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Release Date
• USA: Aug 18, 2006
BoxOffice: $11.3M
Official Website:
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MPAA Rating
Rated PG for language and rude humor.
Running Time
1 hour, 37 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Material Girls Productions LLC, Maverick Films, Patriot Pictures, Rafter H Entertainment
Studio MGM/UA
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Other Titles
• Material Girls (2006)
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family
Tagline: It's A Short Trip From The Penthouse To The Poorhouse.
Plot: To Ava (Haylie Duff) and Tanzie Marchetta (Hilary Duff), adult responsibilities are making sure their shoes are in season, getting into the right clubs, and, in Ava’s case, being engaged to the right TV star. Ava and Tanzie are the “face” of Marchetta Cosmetics, the mega-company their late father built from the ground up, and as a consequence they’ve never had to develop any skills beyond looking good. Other than the occasional board meeting or photo shoot, the sisters mostly let their father’s trusted partner, Tommy (Brent Spiner) and CFO Craig (Obba Babatundé), look after the company while their housekeeper, Inez (Maria Conchita Alonso), the only “mother” they’ve ever known, looks after their house.But when Tommy presents a takeover offer from their father’s arch-rival Fabiella (Anjelica Huston), Tanzie takes a stand. She secretly harbors dreams of becoming a chemist like her dad and shudders at the thought of Fabiella taking over what their father believed in so passionately. But Ava and Tanzie’s world is turned upside down when an investigative reporter breaks a blockbuster story that one of Marchetta’s best products is a health hazard. He even has footage of a disfigured victim to prove it. Suddenly, the news media is hounding the celebutantes for something other than
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Hilary Duff
Cheaper by the Dozen, A Cinderella Story, Human Nature |
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 | Anjelica Huston
The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Addams Family |
 | Brent Spiner
Independence Day, South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, The Aviator |
 | Lukas Haas
Mars Attacks!, Witness, Everyone Says I Love You |
 | Colleen Camp
Apocalypse Now, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Election |
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