Picture This (2008 film)
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| Directed by | Stephen Herek |
| Produced by | Brian Reilly Patrick Hugher[1] Ashley Tisdale[2][3] |
| Starring | Ashley Tisdale Robbie Amell Lauren Collins Shenae Grimes Cindy Busby |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release dates | July 13, 2008 |
Running time | 99 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
Picture This is a 2008 straight to DVD movie released on July 22, 2008 on DVD and July 13, 2008 on television by ABC Family, branded as an ABC Family Original Movie. The film is produced by MGM Home Entertainment and drew 4.3 million viewers, one of the top movie ratings of the night.[4]
Plot
Mandy Gilbert (Ashley Tisdale) is an unpopular teen at Nottingham High School. She has an overbearing father named Tom (Kevin Pollak) and has got only two friends, Alexa (Lauren Collins) and Cayenne (Shenae Grimes). She is constantly bullied on by the popular girls of school, specificly Lisa (Cindy Busby). And it so happens she is in love with Lisa's boyfriend, the popular Drew Patterson (Robbie Amell). She is about to turn 18 and wants her life to change. She wants to be noticed by Drew.
When she discovers Drew is in the school swimming team, she decides to apply as well. At the pool, she loses her glasses and hits her head. It results Mandy falling unconsciously in the water. When she awakens, she finds out Drew gave her CPR. Drew now gets to meet Mandy and they talk to each other. Lisa thinks Mandy is a threat and tries to humiliate her, by taking Drew to the pet shop. Because Mandy is a clerk there, Lisa hopes Drew will laugh at her. Things take a different way, as Drew doesn't care she's a clerk. They yet again converse and Drew invites her at the commons for the next day.
Meanwhile, Mandy is annoyed with having an old mobile phone which doesn't seem to work all the time. The next day, Mandy turns 18 and is surprised by her father with a new and expensive video phone. She also receives contacts and thinks her life couldn't be any better. However, she is scared when Tom reveals his intentions in moving with her when she goes to college at UCSB next year. She is too afraid to say something about it, though. Later that day, she flirts with Drew at the lake near school. When Lisa is informed, she is outraged and films it with Mandy's video phone, which she dropped by accident. Tom sees the film and confronts his daughter. Before going home, Drew asks her out as his date at his party at Friday. Mandy happily accepts. At home, Tom is furious and grounds his daughter. He forbids her to go out and use the phone, television and Internet. Mandy is shocked, as she now is not allowed to go to Drew's party.
Mandy is able to manipulate her father into letting her go to "study" at Alexa's place. There are some conditions, though. Tom checks in with her every half an hour with the video phones. When she leaves, Lisa follows her and notices Mandy is up to something. Meanwhile, Cayenne receives a video, which contains high school pupils saying Drew intents on using Mandy for sex only. She is shocked, but fears of saying anything about it (Cayenne is using the phrase: Every year the Patterson boy takes a virgin girl up to the tower and does away with her in the shower. Taking away is to the reference is that he takes her virginity while the shower is running So basically he has sex with her.) A phone call from Tom interrupts the girls, demanding to see to Alexa's mother through the phone, who is not at home. They mislead him by using a home video of her.
At their way to the party, Mandy discovers her dress is destroyed by Lisa. They head up to the mall, where Lisa secretly put macadamia nuts which she is allergic to in her drink. This results in Mandy's head swelling up. Alexa luckily has an antidote. They later find a dress and Tom yet again calls. Mandy's signal is falling away and Tom announces he will call Alexa's line. Mandy gets her signal back just in time and knows to convince him she is studying.
Back at their parking lot for getting the money for the dress, Mandy, Alexa and Cayenne witness their car being towed away. They enter a singing competition to win the money in the car back. Alexa however has stage fright, so Mandy takes over and stuns the public. Her father calls her in the middle of her performance. She begs the audience to help her out and convinces her dad the audience is the screen of a DVD they're watching. They later win the competition and buy the dress with the money. Lisa has bought the same dress as well and tries to stop Mandy from going to the party by giving a guard money to not let them in. She also calls Mandy's dad and tells him she is expected at a party. Tom is worried and calls Mandy immediately. They are yet again able to mislead him, but this results in them almost being involed in a fatal car accident.
Tom has his own problems as well, though. His sister Marsha dropped of her troublemaking son Peyton to being babysit on. Peyton destroys his model appartment of the place where he and Mandy are supposed to live in when at college. He is crushed and thinks he failed as a father. Meanwhile, the girls are able to cross the guard. In Drew's house, Mandy notices Lisa is wearing the same dress. She wants to give up and go home and Alexa now reveals Drew's intentions in using her. However, Cayenne tells her what she has been through to be here and says it's fate. Mandy listens to Cayenne and slow dances with Drew. When he wants to go to a private place with her, she excuses herself for a minute.
Mandy tells to Alexa and Cayenne she wants to admit the truth to her father about her whereabouts. When she does, Tom tells her he trusts her and asks her if he has been a good dad. Mandy responds he is a great dad and decides not to tell she is actually at a party. She next goes to a private room with Drew. A misunderstanding leads to her thinking Drew really wants to use her for sex. She is crushed and leaves. Back at home, Tom tells his daughter it's time to let her go.
Later, Mandy is at the prom night. Drew is prom king and then realizes he loves Mandy. He crowns her as his queen. They kiss and are going steady ever since
Cast
- Ashley Tisdale as Mandy Gilbert
- Robbie Amell as Drew Patterson
- Cindy Busby as Lisa Cross
- Lauren Collins as Alexa
- Shenae Grimes as Cayenne
- Maxim Roy as Marsha Gilbert
- Kevin Pollak as Tom Gilbert
- Marie-Marguerite Sabongui as Blair
Soundtrack
In July 2008, the official soundtrack of Picture This will be avalible to download in digital stores, featuring the song "Shadows of the Night", performed by the star of the movie, Ashley Tisdale. [5]
Tracklisting
- "Shadows of the Night" (Performed by Ashley Tisdale)
DVD
The DVD was released on July 22, 2008 and features:
- Widescreen Feature Film
- Making Of Picture This Featurette
- Cell Phone Confessions Featurette
- Making a Concert: Behind the Scenes of "Shadows of the Night" Performance
- Scene Selected Cell Phone “Text” Commentary Between Shenae and Lauren
- Picture This Trivia Quiz
- Trailers of Nim's Island and Moondance Alexander
References
- ^ http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8855429&st=picture+this&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1851974
- ^ "Ashley Tisdale Learning Producer Ropes With 'Picture This'". Creators. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
- ^ "Ashley Tisdale was one of the executive producers of 'Picture This'". IMDb. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
- ^ "Ashley Tisdale Goes Back to High School in Her First Leading Role - Picture This".
- ^ Youtube. Exclusive Making Of "Shadows of the Night" Avaiable on DVD. Information is on the end of the video
