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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 Melanie Lynskey 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 her best friend Gloria, in order to pursue her dreams of becoming a songwriter in nearby New York City. She lands a job at a pizza shop which has a wall covered with autographs of employees that left, hoping to make it big, and Violet adds hers.

Violet tries multiple times to get her demo tape noticed by the recording studios but is unsuccessful. 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 she discovers the joke, Violet feels hurt because she thinks Kevin was trying to make her look foolish. 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 Violet breaks up a fight between two customers, Lil gives her a second audition. At her second audition, Violet douses the fire warden in water which costs Lil $250. However, Lil decides she can work at the bar if she can make up $250 in one night. Kevin turns up at the bar, and Violet auctions him off to another woman at the bar to earn the money. Kevin tells Violet that he owes her, so she 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 inherited her stage fright from her now deceased mother, who also moved to New York in her youth to pursue her dreams of singing. Violet's stage fright mostly extends to singing her original pieces, as she sings in the bar to help Cammie and Rachel, who are trying to break up a fight between customers.