Story of movie Major Movie Star : Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (also known as Major Movie Star in the United Kingdom) is a 2008 comedy film starring Jessica Simpson. Simpson plays the title role of Megan Valentine in the comedy, about a down-on-her-luck actress who enlists in the United States Army.
| Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous | |
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| Directed by | Steve Miner |
| Produced by | Bill Gerber Denise Di Novi |
| Written by | April Blair Kelly Bowe |
| Starring | Jessica Simpson Vivica A. Fox Ryan Sypek Olesya Rulin Cheri Oteri Jill Marie Jones Keiko Agena Aimee Garcia |
| Music by | Dennis Smith |
| Cinematography | Patrick Cady |
| Edited by | Nathan Easterling |
Production company | Emmett/Furla Films |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures/Screen Gems |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30,000,000 |
Screenplay
When fluffy bubble-gum film star Megan Valentine (Jessica Simpson) suddenly finds herself broke and humiliated in the public eye, she wanders from the wreckage of a car accident and witlessly enlists in the United States Army, hoping in vain that it will change her life. The spoiled actress immediately finds herself at odds with her tough drill sergeants and the harsh discipline of Army life, leading to many humorous situations. In the end, however, Valentine wins the respect of her fellow trainees, and they all graduate together. She also gets her house back and the money that she lost. In the end she changes and becomes a better person.
- Jessica Simpson as Private Megan Valentine
- Vivica A. Fox as Sergeant Louisa Morley
- Ryan Sypek as Sergeant Mills Evans
- Olesya Rulin as Private Elisa Petrovich
- Jill Marie Jones as Private Connie Johnson
- Keiko Agena as Private Hailey Hamamori
- Aimee Garcia as Private Vicky Castillo
- Cheri Oteri as Private Sarah Jeter
- Gary Grubbs as Captain Peter Greer
- Andy Milonakis as Joe Kidd
- Steve Guttenberg as Sidney Green
- Michael Hitchcock as Nigel Crew
- Bryce Johnson as Derek O'Grady
- Katie Chonacas as Amber
- Travis Schuldt as SFC Harrison
- Kurt Fuller as Cousin Barry
- Lara Grice as Jinny Valentine
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous is set at Fort Jackson, which is a real Army training base. It was filmed, however, at Camp Minden, a Louisiana National Guard Camp located in Minden, Louisiana, United States.
The film was released in Russia on October 9, 2008, and in Bulgaria on November 7, 2008.
The film was released in the United States straight to DVD as Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous on February 3, 2009. The film was released in the United Kingdom as Major Movie Star on May 18, 2009.
On the October 29, 2008, episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, host O'Brien brought up the movie and mentioned reports that Simpson's acting was "so bad" that it would not be released "in any country where English is the primary language". The show then displayed the poster, as they were refused a clip. The next night they played a clip from a bootleg copy before having recurring guest star James Lipton make a passionate plea to Simpson to reconsider her decision to withhold the film, saying the "bad defines the good" and the apparent "85 minute stinkbomb" of Major Movie Star would only help to highlight how good Schindler's List really was.
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