She's the Man

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She's the Man
Movie poster for She's the Man
Directed by	Andy Fickman
Produced by	Lauren Shuler Donner Ewan Leslie
Written by	William Shakespeare (play) Ewan Leslie (story by and screenplay) Karen McCullah Lutz Kirsten Smith
Starring	Amanda Bynes James Kirk Julie Hagerty Channing Tatum Laura Ramsey Robert Hoffman Alex Breckenridge Emily Perkins Amanda Crew Jonathan Sadowski James Snyder Clifton Murray David Cross Vinnie Jones Brandon Jay McLaren
Distributed by	USA DreamWorks Outside USA Lakeshore Entertainment
Release date(s)	March 17, 2006 (USA and Canada) April 6 2006 (Australia) April 7 2006 (UK)
Running time	105 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$20,000,000
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She's the Man is a 2006 film, starring Amanda Bynes and directed by Andy Fickman, based on William Shakespeare'splay Twelfth Night, or What You Will, though it also shares substantial similarities to Just One of the Guys and deals with high school politics as well. The film also stars Channing Tatum and co-stars David Cross. It was released on 17 March 2006 in the United States and Canada; 6 April 2006 in Australia; and 7 April 2006 in the United Kingdom.

1 Ensemble cast
2 Plot
3 References to Twelfth Night
4 External links

[edit] Ensemble cast

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The film was noted for its use of an ensemble cast; many of the stars of the film were already quite successful outside of the movie, unusual for a relatively low budget teen movie. Although She's the Man was a success at the box office, it has been much more successful through DVD sales and as the stars of the film become more famous, Amanda Bynes being in Hairspray and Channing Tatum in the new action film GI Joe with co-star Sienna Miller.

[edit] Plot

The movie starts at a pick-up soccer game at the beach. Justin (Robert Hoffman) tells his girlfriend Viola Hastings (Amanda Bynes) that she is a better player than half the guys on the Cornwall boys' soccer team. Soon after, the girls' soccer team is cut because not enough girls signed up. Viola and her team want to try out for the boys' team, but their pleas fall on the deaf ears of the Cornwall boys' coach. The coach insists that the girls cannot play with the boys because they are playing a rivalry game soon against Illyria, and the girls aren't good enough. As if that weren't enough, when Viola confronts Justin, the team's goalie, in front of his team about his statement at the beach, he denies ever saying it, causing Viola to end their relationship. Justin is visibly shocked by this but can say nothing in front of his coach and teammates.

Viola, whose parents are divorced, goes to her mother's house disappointed. She walks up the front walk of her house with her the hood of her sweatshirt up and listening to her iPod. She is confronted by Monique, the girlfriend of Viola's twin brother, Sebastian. Sebastian has apparently been ignoring Monique's calls, which Monique is upset about. After a conversation with her mother about what she will wear to the debutante ball, Viola finds her twin brother in his room. Sebastian is, coincidentally, a new student at Illyria, the rival school of Cornwall, Viola's school. Sebastian was kicked out of Cornwall. Sebastian tells Viola that he will be in London for two weeks to enter a contest with his rock band; he asks Viola to tell their mother that he will be staying with their father, vice versa, and to tell Illyria that he is sick. Viola decides instead to go to Illyria as her brother and play on the boys' soccer team there so that she can beat the Cornwall team and show Justin that she is a better player than anyone on his team. With the help of her stylist friend Paul (Jonathan Sadowski) and her companions Kia (Amanda Crew) and Yvonne (Jessica Lucas), Viola is transformed into "Sebastian," while learning to imitate the mannerisms of a boy.

At Illyria, Viola, posing as Sebastian, finds that she is living in a room with Duke Orsino (Channing Tatum), a good-looking striker on the soccer team. Duke and his friends think that Viola/Sebastian is very odd and can't believe that he/she would try out for the soccer team. To make her alter-ego seem cool, Viola recruits the help of Kia and Yvonne; with Paul's direction, they pretend to be "Sebastian's" ex-girlfriends who would give anything to get back together with him. Viola as Sebastian also dumps the real Sebastian's girlfriend during this scene. This instantly causes Duke and his friends to accept Sebastian/Viola into their group. Sadly, at tryouts Viola is made second ring and finds that she won't play in the game against Cornwall.

Soon, Viola finds that she has fallen in love with Duke. However, Duke is interested in Viola's lab partner, Olivia (Laura Ramsey). In exchange for Viola getting Duke in with Olivia, Duke agrees to put in extra practice time with her so that she can make the first string of the soccer team in time for the game against Cornwall. All of her extra work catches the eye of Coach Dinklage (Vinnie Jones), who promotes her to first string.

