Anna Nicole Smith
When a male alien intent on destroying the human race takes the form of a tough-talking female (Joanie "Chyna" Laurer) with more than enough muscle to take on an entire army of mortal men, it's up to a group of fierce intergalactic warriors to protect planet Earth from a cruel and grim fate in this sci-fi action extravaganza co-starring the late Anna Nicole Smith. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joanie "Chyna" Laurer, Anna Nicole Smith, (more)
Street Fury: Envy features beautiful women in revealing clothing alongside shots of some of the more alluring import cars from countries around the globe. This edition of the Street Fury series includes an appearance by model Anna Nicole Smith. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
A couple risks their lives in the name of all things fabulous in this comedy of errors, set against the backdrop of West Hollywood's annual Halloween Parade. Wasabi Tuna's title refers to the ho-hum sushi costumes that boyfriends Harvey (Barney Cheng) and Evan (Jason London) have dreamed up for themselves and their friends to wear to the big bash. But when their sassy pall Emme (Alanna Ubach) offers up another suggestion -- that they dress as hardcore East L.A. gangstas -- the couple jumps at the chance. However, when the boutiques on Rodeo Drive don't yield the authentic ghetto fashions they need, the friends hit the streets to beg, steal, or borrow what it takes to "look the part," and end up the unwitting carriers of an illegal cache of gang weaponry. Co-starring Antonio Sabato Jr., SNL funnyman Tim Meadows, and reality-TV widow Anna Nicole Smith (playing herself), Wasabi Tuna received a limited West Coast release in the spring of 2004. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Antonio Sabato, Jr., Jason London, (more)
- 2003
More tabloid filmmaking from the team responsible for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, this 75-minute cable documentary profiles America's favorite model turned-gold digger-turned-TV "star" Anna Nicole Smith. Launching her career as a centerfold model, the Texas-born Smith quickly rises to superstardom as a fashion model, catching the eye of much-older billionaire J. Howard Marshall. Her subsequent marriage to Marshall, who, upon his death, leaves her virtually his entire fortune, enrages the man's family, sparking a lawsuit over Smith's inheritance, although she ultimately emerges triumphant. Unfortunately, our heroine is not so successful in battling her twin demons of alcohol and drugs. To the amazement of everyone in the universe, a blowzy but unbowed Smith parlays her notoriety into one of cable TV's most successful reality series. While the basic visceral attraction of Dark Roots is obvious, the film has its poignant moments, especially when interviewing the people of Mexia, TX, who knew Smith before she was Anna Nicole. (The subject of the film is, perhaps significantly, never interviewed.) The documentary was originally broadcast over the Showtime cable network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- William H. Macy, Anna Nicole Smith, (more)
First-time filmmaker Vince Offer crashes through the outer limits of bad taste in this wildly outrageous collection of comedy sketches. Adapted from material Offer first worked out on a public-access television series, The Underground Comedy Movie includes a gender-switch parody of The Godfather, a cross-dressing version of Dirty Harry, a "Batman" who attacks criminals with a Louisville Slugger, the misadventures of a gay virgin out on the town, a take-off on Randy Newman's song (and music video) "I Love L.A.", a beauty pageant featuring bag ladies as contestants, swimmers being attacked by sharks while a lifeguard ogles beautiful women, and plenty of stuff not too rude to describe in this context. The cast includes Michael Clarke Duncan (in a bit shot before his rise to fame), Gena Lee Nolin, Slash, and Joey Buttafuoco. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gena Lee Nolin, Slash, (more)
In this high-flying, suspenseful actioner, a routine helicopter charter turns into a life-or-death situation when the pilot lands on a building and discovers it is overrun by terrorists led by a lunatic. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anna Nicole Smith, Richard Steinmetz, (more)
Someone is trying to get to West Coast gangster Frank DaVinci in this exploitational actioner. They are doing a good job too. So far, masked murderers have killed his bride and most of his henchmen. One of those gang members killed was the lover of the voluptuous Colette who decides to hide out until things settle down. Three months pass and finally Colette is able to get in touch with Frank in Las Vegas. She tells him that she is a CIA agent and that she and he are being stalked by a renegade agent, her former boss, Jameson. He wants her because he believes that she holds a CD-ROM that contains very incriminating information about his drug-smuggling activities in Vietnam. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anna Nicole Smith, Joey Travolta, (more)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen concocted this stylish screwball comedic amalgam of Frank Capra and Howard Hawks. Tim Robbins stars as Norville Barnes, a dull-wit from Muncie, Indiana who wrangles a job with the big Hudsucker Industries. He has a singular idea for a new children's toy that he wants to present to corporate executive Sidney J. Mussberger (Paul Newman). As he makes his way up to Mussberger's office, the company president Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning) is on his way down -- through the window of the forty-fourth floor boardroom! Hudsucker's death sets off a panic that Mussberger sees as an opportunity for taking over the company -- by installing a total incompetent in Hudsucker's place and devaluing the stock. When Barnes stumbles into Mussberger's office, Mussberger sees his pigeon and appoints Barnes as the new company president. The only problem is that the new product Barnes proposes for the company, the Hula Hoop, turns out to be a tremendous success, and Mussberger has difficulty manipulating his new corporate president. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, (more)
- 1994
- PG13
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The further misadventures of bumbling Los Angeles police Lieutenant Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) are chronicled in this third installment in the popular Naked Gun comedy series. This by-the-numbers entry begins with Drebin as a happily retired house-husband called back into action when an evil terrorist organization threatens Los Angeles. As in the other Naked Gun films, this plot is merely an excuse for an unhinged, rapid-fire succession of gags, ranging from satirical lampoons of cop movies to broad slapstick, all played with a perfectly straight face. Nielsen provides his familiar combination of complete witlessness and oblivious dignity as Drebin, and the film attempts to match the earlier Naked Gun films -- and the Police Squad! television series that inspired them -- in the number of jokes. However, the film proved less successful than its predecessors, as some viewers found that the freewheeling comic style of the earlier films had solidified into its own formula, now mildly entertaining but disappointingly predictable. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, (more)
Biography: Anna Nicole Smith documents the life of the troubled model who rose to fame in the pages of adult magazines before becoming a Guess jeans model, and a tabloid fixture upon her marriage to an elderly millionaire. Her protracted legal battle over his estate, as well as her outlandish public behavior made her a tabloid fixture. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anna Nicole Smith
