June 11th sees the UK release of the latest movie from the people behind the
hit comedy "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". Funny.co.uk are lucky enough to
have an exclusive clip from the movie which should be right up your street if
you enjoyed "MBFGW".
Click on the links below to watch the clips or read on for the full press
release about the film.
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You can also check out the full theatrical trailer here:
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Connie (NIA VARDALOS) and Carla (TONI COLLETTE) are two small-town girls
whose dreams of stardom have taken them nowhere.
From their debut in a school cafeteria to their current gig slinging drinks
and belting out tunes at a Midwestern airport lounge, the singing and dancing
duo simply refuse to let the less-than-enthusiastic crowd response dampen their
show biz drive. For Connie and Carla, everything's coming up roses, naysaying
boyfriends and snoring audience members notwithstanding.
The girls lose one of their few supporters when their boss Frank ends up on
the wrong end of a criminal deal-a scene they unfortunately happen to witness.
Quicker than a fast change in the second act, Connie and Carla pack up their
battered dreams and extensive assortment of wigs and costumes and hit the road,
running for their lives.
Convinced the killers will never look for them in a place utterly devoid of
culture (a.k.a. dinner theater), the pair ends up in the Land of Dreamers, Los
Angeles. In a new place with new identities, they create a cover (with a lot of
cover-up) that makes them the toast of the town-headlining in a local drag club,
they soon find the acclaim that has always eluded them, singing the show tunes
they've always loved. Being famous is their dream come true-who cares if it
includes a tiny little lie?-but trying to keep their secret turns out to be a
real drag, especially when Connie meets Jeff (DAVID DUCHOVNY), a real nice guy
she'd really like to be a real girl with.
Connie and Carla is the comedy that proves if you follow your dream, there's
no telling what you'll become.
Nia Vardalos, the OscarŽ-nominated writer and star of My Big Fat Greek
Wedding, the highest grossing romantic comedy and independent film of all time
and the fifth highest grossing film of 2002, follows up that smash hit with the
new comedy Connie and Carla, again in double roles as both screenwriter and star
(as well as executive-producing). Starring alongside Vardalos is Academy AwardŽ
and Tony nominee Toni Collette (About a Boy, The Sixth Sense), both of whom are
joined by a multifaceted cast that includes STEPHEN SPINELLA (Tony winner for
Broadway's Angels in America), DASH MIHOK (Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's
Romeo + Juliet), ALEC MAPA (Broadway's M. Butterfly) and David Duchovny
(Evolution, The X Files).
Heading the team bringing Vardalos' script to the screen is television comedy
veteran MICHAEL LEMBECK, who scored a hit with his feature film directorial
debut, The Santa Clause 2. Spyglass Entertainment's (Seabiscuit, Bruce Almighty,
The Sixth Sense), ROGER BIRNBAUM, GARY BARBER and JONATHAN GLICKMAN serve as
producers. Vardalos, RITA WILSON (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and PETER SAFRAN (My
Baby's Daddy) serve as executive producers, with WARREN CARR (TNT's Door to
Door) co-producing.
Charged with creating the manic world of women pretending to be men
pretending to be women is a list of behind-the-camera talent that includes
director of photography RICHARD GREATREX, B.S.C. (OscarŽ-nominated for
Shakespeare in Love); production designer JASNA STEFANOVIC (Honey); film editor
DAVID FINFER (The Santa Clause 2); costume designer RUTH MYERS (two-time OscarŽ
nominee for Emma and The Addams Family); and composer RANDY EDELMAN (The Whole
Nine Yards).