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Mariah Skylight WISE GIRLS Premiered at Sundance Festival – Utah
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WISE GIRLS
Wise
Girls
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Mariah Carey, Melora Walters, Anthony Alessandro, Christian Maelen Director: David
Anspaugh Distributed by: Lion’s Gate
Entertainment / Champion Entertainment / Essential Films / GH/Blind Share Pictures Year: 2001 "Wise Girls" is Mariah Carey's latest movie project.
The independent movie, which also stars Academy Award winning actress Mira
Sorvino and Melora Walters of "Magnolia", is about Meg (Sorvino), a
med school graduate who after her fiancé's death takes a job as a waitresses
at an apparantly mob-owned restaurant. She befriends two other waitresses,
Raychel (Carey) and Kate (Walters), but they all end up getting involved in
their bosses' unlawful business. The movie is directed by David Anspaugh,
written by newcomer John Meadows and budgeted at about $10 million. Mariah
plays Raychel, a loudmouth waitress from Staten Island. "Wise
Girls" had an industry screening at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival on
January 13 and was very well received by both critics and audience. The film
is currently scheduled for showing on HBO in the summer and for video release
in early 2003. |
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