Glitter
Threat advisory: Low - Low risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
In music she found her dream, her love, herself.
Mariah Carey stars as Billie, an up and coming Rhythm and Blues star in the 80s. Billie overcomes a childhood in which she is abandoned by her father and is raised in foster homes after being taken away from her drug-addicted mother (Valerie Pettiford) to achieve stardom and success in the music industry. With her childhood friends Louise (Da Brat) and Roxanne (Tia Texada) by her side she navigates her way through the business where she is eventually discovered by DJ Dice (Max Beesley). Dice proves to be a major impetus for her career, but when their relationship turns to romance Billie quickly learns of his darker side. Just as her music career reaches incredible heights Billie is forced to confront the deepening lows of her personal life and decide if "all that glitters" actually is gold.
Theatrical propaganda posters
Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film music musical star dreams fame drugs industry
Persons of interest
- 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
- Mauricio Rodas .... Chico
- Kate Lanier .... Screenwriter
- Vondie Curtis-Hall .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Glitter official movie site
- Awards and film festivals:
- FYI: The expression is "All that glisters is not gold"
- See also Dreamgirls
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
Glitter is a vehicle for Mariah Carey to make a move into film and sell a soundtrack album while she's at it. Ummm... yeah... that's about it.
Media intelligence (DVD)
- Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
- Disc: Single side, single layer
- Features:
- Commentary: Vondie Curtis-Hall
- Music videos: Never too far, Loverboy by Mariah Carey
- Picture disc
- Talent profiles
- Trailers: Theatrical, bonus
- Languages: English
- Picture: Widescreen 16:9 enhanced
- Subtitles: 5 including English captions
Security censorship classification
M (Low level violence, low level coarse language)
Surveillance time
105 minutes (1:45 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 1 November 2001
DVD rental: 10 April 2002
VHS rental: 10 April 2002
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