Miss Congeniality Page #2

Synopsis: Undercover FBI agent Gracie Hart shows no signs of having any femininity in her demeanor or appearance. Generally a bright and capable agent, she is in trouble at work when she makes an error in judgment in a case which results in a near disaster. As such, one of her by-the-books colleagues, Eric Matthews, who has never shown any inclination of thinking outside the box, is assigned to lead the high profile case of a terrorist coined The Citizen instead of her, while she is facing possible disciplinary action. Gracie pieces together the evidence to determine that The Citizen's next target will be the Miss United States beauty pageant. The pageant represents everything that Gracie abhors. Despite Gracie's mannish demeanor, Eric, with no other undercover female agent remotely fitting the demographic, assigns her to go undercover as a pageant contestant to see if she can flush out The Citizen, who is perhaps one of the other contestants. Although the pageant administration, led by former w
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Donald Petrie
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
43
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
PG-13
Year:
2000
109 min
Website
4,653 Views


Beth Carter.

Right back to you.

Beth is an undergrad at Vassar,

doing a paper on law enforcement.

I'm helping her get an inside look.

I bet she'll do the same for you.

Gracie, I would love to get

a woman's point of view.

You're barking up the wrong tree.

Right, Hart?.

Do all the women have to wear

those really masculine shoes?.

I get these made special by the guy

that put the tattoo on my ass.

We'll leave you with Ben and Jerry.

Catch you later.

-Nice meeting you.

-You too.

Hope you have a good time at the mall.

Wohop is the place.

Wohop is good, but if you like

variety, you go to La Chinita Linda.

Their rice and beans are slamming.

I don't want variety.

I get pork fried rice every--

I figured it out! I tried to create

a content-based pattern...

...similar to his previous letters.

But this time, he used a signifier.

In this case, the word " miss"...

...in the subsequent letters.

Will you let me finish?.

It's the Miss United States Pageant.

Yeah. Intelligence thought so too.

What do we got?.

Miss United States from San Antonio,

T exas, home of the Alamo.

I forgot the Alamo.

The pageant lasts three days.

Preliminaries, conferences...

...the live telecast.

It's a logistical nightmare.

Not just a babe-fest.

Jesus, we've only got 48 hours.

Okay, gentlemen.

Where do we start?.

You might want to call the network and

pageant people. Set up a meeting.

Because you'll probably need

their cooperation.

Yeah, I can do that. Let's do that.

What about jurisdiction?.

The Citizen has been ours

from the start.

You might want to call San Antonio.

Grease some wheels so they like us...

...when we need manpower and tech.

While l' m at it, let's do that.

Good idea.

He loves to make a splash.

His target will be public...

...Iike one of these outdoor prelims

or a TV broadcast.

T elecasters at the convention center.

We're gonna need surveillance

on the interior perimeter.

We'll need more.

There's a million places...

...only these bikini-stuffers can go:

backstage areas, hotel rooms....

We need to get somebody in there.

Yeah! Now l' m thinking...

... undercover.

Good idea, boss.

I got just the girl.

That's nothing. Check this out.

Compliments of my daughter:

the "Dress Up Sally" web site.

What did I tell you?. Hot, right?.

Yeah, baby.

You got a little problem.

She's perfect!

Look to the left.

Down...down....

-There you go.

-" On maternity leave"?.

That's not gonna work.

Not unless it's

"The Miss Lamaze Pageant. "

Can you do a search?.

Female field agents under 35.

Jensen, Jensen!

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

I got it, I got it!

Oh, no!

That's right, that's right!

You think that's good?.

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Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith, February 17, 1910 – November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C. Lawrence. more…

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