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Crossroads is a 2002 movie directed by Tamra Davis. It stars pop diva Britney Spears in her first major movie role. In the film, Spears plays teenage Lucy, the lead character. It is rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief teen drinking. The film also featured a few explicit songs that were edited to avoid an R rating.^{[citation needed]} 2002 Crossroads movie poster. ... Tamra Davis (born January 22, 1962) is an American film director. ... Shonda Rhimes (born January 13, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) is a screenwriter, director and producer. ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... Anson Mount (b. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress, fashion designer, dancer and singer/songwriter. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... Kim Victoria Cattrall (born August 21, 1956, in Liverpool, England) is an English-born Canadian actress. ... Justin Jake Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, best known for his performances in the films Jeepers Creepers, Waiting. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... Image File history File links Acap. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Tamra Davis (born January 22, 1962) is an American film director. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ...

Plot

The movie starts out with three young girls from Georgia, Lucy (Britney Spears), Mimi (Taryn Manning) and Kit (Zoë Saldaña) burying a "wish box" in the ground. They vow to dig it up on the night of their high school graduation. They also all pledge to stay best friends forever... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress, fashion designer, dancer and singer/songwriter. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The present day, Lucy is dancing on her bed in her underwear to Madonna. Her father Pete (Dan Aykroyd) comes in. Lucy is a valedictorian at her school and today is graduation. She, Mimi and Kit are no longer friends. Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ...

Mimi is seen as trailer trash, even more so because she is pregnant. Kit is the popular homecoming queen who is engaged to be married to Dylan (Richard Voll), a college student in L.A. Lucy is the smart girl with perfect grades. She wants to pursue music in college while her father wants her to become a doctor. Lucy's mom left when Lucy was three and now lives in Arizona. Lucy is disappointed that she didn't get to experience high school like everyone else because she was always studying. Her father assures her that she is better because of it.

That night all the seniors are at a big party. Mimi tries to persuade Kit and Lucy to come and dig up the box, but they refuse as they already have plans. Lucy and her lab partner Henry (Justin Long) have agreed to sleep with each other in order to avoid being friendless due to being virgins, and Kit just wants to party. Justin Jake Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, best known for his performances in the films Jeepers Creepers, Waiting. ...

Later, at the place where they buried the box, Mimi goes to dig it up. She is surprised to see both Lucy and Kit there. Lucy decided not to sleep with her lab partner because she wants her first time to be special. They realize that their dreams haven't come true. Mimi says that she is going to fulfill her dream to see the world by leaving for LA to enter a singing contest. She invites the others to come if they want to. Lucy's dream was to see her Mom and goes on the trip to be dropped off in Arizona to meet her. Kit's wish was to be happily married so she goes to visit her fiance in LA. Ben (Anson Mount), a cute guitarist, has agreed to drive them. Anson Mount (b. ...

The girls are still all stiff around each other so for a while the trip is dull and filled with tension. They stop at a shabby motel to stay the first night where they realize that they only have $400 dollars and will have to spend wisely.

As they are driving the next day their car breaks down. Lucy recognizes the problem immediately, because her father is a mechanic. However, the group doesn't have enough money to repair it. They decide to have Mimi perform Karaoke to win some money, but she chickens out and Lucy is forced to step in. The girls are great and they earn enough money to repair their car and to last them the rest of the trip. They stay in a really nice hotel and spend all night talking and sharing experiences. Lucy is really scared about meeting her mother. Mimi isn't really a party girl like everyone thought. In fact the only time she has partied was at Christmas when she got really drunk. She took a ride home from a guy who drank from a blue bottle and raped her. She is going to raise the baby by herself. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (900x600, 75 KB) // Britney Spears alongside Anson Mount in 2002 film Crossroads Studio still photo belongs too a movie which was produces by Filmco Enterprises Inc. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (900x600, 75 KB) // Britney Spears alongside Anson Mount in 2002 film Crossroads Studio still photo belongs too a movie which was produces by Filmco Enterprises Inc. ...

The group continues on the next morning. Lucy and Ben are becoming very close. She even shares her poetry with him. She reads him a poem called "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman" and he later puts it to music for her.

When they finally arrive in Arizona, Lucy leaves the group and goes to meet her mother. However when Lucy finally meets her she realises that Caroline (Kim Catrall) is very cruel and patronizing. She remarried and has two sons, Lucy's half brothers, who didn't even know about her. Lucy realises that her father was right about her mother and feels unwanted so goes to the hotel that the group is staying at and tearfully tells them the rest. Her mom told her that she was an accident and that her father forced her Mom to have Lucy. Ben listens to her and they become closer. Kim Cattrall Kim Cattrall (born Clare Woodgate on August 21, 1956) is a Canadian-American actress born in Liverpool, England. ...

