She's the Man
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| She's the Man | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Directed by | Andy Fickman |
| Produced by | Lauren Shuler Donner |
| Written by | William Shakespeare (play) Karen McCullah Lutz Kirsten Smith |
| Starring | Amanda Bynes James Kirk Lynda Boyd Channing Tatum Laura Ramsey Robert Hoffman Alex Breckenridge Emily Perkins Jonathan Sadowski Clifton Murray David Cross Vinnie Jones Brandon Jay McLaren |
| Distributed by | - USA - DreamWorks - non-USA - Lakeshore Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | March 17, 2006 |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20,000,000 |
She's the Man is a 2006 film, starring Amanda Bynes and directed by Andy Fickman, based on William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, or What You Will. The film also stars Alex Breckenridge and co-stars David Cross.
Contents |
[edit] Plot synopsis
Viola Hastings (Amanda Bynes) is a member of an upper-class family and plays for her school's soccer team. But when Cornwall cuts her soccer team because not enough girls signed up for it, Viola decides to try out for the boys' team. But the coach of the boys' team refuses to let her try out.
When her twin brother Sebastian, scheduled to attend Illyria Preparatory, decides to go to London to play music, Viola resolves to pose as Sebastian so that she can try out for the Illyria boys’ soccer team, even though her mother would rather her be a Debutante. Then, she could play against Cornwall and show her old school that girls can indeed play soccer just as well as the boys.
To look like a boy, she cross-dresses and adopts masculine attributes with the help of her friend Paul Antonio (Jonathan Sadowski). She falls in love with Sebastian's handsome roommate Duke Orsino (Channing Tatum), the captain of the Illyria boys' soccer team, after a debutaunte carnival kissing booth incident. Meanwhile, Duke has a crush on Olivia, the most beautiful girl in school. Duke enlists the help of Viola (posing as Sebastian) to help him get a date with Olivia, but in this process of matchmaking, Olivia falls for Viola (as Sebastian) instead. Since Viola (as Sebastian) helps Duke to get a date with Olivia, Duke helps Viola (as Sebastian) to make the first string by the soccer game vs. Cornwall. To make Viola (as Sebastian) notice her, Olivia flirts and dates Duke, to Viola's chagrin. When the 'real' Sebastian unexpectedly returns from London early, Olivia kisses him in front of Duke, setting off a series of confused actions and reactions, including Viola being thrown out of her room and Illyria nearly losing the soccer game due to Duke's anger. During the game Monique (Sebastian's jealous ex), Malcolm (a geek who is obsessed with Olivia), and Principal Gold stop the game because they think that the 'real' Sebastian is a girl. Sebastian proves to the principal that he is a boy by showing his privates to all the players and fans, which include his parents. Eventually, however, Viola decides to come clean during the soccer game and tell everyone who she really is (and isn't). This causes Monique, Olivia, Duke, and Sebastian to become very confused. The film ends with Viola (Amanda Bynes) securing Illyria's win, Duke Orsino (Channing Tatum) and Viola (Amanda Bynes) getting together, the real Sebastian Hastings (James Kirk) and Olivia Lennox (Laura Ramsey) getting together, and Justin Drayton (Viola's ex who scorned her for trying out for a boy's team) (Robert Hoffman) and Monique (Alex Breckenridge) getting together, as well as Eunice, a geeky girl, (Emily Perkins) and Duke's friend Toby (Brandon Jay McLaren).
[edit] References to Twelfth Night
- The main or secondary characters in the movie share the exact names of the original play's characters, such as Olivia, Duke (Orsino), Sebastian, and Viola.
- On the movie poster near the bottom in the production credits, there is a line that says: Inspired by the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.
- In the trailer, when Amanda Bynes walks through the school's campus outside, a billboard can be seen on the left hand side advertising the school's production of "What You Will". That is the alternate title for Twelfth Night, which this film is based on.
