Smile

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"Smile" is a 1975 satirical comedy film that skewers the absurdities of American beauty pageants and small-town ambition.

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Smile canonical 5

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instanceOf film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy Conrad Hall ⓘ
costumeDesignFocus pageant costumes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive ⓘ
depicts adolescent insecurity ⓘ
media exploitation ⓘ
patriarchal attitudes ⓘ
director Michael Ritchie ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Richard A. Harris ⓘ
filmFormat color ⓘ
filmingLocation California ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme American beauty pageants ⓘ
American middle-class values ⓘ
commercialization of beauty ⓘ
small-town ambition ⓘ
musicBy Jerry Fielding ⓘ
narrativeFocus behind-the-scenes pageant politics ⓘ
contestants' personal struggles ⓘ
hypocrisy of civic boosters ⓘ
notableFor darkly comic tone ⓘ
ensemble cast ⓘ
satirical depiction of beauty pageants ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays fictional Young American Miss beauty pageant ⓘ
producer David V. Picker ⓘ
productionCompany Jerry Belson Productions ⓘ
releaseYear 1975 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 113 ⓘ
screenwriter Jerry Belson ⓘ
setting California ⓘ
small-town America ⓘ
stars Annette O'Toole ⓘ
Barbara Feldon ⓘ
Bruce Dern ⓘ
Geoffrey Lewis ⓘ
Melanie Griffith ⓘ
Michael Kidd ⓘ
Nicholas Pryor ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1970s America ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daisies → includedIn → Smile ⓘ
Colleen Camp → notableWork → Smile ⓘ
Michael Ritchie → directed → Smile ⓘ
Mika Boorem → notableWork → Smile ⓘ