ontario, Canada
genre comedy
satire
teen film
hasCultFollowing true
inspired Mean Girls (2024 film)
mainCharacter Aaron Samuels
Cady Heron
Damian Leigh
Gretchen Wieners
Janis Ian
Karen Smith NERFINISHED
Regina George
mpaaRating PG-13
musicBy Rolfe Kent
notableQuote On Wednesdays we wear pink.
That’s so fetch.
You can’t sit with us!
originalLanguage English
producer Lorne Michaels
Tina Fey
productionCompany Broadway Video
Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDate 2004-04-30
releaseYear 2004
runtimeMinutes 97
screenplayBy Tina Fey
setting Evanston, Illinois NERFINISHED
North Shore High School (fictional)
spawnedAdaptation Mean Girls (musical)
starredActor Amanda Seyfried
Amy Poehler
Ana Gasteyer
Daniel Franzese
Jonathan Bennett
Lacey Chabert
Lindsay Lohan
Lizzy Caplan
Rachel McAdams
Tim Meadows
Tina Fey
writer Tina Fey

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Amanda Seyfried ("Mean Girls")
Amy Poehler ("Mean Girls")
Elizabeth Stamatina Fey
Lorne Michaels
Tina Fey
notableWork
Ms. Norbury ("Mean Girls")
appearsIn
Mean Girls (musical)
basedOn
Ms. Norbury ("Mean Girls (2004 screenplay)")
basedOnWork
Ms. Norbury
firstAppearance
Tina Fey
writerOf
Tina Fey ("Mean Girls (screenplay)")
wrote

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