Superstar (1999)

Director:

Bruce McCulloch

Writers (WGA):

Molly Shannon (character)
Steve Koren (written by)

Release Date:

8 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Dare to dream.

Plot:

Yet another SNL skit-turned movie. In this one, Molly Shannon plays nerdy Catholic schoolgirl, Mary Katherine Gallagher, who's dreaming of superstardom.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Teenage Girl | Catholic School | Stuttering | Talent Show

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Molly Shannon	...	Mary Katherine Gallagher
Will Ferrell	...	Sky Corrigan / Jesus
Elaine Hendrix	...	Evian Carrie Graham
Harland Williams	...	Eric Slater
Mark McKinney	...	Father Tylenol Ritley
Glynis Johns	...	Grandma Gallagher
Jason Blicker	...	Howard Feinstein
Gerry Bamman	...	Father John Insomnic
Emmy Laybourne	...	Helen Lewengrub
Jennifer Irwin	...	Maria Ganitisis
Rob Stefaniuk	...	Thomas Smith
Natalie Radford	...	Autumn Winters
Karyn Dwyer	...	Summer Falls
Tom Green	...	Dylan Schmultz-Plutzker
Chuck Campbell	...	Owen Flanagan

Also Known As:

Superstar (Spain) [es]
Superstar (France) [fr]
Superstar - Trau' dich zu träumen (Germany) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor and language.

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | South Korea:15 | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:6 | New Zealand:M | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

SNL Studios

Trivia:

Every car seen in the movie (with the exception of the opening sequence) is either a lime green or black new Volkswagen Beetle. The cars in the opening sequence are all classic VW Beetles.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the beginning of the movie when Mary is describing her house she says she has the ugliest house, yard, and dog. But in that scene the dog is a different dog from the dog in the rest of the movie.

Quotes:

Mary Katherine Gallagher: Are you aware that I am rubber, and you are glue, and whatever you say to me bounces off, of me, and sticks to you? So put that in your, back pocket.

Movie Connections:

Features Carrie (1976)

Soundtrack:

WONDERWALL

Are you kidding me? I LOVE this movie

This movie is the funniest SNL movie ever. Another commenter said it was just about better than A Night at the Roxbury, but I thought that movie was good too.

Molly Shannon delivers a great performance as Mary Katherine Galligar, the weirdo that has always wanted to be a movie star so that she can get a movie star kiss. I love all of the comebacks she makes because they are so out of nowhere and are original. Will Ferral is also a laugh out loud as the hot football player of Mary's dreams, Sky.

I saw this movie in first grade and used a few of the comebacks Mary made when I was having a fight with a mean girl in my class, and she never bothered me again!

****outta***** see this movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!