Meanwhile, Olivia falls in love with "Sebastian," and realising that "Sebastian" is not interested in her, decides to go out with Duke to make Sebastian jealous. Viola, who knows Olivia's plans but is still jealous that Olivia is with Duke, tells Duke not to go out with Olivia and suggests he go out with "her sister," who in actuality is Viola herself. Monique soon finds out about Viola being a girl with the help of Malcolm and they plan to tell the principal at the Cornwall game.

One night, however, everything really is undone when the real Sebastian comes home from London early. As he arrives at Illyria, Olivia runs up to Sebastian and kisses him, revealing to him that she has feelings for him. Duke sees this and confronts Viola in their room, kicking her out. Viola ends up sleeping in Eunice's dorm, while Sebastian ends up sleeping in his room, thinking that Viola has set up his stuff in the dorm.

On the day of the big game, everything becomes unraveled. Monique and Malcolm reveal the truth about Viola to Principal Gold. Both Viola and Sebastian's parents, Daphne and Rodger (John Pyper-Ferguson), find out that neither of their kids have been staying with the other. Because Viola has slept in, the real Sebastian is on field playing in what should be Viola's spot.

Principal Gold, Monique and Malcolm stop the game thinking that it is Viola on the field, only to be embarrassed by Sebastian who is angered that no one believes he is a boy, and decides to prove it by yanking off his shorts and boxers, exposing the obvious proof that he is a boy. At half time, Viola reveals the truth to Sebastian and they switch places. Viola convinces Coach Dinklage (Vinnie Jones) to let her play, after Sebastian non-chalantly pulls up his shorts and sits on the bench after an appalling first half.

Duke believes "Sebastian" had betrayed him, and wouldn't pass the ball to him. Viola tries to reveal that she really is a girl, but they don't believe her. She finally convinces them after showing them her breasts. After everything is revealed, coach agrees to let Viola keep playing, this time, as herself. The Cornwall team agrees, believing that with a girl on Illyra's team, Illyra will lose hands-down. Eventually, Illyria wins the game on a penalty kick.

Everyone rejoices after the victory, except the Cornwall team, and Duke, who is still visibly hurt at what Viola did, and unwilling to speak to her. Viola invites Duke to the debutante ball, where they reconcile, and make an entrance together.

Right before the credits, Viola is seen playing on Illyra's soccer team.

[edit] References to Twelfth Night

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The main or secondary characters in the movie share the exact names of the original play's characters, such as Olivia, Duke (Orsino), Sebastian, and Viola.
In the trailer, when Amanda Bynes walks through the school's campus outside, a billboard can be seen on the left hand side advertising the school's production of "What You Will". That is the alternate title for Twelfth Night.
The pizza parlor where the kids hang out is called Cesario's, in reference to the name Cesario, which is the name Viola used when she posed as a boy in the play Twelfth Night.
The line "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them," which was spoken by the character of Duke Orsino in the film, is a direct quotation from the letter read by Malvolio in Twelfth Night.
Various character names in the film are taken from Twelfth Night, although the roles in the film bear very little or no similarity to their namesakes in the play. These character names are: Malvolio (the name of Malcolm's tarantula in the film), Feste (Malcolm's last name in the film), Valentine (Monique's last name in the film), Andrew and Toby (Duke's soccer buddies in the film), Maria (Olivia's friend in the film & Olivia's maid in the play) and Antonio (Paul's last name. Paul is gay, and it is speculated that Antonio has a sexual interest in Sebastian in the play).
Stratford Country Club is a reference to Stratford-upon-Avon, where William Shakespeare grew up.
"Illyria" is the country in which Twelfth Night, or What You Will is set.
In Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a Duke named Orsino does fall in love with Olivia, who falls in love with Viola in disguise, as Viola herself, trapped looking like a man, falls in love with Orsino.
Viola and Sebastian are twins in both this movie and the play.
In the play, Viola dresses as a man because she needs to be male in order to get a job and survive, just as Viola "needs" to disguise herself in order to get on a soccer team in the movie.
The confusion caused when Olivia kisses the real Sebastian in the movie directly parallels the confusion Sebastian feels in Twelfth Night, or What You Will when Olivia expresses her love for him and proposes marriage.
When Duke has the disguised Viola help him get Olivia's attention in the movie, he is doing exactly what the Duke Orsino had his servant Cesario (Viola in disguise) do in the play.
Malcolm's role in the movie is somewhat reminiscent of Malvolio's in the play.
On many occasions, Viola reiterates the fact that Sebastian is returning from London on the Twelfth.
In the movie, Olivia has just broken up with her college boyfriend and is very sad, with low-self esteem. In the play, Olivia's brother has just died, and so she is likewise depressed.