Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, written by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, and Caryn Lucas, and produced by and starring Sandra Bullock as Gracie Hart, a tomboy agent who is asked by the FBI to go undercover as a contestant when a terrorist threatens to bomb the Miss United States pageant. Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen, William Shatner, and Ernie Hudson star in supporting roles.
Plot
In 1982, 10-year-old Gracie Hart breaks up a school fight between two boys, one of whom is a bully and the other, her crush. The boy she likes is humiliated, being saved by a girl, and he rudely rejects her; Gracie punches him and the latter leaves.
More details
author | Katie Ford Marc Lawrence |
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contentLocation | Texas |
director | Donald Petrie |
editor | Billy Weber |
events | Infiltration Miss USA terrorism |
genre | action comedy crime |
keywords | animal rights arrest beauty pageant bomb threat choke crime boss criminal record domestic terrorist fbi fbi agent federal bureau of investigation food poisoning glass harp how to mc miss new jersey miss rhode island miss united states mob boss mobster morning new jersey one night poison rhode island san antonio texas special agent talent competition their way understand want |
musicBy | Edward Shearmur |
producer | Sandra Bullock |
productionCompany | Castle Rock Entertainment Fortis Films NPV Entertainment Village Roadshow Pictures |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
recordedAt | New York City |
theme | action comedy crime comedy gangster police police comedy |