- The pizza parlor where the kids hang out is called Cesario's, in reference to the name Cesario, which is the name Viola used when she posed as a boy in the play Twelfth Night.
- The line "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them," which was spoken by the character of Duke Orsino in the film, is a direct quotation from the letter read by Malvolio in Twelfth Night.
- Various character names in the film are taken from Twelfth Night, although the roles in the film bear no similarity to their namesakes in the play. These character names are: Malvolio (the name of Malcolm's tarantula in the film), Feste (Malcolm's last name in the film), Valentine (Monique's last name in the film), Andrew and Toby (Duke's soccer buddies in the film), Maria (Olivia's friend in the film) and Antonio (Paul's last name).
- Stratford Country Club is a reference to Stratford-upon-Avon, where William Shakespeare grew up.
- "Illyria" is the country in which Twelfth Night, or What You Will is set.
- In Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a Duke named Orsino does fall in love with Olivia, who falls in love with Viola in disguise, as Viola herself, trapped looking like a man, falls in love with Orsino.
- Viola and Sebastian are twins in both this movie and the play.
- In the play, Viola dresses as a man because she needs to be male in order to get a job and survive, just as Viola "needs" to disguise herself in order to get on a soccer team in the movie.
- The confusion caused when Olivia kisses the real Sebastian in the movie directly parallels the confusion Sebastian feels in Twelfth Night, or What You Will when Olivia expresses her love for him and proposes marriage.
- When Duke has the disguised Viola help him get Olivia's attention in the movie, he is doing exactly what the Duke Orsino had his servant Cesario (Viola in disguise) do in the play.
- Malcolm's role in the movie is somewhat reminiscent of Malvolio's in the play.
- There is a duel in both The Twelfth Night and She's The Man
[edit] Box office
- North American
As of July 1, 2006, She's the Man has grossed a total of just under $33.7 million in North America. [1]
[edit] Trivia
- Bynes didn't really play soccer; her double for most of her soccer scenes was Shannon McDonald, a native of Richmond, British Columbia. McDonald's husband was also a double for Tatum.
- The lyrics of Sebastian's song in the film are the opening lines of "Let Go" by Dave Lichens.
- During the double date scene at the pizza restaurant, just as Viola and Eunice are sitting down at the booth, someone says "Lady pterodactyl". This is a reference to the 1994 cult classic Pterodactyl Woman From Beverley Hills.
- The final film to be distributed by DreamWorks themselves, as Paramount Pictures purchased the company in 2005. It was made before the purchase, and released afterwards. The first DreamWorks film to be distributed by Paramount is Over the Hedge. Paramount, however, did release She's the Man on DVD, though under the DreamWorks label.
- She's the Man was filmed in Vancouver.
- Brandon Jay McLaren actually has played competitive soccer and had a scholarship to play in college.
- The scene where Robert Hoffman runs up the goal and flips off it was done by the actor himself, not his double.
- In the Spanish-dubbed version of the film, the voice actress of Viola also did the voice for Amanda in the syndicated version of The Amanda Show.
- During the scene where Paul is making Viola into a boy, Jonathan Sadowski accidentally spit in Amanda Bynes's eye while filming.
- The fight between Paul and Viola when Viola first arrives at Illyria is completely improvised.
- This is the first PG-13 film Amanda Bynes stars in.
- This is one of the other movies that have storylines similar to Shakespeare plays like, 10 Things I Hate About You is to "The Taming of the Shrew", O to Othello and Get Over It to "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
- As Duke and Olivia are beginning their date at the pizza parlor, listen carefully. "Sebastian's" lyrics are in the song playing in the background at the pizza parlor.
[edit] Continuity Errors
- In the scene where Viola (as Sebastian) is in the science lab with Olivia, Viola pours too much of a chemical into a tube and the liquid spills out of the tube. Viola looks at Duke, then Duke looks at Viola, and when it shows Viola (as Sebastian) next to Olivia, the chemical that was spilled is no longer there.
