Glitter
Glitter is a 2001 American romantic musical drama film written by Kate Lanier and directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall. It stars Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, and Terrence Howard. Carey plays Billie Frank, an aspiring singer who, along with her friends Louise (rapper Da Brat) and Roxanne (Tia Texada), is a club dancer. Music producer Timothy Walker (Howard) offers them a contract as backup singers/dancers to another singer. At the premiere of the song they record, Billie meets Julian "Dice" Black (Beesley), a nightclub DJ who helps establish her solo career. In the process, Billie and Dice fall in love.
Plot
In the 1970s, Lillian Frank is an alcoholic performer at a nightclub in danger of losing her job. In a last-ditch attempt, she tries to rouse the crowd with her torch song, "Lillie's Blues", with her daughter Billie accompanying her on vocals. The plot fails and Lillian is fired. A defeated Lillian lights a cigarette, but then accidentally falls asleep, starting a fire and causing the building to be evacuated. Due to her mother's actions, Billie is taken into a care home.
More details
| author | Kate Lanier |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Vondie Curtis-Hall |
| editor | Jeff Freeman |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | build care home lose loverboy madison square garden never too far news report record label record producer seclude voice write |
| musicBy | Terence Blanchard |
| producer | Laurence Mark |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Studios Columbia Pictures Laurence Mark |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International |
| recordedAt | Hamilton New York City Toronto |
| theme | musical musical drama romantic drama romantic musical |