At last they arrive in LA. One day, before the contest, Mimi and Kit go out sightseeing. Kit wants to go and visit her fiance, Dylan. When they arrive, they discover another woman in his room. Kit then notices the blue beer bottle in Dylan's hand and realizes that he was the man who raped Mimi. Mimi starts to run away, ashamed, and trips down some stairs. She is rushed to the hospital.

At the same time Lucy and Ben are having sex back in the hotel room. They receive a phone call and rush to the hospital, where they hear from Mimi that she lost the baby and is heartbroken. Lucy stays in the hospital for a while. During that time she calls her father who immediately flies to LA. He starts to take all of the girls to the airport when Lucy tells him that she is staying and runs to Ben, and they kiss.

At the contest, Lucy sings her song "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman." Then the movie cuts again to the beach where the girls are burying a new wishbox, to forget about their past. They pledge to be there for each other always.

Cast

Kim Catrall revealed she constantly listened to Britney Spears music in her trailer during filming for Sex and the City. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... Anson Mount (b. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress, fashion designer, dancer and singer/songwriter. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... Kim Victoria Cattrall (born August 21, 1956, in Liverpool, England) is an English-born Canadian actress. ... Justin Jake Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, best known for his performances in the films Jeepers Creepers, Waiting. ... Beverly Johnson (born 13 October 1952) is a former American supermodel. ... Mohandas Dewese (born 8 August 1962), better known as Kool Moe Dee, was an American old-school rapper prominent in the late 1980s and early 90s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kim Cattrall Kim Cattrall (born Clare Woodgate on August 21, 1956) is a Canadian-American actress born in Liverpool, England. ... Sex and the City is a popular American cable television program. ...

Filming locations

According to a DVD feature, Crossroads was shot in exactly 40 days. Los Angeles, California; Malibu, California; Santa Clarita, California; Studio City, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Kenner, Louisiana; Metairie, Louisiana. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government - Type Mayor-Council - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo - Governing body City Council Area - City 498. ... Location of Malibu in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government - Mayor Ken Kearsley [1] Area - City 100. ... Location of Santa Clarita in California and Los Angeles County Coordinates: , Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated December 15, 1987 Government - Mayor Marsha McLean - Mayor Pro-Tem Bob Kellar - City Council Frank Ferry Laurene Weste TimBen Boydston - City Manager Ken Pulskamp Area - City 47. ... Studio City is a district in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. ... NOLA redirects here. ... Kenner is a suburb of New Orleans that has a population of 70,517 (census 2000). ... , Metairie (local pronunciations , ) is a suburb of New Orleans. ...

Soundtrack

The film featured three Britney's songs from her self-titled album: "Overprotected", "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" and "I Love Rock 'N' Roll". An original CD soundtrack was released with six songs taken from the movie. Crossroads is the first (and only one to date) soundtrack released by Britney Spears. ... Britney is the third studio album from American pop singer Britney Spears. ... Overprotected is a pop/dance song by American pop singer Britney Spears released from the album Britney. ... Im Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman is the third single released from the album Britney It was released as the second single in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2001 and the third single in countries such as Australia and the UK. The song was... I Love Rock n Roll is a rock and roll song, written in 1975 by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker of The Arrows, a UK based rock band. ...

Response/Box office

The movie was produced on a budget of US$12 million, and earned more than $37 million in the United States. The movie earned $24 million in foreign sales; a total worldwide sale of $61,141,030. In the perspective of pop star debuts, Britney Spears is number 13, and number 10 in MTV Brand movies. The movie received mixed reviews, many panning the film and called it predictable, after school special, bland and stated it wasn't appropriate for Britney's young fans. There were some positive responses to Spears' acting; sources such as E! said that Spear's breezy acting style was more enjoyable to watch than fellow pop-stars-turned-actresses Mandy Moore and Mariah Carey. [1] It also received two MTV Movie Award nominations. Ebert and Roeper on their show said that the film was melodramatic, Britney couldn't act, and that Anson Mount was too old and looked too old to play the huncky Ben. They did say he was handsome enough. They also believed that the film's PG-13 rating was too liberal because of its mature content. Leonard Maltin give it 2 1/2 out of 4 stars and said it was an innocous, predictable teen fare with a few serious moments. He did however, praise Britney for not wasting her time showing her underwear. E!: Entertainment Television is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite network. ... Amanda Mandy Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, and actress. ... The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV (Music Television). ... Leonard Maltin (born December 18, 1950 in New York City) is a widely known and respected American film critic. ...

Awards and nominations

Trivia

Some of the films running titles were "What Friends Are For" and "Just A Girl."^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...

One of the highest grossing movies in Japan, due to Britney Spears popularity in Japan.^{[citation needed]}

External links

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