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She's the Man is a 2006 American romantic comedy and teen film directed by Andy Fickman. The screenplay was written by Kirsten Smith, based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The cast includes Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, and David Cross. Produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, Tom Rosenberg, and Gary Lucchesi, the film was produced by Lakeshore Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix.
The movie features association football as its main subject and sport. It was filmed in Vancouver and composed by Nathan Wang. The film has a runtime of 102 to 105 minutes and was released in English. Its budget was 20,000,000, with a reported revenue of 57,194,667. The film is also categorized as an LGBTQ-related film.
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6.8Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.
Cast
- Amanda Bynes as Viola
- Channing Tatum as Duke
- Laura Ramsey as Olivia
- Vinnie Jones as Dinklage
- David Cross as Gold
- Julie Hagerty as Daphne
Themes
- high school
- sports
- boarding school
- roommates
- twin sister
- fake identity
- mistaken identity
- twin brother
- cross dressing
- football (soccer)
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Andy Fickman
- Screenplay by
- Ewan Leslie Karen McCullah Lutz Kirsten Smith
- Story by
- Ewan Leslie
- Based on
- Twelfth Night by, William Shakespeare
- Produced by
- Lauren Shuler Donner Tom Rosenberg Gary Lucchesi
- Starring
- Amanda Bynes Channing Tatum Laura Ramsey Vinnie Jones Robert Hoffman Alex Breckenridge Julie Hagerty David Cross
- Cinematography
- Greg Gardiner
- Edited by
- Michael Jablow
- Music by
- Nathan Wang
- Production companies
- DreamWorks Pictures Lakeshore Entertainment The Donners' Company
- Distributed by
- DreamWorks Distribution, LLC Paramount Pictures (United States) Lakeshore Entertainment (Overseas)
- Release date
- March 17, 2006 ( 2006-03-17 )
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $20–25 million
- Box office
- $57.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Twelfth Night
- Main subject
- association football
- Director
- Andy Fickman
- Screenwriter
- Kirsten Smith
- Cast member
- Brandon Jay McLaren
- Composer
- Nathan Wang
- Producer
- Gary Lucchesi
- Production company
- Lakeshore Entertainment
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 862759
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.shestheman-themovie.com
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- publication date
- 2006-09-21
- title
- She's the Man
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- William Shakespeare
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- review score
- 45/100
- facet of
- shemale
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Encyclopedic overview
She's the Man is a 2006 American romantic comedy teen sports film directed by Andy Fickman and starring Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Vinnie Jones, and David Cross. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, the film centers on teenager Viola Hastings, who enrolls at her brother's new boarding school, Illyria Prep, in his place and pretends to be a boy in order to play on the boys' soccer team.
She's the Man emerged as a moderate commercial success, grossing $57.2 million against a budget of $20–25 million. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but Bynes's performance was universally praised and developed a cult following.
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