Smile

E668237

"Smile" is a 1975 satirical comedy film that skewers the absurdities of American beauty pageants and small-town ambition.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Smile canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn original screenplay
cinematographyBy Conrad Hall
costumeDesignFocus pageant costumes
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception generally positive
depicts adolescent insecurity
media exploitation
patriarchal attitudes
director Michael Ritchie
distributor United Artists
editedBy Richard A. Harris
filmFormat color
filmingLocation California
genre comedy film
satire
hasCultFollowing true
language English
mainTheme American beauty pageants
American middle-class values
commercialization of beauty
small-town ambition
musicBy Jerry Fielding
narrativeFocus behind-the-scenes pageant politics
contestants' personal struggles
hypocrisy of civic boosters
notableFor darkly comic tone
ensemble cast
satirical depiction of beauty pageants
originalLanguage English
portrays fictional Young American Miss beauty pageant
producer David V. Picker
productionCompany Jerry Belson Productions
releaseYear 1975
runtimeMinutes 113
screenwriter Jerry Belson
setting California
small-town America
stars Annette O'Toole
Barbara Feldon
Bruce Dern
Geoffrey Lewis
Melanie Griffith
Michael Kidd
Nicholas Pryor
timePeriodDepicted 1970s America

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daisies includedIn Smile
Colleen Camp notableWork Smile
Michael Ritchie directed Smile
Mika Boorem notableWork Smile