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Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader

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Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKevin O'Neill
Written byMike MacLean
Produced byRoger Corman
Dan Golden
StarringJena Sims
Sean Young
Ryan Merriman
Olivia Alexander
Treat Williams
Sasha Jackson
Ted Raimi
Edited byYasmin Assemi
Vikram Kale
Production
company
New Horizon Pictures
Distributed byEpix
Release date
  • August 25, 2012(2012-08-25)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million

Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleaderis a 2012 American3Dscience fictioncomedy horror filmdirected by Kevin O'Neill[1]and produced byRoger Corman[2]as his first 3D production.[3]The film starsTreat Williams,Sean Young,Olivia AlexanderandJena Sims.[4][5]The film was released on August 25, 2012, onEpix.[3][6]

Plot

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Cassie Stratford is a plain sciencenerd,whose mother wascaptainof the cheer squad at Iron Coast University and president of Zeta Mu Sorority, so she is pressured to join bothcheerleadingand thesorority.However, Brittany Andrews, current Zeta President and Cheer Captain rejects her.

Cassie works in the Biology Building of the University, where she and her friend Kyle are working on adrugthat turns things beautiful. In the night, Cassie steals the drug and injects herself with it. While she does become beautiful and makes the cheer squad when one of the cheerleaders is injured, she then discovers the drug has aside effectwhen she starts to grow taller and taller until she is agiantess.

Brittany discovers this and tries toseduceKyle into telling her the secret, which leads to her being accidentally injected with more of the drug than Cassie and also growing into agiantess.Brittany makes her way to thestadium.

Brittany enters the stadium where Cassie confronts Brittany which leads to acatfight,Cassie wins the fight by injecting Brittany with adrug overdoseof the antidote before knocking her out. Kyle then injects Cassie with the antidote and she is returned to normal. While Cassie and Kyle kiss, Brittany is shrunken to dwarf size due to the overdose and is made fun of by her fellow cheerleading squad.

Cast

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Production

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Roger Cormanstated that for each of the 350+ films he's produced, he has worked efficiently and planned them in advance.[2]He told theToronto Starthat he hoped to premiere the film atComic-Conin July 2012.[7]In a compliment he paid to the actressSean Young,Corman told her, "Sean, you were great in the picture but you were miscast. You look too good to be the mother!"[7]This was Corman's first 3D production.[3][8]The actress in the title role,Jena Sims,was crownedMiss Georgia Teen USA2007.[9]

During filming, both Sims andOlivia Alexanderheavily promoted the film, sharing behind the scenes photos with fans onTwitterand videos onYouTube.Sims and Alexander even accompanied Roger Corman atComic-Conwhile wearing their giant cheerleader outfits and also accompanied Corman at the85th Academy Awards.

The movie was featured in the 2013 bookCrab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman: King of the B Movieby author Chris Nashawaty.

The song "Attack Attack", sung by Olivia Alexander, is featured during the opening credits of the film. Alexander wrote and sang three songs for the film: "Attack Attack", "It's On" and "VIP." A music video for "It's On" was filmed on August 9, 2012, and is available on Alexander's YouTube channel.

Release

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The film premiered atSan Diego Comic-Conon July 14, 2012.[10]It also screened at the 3D Film Festival on September 22, 2012.[11]It was formally released on August 25, 2012, onEpix.

Lionsgate released the film on DVD in 2015 with no special features. There are currently no plans for aBlu-rayrelease makingAttack of the 50 Foot Cheerleaderone of the few films to receive a standard DVD release without a version available in the Blu-ray format.

References

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  1. ^Barton, Steve (November 7, 2011)."M 2011: Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader Artwork Stands Tall".Dread Central.Archived fromthe originalon November 14, 2011.RetrievedApril 13,2012.
  2. ^abRocca, Mo (February 26, 2012)."Roger Corman: Still" King of the Bs "".CBS News.RetrievedApril 13,2012.
  3. ^abcKushigemachi, Todd (April 24, 2012)."Epix slates Roger Corman, Graham Chapman pics".Variety.Archived fromthe originalon July 9, 2016.RetrievedApril 26,2012.
  4. ^Rigney, Todd (November 7, 2011)."Sales Art for Kevin O'Neill's Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader".Beyond Hollywood.Archived fromthe originalon September 23, 2015.RetrievedApril 13,2012.
  5. ^Alexander, Chris (April 10, 2012)."Interview: Jena Sims goes big in Corman's 3D" 50 FT CHEERLEADER "".Fangoria.Archived fromthe originalon May 23, 2012.RetrievedApril 13,2012.
  6. ^Brzoznowski, Kristin (April 26, 2012)."EPIX Slates Original Premieres".World Screen.RetrievedApril 26,2012.
  7. ^abHowell, Peter (February 27, 2012)."Sean Young no party animal, pal Roger Corman says".Toronto Star.Archived fromthe originalon March 13, 2012.RetrievedApril 14,2012.
  8. ^McCabe, Joseph (April 25, 2012)."Roger Corman to Tackle 'Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader' in 3D".Fearnet.RetrievedApril 26,2012.
  9. ^"Beauty Queen".Athens Banner-Herald.Athens, GA:Morris Communications.December 12, 2006. Archived fromthe originalon November 9, 2015.RetrievedMay 6,2015.
  10. ^"Roger Corman's Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader to Screen During Comic-Con".Daily Dead.June 20, 2012.RetrievedNovember 24,2012.
  11. ^Kilday, Gregg (September 14, 2012)."Katy Perry and '50-Foot Cheerleader' Featured in 3DFF 3D Film Festival".The Hollywood Reporter.RetrievedNovember 24,2012.
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