Miss Congeniality

Year:

2000

Duration:

109 min

Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Donald Petrie

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 5 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2000-12-22

Filming Locations: Austin Studios - 1901 E. 51st Street, Austin, Texas, USA

Earnings

Budget: $45,000,000

Opening Weekend: $13,853,686 (USA) (25 December 2000)

Gross: $106,807,667 (USA) (13 May 2001)

Cast

Actor

Character

Sandra Bullock

Gracie Hart

Michael Caine

Victor Melling

Benjamin Bratt

Eric Matthews

Candice Bergen

Kathy Morningside

William Shatner

Stan Fields

Ernie Hudson

Harry McDonald

John DiResta

Agent Clonsky

Heather Burns

Cheryl Frasier - Miss Rhode Island

Melissa De Sousa

Karen Krantz - Miss New York

Steve Monroe

Frank Tobin

Deirdre Quinn

Mary Jo Wright - Miss Texas

Wendy Raquel Robinson

Leslie Davis - Miss California

Asia De Marcos

Alana Krewson - Miss Hawaii

Ken Thomas

Agent Harris

Gabriel Folse

Agent Jerry Grant

Christopher Shea

Agent Jensen

Mary Ashleigh Green

Young Gracie

Cody Linley

Tough Boy

Eric Ian Goldberg

Alan

Danny Kamin

Krashow

Konstantin Selivanov

Ivan

Mona Lee Fultz

Russian Waitress (as Mona Lee)

Sergei Levtsuk

Russian Bodyguard

John Cann

Russian Bodyguard (as Johnny Caan)

Debbie Nelson

Stacey - Pageant Announcer

Don Cass

Dave - Pageant Director

Laurie Guzda

Assistant Director

Jimmy Graham

Scott the Backstage Security Guard

Rupert Reyes

Security Guard (as Ruperto Reyes Jr.)

Bernadette Nason

Pageant Matron

Stephen Bruton

Mike the Bartender

Jessica Holcomb

Beth Carter

Jennifer Gareis

Tina

Ellen H. Schwartz

Herself (as Ellen Schwartz)

Cassandra L. Small

Starbucks Cop

Marco Perella

Starbucks Guy

Cynthia Dorn

Preliminary Judge

Catenya McHenry

Newscaster

Paige Bishop

Warehouse Dentist

Lucien Douglas

Warehouse Hair Stylist

Georgia Foy

Lori, Miss United States

LeeAnne Locken

Kelly Beth Kelley, Miss Nebraska

Pei-San Brown

Ali Lowchowski, Miss Arkansas

Isamari White

Lana Harmony Frankfurt, Miss Florida

Kimberly Crawford

Lily Hardywood, Miss Maine

Jamie Drake Stephens

Wynni Tracey Concellio, Miss Maryland

Dyan Conner

Penelope Likkum, Miss Massachusetts

Kelly Bright

Jaimee Madison, Miss Minnesota

Dee Dee Adams

Tinka Woods, Miss Missouri

Shana McClendon

Sky Greenleaves, Miss Nevada

Janie Terrazas

Hayley Downes, Miss New Mexico

Holly Mills

Olivia Einstein, Miss Ohio

Angela Van De Walle

Uma Trough, Miss Oregon

Tarah Bartley

Vanessa Black-Wooding, Miss South Carolina

Farah White

Belinda Brown, Miss Tennessee

Summyr Miller

Inga van Horna, Miss Utah

Jessica Hale

Patricia De Le Marco Los Conchita Amelia Carolina Maria Moses, Miss Vermont

Pam Green

Katwyna Towers, Miss Washington

Deborah Abbott

Kiki Call, Miss District of Columbia (uncredited)

Cynthia Aguiar

Pageant Audience (uncredited)

Shane Allison

Waiter (uncredited)

Dustin Amy

Starbucks Patron (uncredited)

Ricardo Azulay

Victor

Johnny Bartee

Audience Member (uncredited)

Whitney Blake

Miss Georgia

Fred Bothwell

Pageant Judge (uncredited)

Devin Carbaugh

Club Dancer (uncredited)

Robert F. Cawley

Pageant Judge (uncredited)

Camille Chen

Miss New Hampshire (uncredited)

Brea Cola

Erin McPherson, Miss Pennsylvania

Constance Dasse

Audience Member (uncredited)

Brian Decaro

Pageant Employee (uncredited)

Lisa Del Dotto

Miss South Dakota

Jeremy Denzlinger

New York Cop (uncredited)

Troy Dillinger

Background (uncredited)

Katy Dunlap

Miss Iowa (uncredited)

Dan Eggleston

Pageant Employee (uncredited)

Scott Grossman

Himself (uncredited)

Troy Harris

Parent (uncredited)

Kirby M. Hiscox

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Nikki Martinez

Buffy O'Cattrell, Miss Montana

Jennifer Matyear

Audience Member (uncredited)

Dawn McCoy

Miss Delaware

Brent Mitchell

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Matthew S. Moffett

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Rana Morrison

Misty - Guest Attendant (uncredited)

Trevor Doyle Nelson

Audience member (uncredited)

Nita Rainwater

Miss Indiana

Mylinda Royer

Pageant Judge (uncredited)

Harry Santiago

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Maverick Shaw

FBI Agent (uncredited)

James Singleton

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Spike Spencer

Bar Guy (uncredited)

Hollie Stenson

Miss Wyoming

Scott Swanson

Hairstylist (uncredited)

Clint Tidwell

FBI Agent (uncredited)

LaToya Ward

Pageant Manager (uncredited)

Wendy Wells-Gunkel

Alamo Guest (uncredited)

Michelle Yerger

Miss Idaho (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

'Matt Dillon' was originally cast as Eric Matthews.

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The movie's theme song for the Miss United States Pageant was written by screenwriter Marc Lawrence and his 7-year-old son, Clyde Lawrence. Marc wrote the lyrics and Clyde wrote the music.

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Jennifer Gareis who plays Tina, Miss New York's lover sitting in the audience at the pageant, was actually cast as the original Miss New Jersey. Originally there was a scene where Gracie and Eric confront her at the gym and ask her to relinquish her title. Director Donald Petrie cut this scene because he wanted the story to move along faster. When he decided to cut her part out he felt bad asked her if she would like to come back as Tina.

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Goofs

When MS R.I. comes to Gracy's door with the hot chocolate, as Gracy first opens the door, the cap of the thermos is obviously not screwed down completely. As the two talk at the door, the cap switches to being tightly closed and stays that way.

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During Grace's Miss Congeniality acceptance speech Cheryl can be seen in the background flinching/jumping at something before trying to cover it up.

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In the opening of the movie the actress playing Young Grace still has her baby teeth, which would make her between 6-8 years old. The date is shown as 1982. Later in the movie when Matthews is trying to find a female agent to go undercover and they bring up Hart, you see her birth date to be 2.11.1969. That would have made the child at the beginning of the movie 13 years of age.

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Quotes

Eric Matthews: All right, here's your new IDs. For pageant identity.

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Kathy Morningside: Twenty-five years of bitching beauty queens, and what do I get? Fired! They steal my life. They steal my beauty pageant...

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Victor Melling: If I'd ever had a daughter, I imagine she might have been something like you... which is perhaps why I've never reproduced.

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