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Connie and Carla (Connie and Carla do LA) - Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny, Michael Lembeck
Threat advisory: High - High risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
When you follow your dreams there's no telling what you'll become.
Nia Vardalos and Toni Collette play Connie and Carla, two struggling Chicago dinner theatre performers who accidentally witness a mafia hit... and who subsequently hit the road, running for their lives.
Assuming the killers will never look for them in a place devoid of culture, the pair head to Los Angeles, where they assume new identities and find their middling talent at song and dance perfectly suited to new careers - as drag queens. Much to their surprise, they inadvertently become the toast of the cabaret circuit.
As their ruse becomes increasingly difficult to maintain, they discover that it is indeed lonely at the top, especially after Connie meets Jeff (David Duchovny), a guy she'd really like to be a real girl with.
With the mafia zeroing in and the line separating their onstage/offstage personas blurring beyond the point of recognition, Connie and Carla soon discover the power of pursuing your dreams, fighting the good fight, and never, never underestimating the transformative power of beauty products.
Persons of interest
- Nia Vardalos .... Screenwriter, Connie
- Toni Collette .... Carla
- David Duchovny .... Jeff
- Stephen Spinella .... Robert/Peaches
- Alec Mapa .... Lee/N'Cream
- Chris Logan .... Brian/Brianna
- Robert Kaiser .... Paul
- Ian Gomez .... Stanley
- Nick Sandow .... Al
- Dash Mihok .... Mikey
- Robert John Burke .... Rudy
- Boris McGiver .... Tibor
- Debbie Reynolds .... Herself
- Michael Lembeck .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Connie and Carla official movie site
- Connie and Carla QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2004: Nominated: Best sequel, prequel or remake, Funniest comedy, Best non-heterosexual character (the whole cast)
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
It should be noted that Greek women aren't women at all, they're Drag Queens. Think about it.
- Big hair.
- Facial hair issues.
- Tight clothes.
- Loud voices.
- Lots of hand-waving.
- Drama. Everywhere.
It should come as no surprise, then, that the creator of My big fat Greek wedding should come up with Connie and Carla as her next offering. Also no surprise should be that it's funny, witty, camp, clever, honest and outrageous.
Security censorship classification
PG (Sexual references, low level violence, drug references, low level coarse language)
Surveillance time
98 minutes (1:38 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 5 August 2004
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