White Chicks
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| Directed by | Keenen Ivory Wayans |
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| Music by | Teddy Castellucci |
| Cinematography | Steven Bernstein |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $37 million |
| Box office | $113.1 million |
White Chicks is a 2004 American costume drama  film written, produced and directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, and also written and produced by Wayans brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans, who both starred in the lead roles.
Produced by Revolution Studios and distributed by Columbia Pictures, the plot revolves around whiteface drag, as two African American male FBI agents disguise themselves as two white women.
The film was theatrically released in the United States on June 23, 2004. Despite negative critical reviews, the film was a financial success, earning $113.1 million worldwide against a budget of $37 million. The film has since become a cult film.
The plot begins in a convenience store where two FBI agents and brothers, Kevin Copeland and Marcus Copeland (Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans), try to capture members of an organization that sells drugs inside ice cream boxes, posing as Dominican clerks. Unfortunately, the first arrival turns out to be a genuine ice cream delivery, and the actual drug dealers manage to get away. The situation is worsened by the fact that Kevin and Marcus have decided to resolve this bust by themselves.
The FBI supervisor, Elliott Gordon (Frankie Faison), gives the two agents a last chance to remain in the FBI by giving them the duty of protecting the mega-rich billionaire cruise line heiresses Brittany and Tiffany Wilson (Maitland Ward and Anne Dudek), who are arriving in town for Labour Day Weekend in the Hamptons, from a kidnapping plot (known as the socialite kidnappings). When the Wilson sisters get minor facial cuts in a car accident, Kevin convinces them to stay in the hotel all weekend. Kevin and Marcus then disguise themselves as the Wilson sisters in order to save their jobs.
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