After wandering off during a White House tour, two high school girls inadvertently become Richard Nixon's top secret advisers at the height of the Watergate scandal.After wandering off during a White House tour, two high school girls inadvertently become Richard Nixon's top secret advisers at the height of the Watergate scandal.After wandering off during a White House tour, two high school girls inadvertently become Richard Nixon's top secret advisers at the height of the Watergate scandal.
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- 4 nominations total
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- TriviaMost of the clothes used in the film are authentic polyester clothes from the 1970s. They were purchased in brand new condition from a warehouse.
- GoofsCheckers died in 1964, about a decade before the events of this movie.
- Quotes
Arlene Lorenzo: We have a very important school report on turquoise jewelry due in two days, and we can't find any books on it, and the President's having us followed. It's too much pressure.
- Crazy creditsThe characters and incidents portrayed and the names herein are fictitious, and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely coincidental and unintentional.
- Alternate versionsThe DVD features a deleted dream sequence which apperantly happens right after Arlene burns all of her Nixon memorabilia. It basically is an extension of the first dream, with here discovering a tape recorder in Dick's back, and then dreams that he is some sort of evil being.
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Written by Fonce Mizell (as Alphonso Mizell), Freddie Perren, Deke Richards and Berry Gordy
Performed by Jackson 5
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.
By Arrangement with Universal Film & TV Music
Featured review
This was a huge bomb when it came out in 1999--it was badly advertised and disappeared quickly. That's a shame because it's a very fun movie. If ever a film should be rediscovered, it's this one. Two very dumb teenage girls (beautifully played by Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams) in the early 70s, get separated from their tour of the White House, and accidentally meet Nixon. They start walking his dog Checkers and, inadvertently, discover all about Watergate without even knowing it! It sounds silly (and it is) but damned if it doesn't work! Dunst and Williams are totally believable (and very lovable) as the teenagers. Dan Hedaya does a perfect interpretation of Nixon. As for everybody else, I couldn't tell you. I'm no whiz on Watergate and who Nixon's staff was in the 70s. But the script is sharp, everyone has wonderful comic timing and the best bits were done by Will Ferrell and Bruce McCulloch who make Woodward and Bernstein out to be total idiots. Also an excellent selection of 70s songs which always complement the action. The final gag played on Nixon is uproarious! Well worth watching.
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- Also known as
- Dick: Beyaz Saray'da Olay Var
- Filming locations
- Whitby, Ontario, Canada(Wheelies scene)
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,262,878
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,210,267
- Aug 8, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $6,263,240
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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