Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous

Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous
Directed by	Steve Miner
Produced by	Bill Gerber Denise Di Novi
Written by	April Blair Kelly Bowe
Starring	Jessica Simpson Vivica A. Fox Olesya Rulin Steve Guttenberg Aimee Garcia
Music by	Dennis Smith
Cinematography	Patrick Cady
Editing by	Nathan Easterling
Distributed by	Sony Pictures/Screen Gems
Release date(s)	2008-10-09  Russia 2008-11-07  Bulgaria 2009-02-03  USA (DVD) 2009-05-18  UK (DVD)
Running time	98 mins
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$30,000,000
Box office	$103,971 [1]

Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous or Major Movie Star 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.^[2]

Plot

When fluffy bubble-gum movie 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 U.S. 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.

Cast

• Jessica Simpson as Private Megan Valentine
• Vivica A. Fox as 1SG Louisa Morley
• Olesya Rulin as Petrovich
• Steve Guttenberg as Sidney Green
• Aimee Garcia as Vicky Castillo
• Ryan Sypek as SSG Mills Evans
• Keiko Agena as Private Hailey Hamamori
• Cheri Oteri as PVT Jeter
• Bryce Johnson as Derek O'Grady
• Michael Hitchcock as Nigel
• Michael Vlcej as SPC Hooper (not credited)
• Travis Schuldt as SFC Harrison (as Trevor Schuldt)

Production notes

This movie is set at Fort Jackson, which is a real Army training base. The movie was filmed, however, at Camp Minden, a Louisiana National Guard Camp located in Minden, Louisiana, United States.

Promotion

Simpson went to Cannes to promote the movie. She appeared on many talk shows and was interviewed by many magazines to promote the film.^{[clarification needed][citation needed]}

Releases

The film was released in Russia on 9 October 2008 and in Bulgaria on 7 November 2008.^[3]

DVD release

The film was released on DVD on 3 February 2009 in the United States under the new name Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous.^[4] The film was released in the United Kingdom under the old name of Major Movie Star on 18 May 2009.^[3]

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

On the 29 October 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

References

1. ^ "MAJOR MOVIE STAR (A.K.A. PRIVATE VALENTINE: BLONDE & DANGEROUS)". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&view=bycountry&id=_fMAJORMOVIESTARA01. Retrieved 7 August 2011. 
2. ^ Baker, KC (2007-05-03). "Jessica Simpson to Join the Marine Corps – on Film". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20037551,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-23. 
3. ^ ^{a b} IMDB (2010). Major Movie Star. Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034320/.
4. ^ Us Magazine (2008-10-31). Jessica Simpson's Major Movie Star Goes Straight to DVD in America. Us Magazine, 31 October 2008. Retrieved from http://omg.yahoo.com/news/jessica-simpsons-major-movie-star-goes-straight-to-dvd-in-america/14847?nc/.
5. ^ "October 29, 2008". Conan O'Brien. Late Night with Conan O'Brien. NBC. 2008-10-29.
6. ^ "October 30, 2008". Conan O'Brien. Late Night with Conan O'Brien. NBC. 2008-10-30.

External links

• Major Movie Star at the Internet Movie Database
• Official DVD trailer
• Sony Pictures DVD Site
• http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/catalog/catalogDetail_DVD043396274310.html