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| Title: | The Hottie & the Nottie |
| Genres: | Comedy Rom-com |
| Directed by: | Tom Putnam |
| Written by: | Heidi Ferrer |
| Produced by: | Craig Chapman; Roger Crotti; Jeff Diaz; Kenneth Burke; Jeffrey Geller; Paris Hilton; Grace M. Lee; Isaac Lekach; Joshua Lekach [1]; Myles Nestel; Victoria Nevinny; Neal Ramer; Hadeel Reda; Hans G. Syz |
| Music by: | David E. Russo |
| Cinematography: | Alex Vendler |
| Edited by: | Jeff Malmberg; Jim Miley [2] |
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| Distributed by: | Summit Entertainment |
| Released: | February 8th, 2008 [3] |
| Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running time: | 91 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $27,696 (US) [4] $1,596,232 (Worldwide) [5] |
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The Hottie & the Nottie is an American film of the romantic comedy genre. It was directed by Tom Putnam with a script written by Heidi Ferrer. It was produced by Summit Entertainment, Purple Pictures and Paris Hilton Entertainment and released to limited theatrical engagement in the United States on February 8th, 2008. The film stars Paris Hilton as Cristabel Abbott (the hottie), Christine Lakin as June Phigg (the nottie) and Joel David Moore as Nate Cooper. Being as how this was a Paris Hilton movie, it was, of course, universally panned by both viewers and critics.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Credited Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Paris Hilton | Cristabel Abbott |
| Joel David Moore | Nate Cooper |
| Christine Lakin | June Phigg |
| Johann Urb | Johann Wulrich |
| Adam Kulbersh | Cole Slawsen |
| The Greg Wilson | Arno Blount |
| Marianne Muellerleile | Mrs. Blunt |
| Kathryn Fiore | Jane |
| Scott Prendergast | Randy, Creepy albino guy |
| Morgan Russler | Stan, "Marry Me" guy |
| Erin Cardillo | Yoga teacher |
| Samantha Bailey | Little girl |
| Jeremy Scott Johnson | Little girl's dad |
| Gino Anthony Pesi | Cheesy guy |
| Karley Scott Collins | Young Cristabel |
| Caleb Guss | Young Nate |
| Kurt Doss | Young Arno |
| Alessandra Daniele | Young June |
| Joe Gieb | Midget Mime |
Uncrdited Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Don Abernathy | Man on the pier |
| Walter Delmar | Geek |
| Lydia Grote | Little girl |
| Marcus Lindsey | Evil Konieval |
| Alexandra Nowak | Yoga patron |
| Shadii | Club goer |
| Evan Shields | Club patron |
| Mario Simone | Elvis |
| Lorraine Smith | Herself |
| Brianna Tatiana | Female club patron |
| Henry Fleming Wood | Club patron #2 |
Appearances[]
Named characters
- Cristabel Abbott
- Nate Cooper
- June Phigg
- Johann Wulrich
- Cole Slawsen
- Arno Blount
- Mrs. Blunt
- Jane
- Randy
- Stan
- Evil Konieval
Unnamed characters
- Cheesy guy
- Club patron (I)
- Club patron (II)
- Extremely unattractive guy
- Female club patron
- Geek
- Little girl (I)
- Little girl (II)
- Little girl's dad
- Man on the pier
- Midget mime
- Yoga patron
- Yoga teacher
Locations
Items
Vocations
- Mime
- Teacher
Miscellaneous
- Albino
Notes[]
- The Hottie & the Nottie was filmed on location in Los Angeles, California.
- The Hottie & the Nottie was released to DVD in Region 1 format by Genius Products (TVN) and Liberation Entertainment on May 6th, 2008. [6]
- The Hottie & the Nottie was voted on Today's Ten: Worst of 2008 list by the New York Post. [7]
- This is Tom Putnam's third film as a director. He previously directed three film shorts and two documentaries.
- This movie marks the screenwriting debut of Heidi Ferrer on a feature film. She previously wrote the scripts for episodes of Wasteland, Dawson's Creek (2) and Black Scorpion.
Fun Facts[]
- The tagline for this film is, "Love never needed to be so blind." Another tagline used on promotional posters includes the phrase "That's hot" placed near Paris Hilton and "That's not" placed near Christine Lakin on the poster.
- The title of the film is taken from the Internet rating site, "Hot or Not", in which users could upload photographs of themselves or others allowing others to vote as to whether they considered them attractive or not.
- Paris Hilton won the Razzie Award for the category of Worst Actress in 2009.
- Paris Hilton, Joel David Moore and Christine Lakin all won the 2009 Razzie Award for the category of Worst Screen Couple. Joel David Moore and Christine Lakin's placement in the category was interchangeable.
Recommendations[]
- 2001: A Space Odyssey - Because its better.
- Beetlejuice - Because its better.
- Beverly Hills Cop - Because its better.
- Garfield - Because its better (barely).
- Halloween - Because its better.
External Links[]
- The Hottie & the Nottie at AMG
- The Hottie & the Nottie at IMDB
- The Hottie & the Nottie at Wikipedia
- The Hottie & the Nottie at Metacritic
- The Hottie & the Nottie at Themoviedb.org
- The Hottie & the Nottie at Rotten Tomatoes
References[]
- ↑ Co-producer Joshua Lekach is credited as Josh Lekach in this film.
- ↑ Editor Jim Miley is credited as James Miley in this film.
- ↑ Limited theatrical release only; IMDB; The Hottie & the Nottie (2008); Release info
- ↑ IMDB; The Hottie & the Nottie (2008); Box office & business
- ↑ IMDB; The Hottie & the Nottie (2008); Box office & business
- ↑ Amazon.com; The Hottie & the Nottie (2008); DVD
- ↑ New York Post; Today's Ten: Worst of 2008
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