Coyote Ugly (film)

Coyote Ugly
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Directed by	David McNally
Produced by	Jerry Bruckheimer Chad Oman
Written by	Todd Graff Gina Wendkos Uncredited: Kevin Smith
Starring	Piper Perabo Adam Garcia Maria Bello Izabella Miko Tyra Banks John Goodman
Music by	Trevor Horn
Cinematography	Amir M. Mokri
Edited by	William Goldenberg
Production companies	Touchstone Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date	August 4, 2000 (2000-08-04)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$45 million
Box office	$113.9 million

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Entertainment Weekly	D

More Music from Coyote Ugly
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	January 28, 2003
Genre	Pop
Length	40:34
Label	Curb
Producer	Jerry Bruckheimer, Kathy Nelson, Mike Curb, Trevor Horn, Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Greg Ladayi, Ralph Jezzard, Snap!, John Boylan, Micheal Lloyd, Don Cook, Chris Waters, Brad Gilderman, Harvey Mason, Jr.

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Coyote Ugly is a 2000 American romantic musical comedy-drama film based on the actual Coyote Ugly Saloon, set in New York City. The film stars Piper Perabo and Adam Garcia. It was directed by David McNally, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman and written by Gina Wendkos.

Violet Sanford leaves her hometown of South Amboy, New Jersey, her father Bill, and best friend Gloria to pursue her dreams of becoming a songwriter in nearby New York City. The pizza shop where she works has a wall covered with the autographs of employees that left, hoping to make it big, and Violet adds hers to the wall.

Violet tries unsuccessfully, a lot of times, to get her demo tape noticed by the recording studios. One night, she tries to get herself noticed by a music industry scout. The bartender jokingly points out Kevin O'Donnell, making her believe that he is the bar owner. When the joke is discovered, Violet feels that Kevin was making a fool out of her. With only a few dollars left in her pocket after her apartment is robbed, she goes to an all-night diner and notices three girls, Cammie, Rachel, and Zoe, flaunting the hundreds of dollars in tips they earned. After inquiring, she finds out that they work at a trendy bar named Coyote Ugly.

She finds her way to the bar and convinces the bar owner Lil to give her an audition. Violet's first audition does not go well; but after breaking up a fight between two customers, Lil agrees to give her a second audition. At her second audition, Violet douses the fire warden in water costing Lil $250. In order to keep her job, she has to make up $250 in one night. Kevin turns up at the bar, but ends up being auctioned off to one of the women in the bar. In order to pay off her debt to Kevin, Violet agrees to go on four dates with him. The two begin a relationship.

Kevin commits himself to helping Violet overcome her stage fright so that she can sell her music. Violet's stage fright was shown to be inherited from her mother who also came to New York to be a singer. Also shown is Violet's ability to sing to songs that she did not write. This fact is verified when she sings on the bar in the bar in order to save the necks of Cammie and Rachel, who were trying to break up a fight between the customers.