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New York Minute
Honors student Jane Ryan heads to Manhattan for a college-scholarship competition. Her rebellious twin Roxy tags along to crash a video shoot. But anything can happen – and does – in a romp involving a pursuing truant officer, a smuggler, hunkalicious guys, and the girls' realization that when the chips are down, a sister can be the best friend of all.
2004 · Directed by Dennie Gordon · 91 min · Comedy · Screenplay in the scene database · 18 frames
Tagline
Anything can change in a New York minute.
Plot
Seventeen-year-old twin sisters Jane, an uptight overachiever, and Roxy Ryan, a rebellious, aspiring rock star, are polar opposites who have not seen eye to eye since their mother's death.
The twins live with their widower father in Syosset on Long Island. The two journey into NYC so Jane can deliver a speech for a prestigious college scholarship for Oxford and Roxy can hand her band's demo tape to Simple Plan, who are in town shooting a music video.
Jane and Roxy board the train into the city but are thrown off after Roxy is found without a ticket. Jane flirts with Jim, and a chip device is mistakenly planted in Roxy's bag. Bennie Bang, the man behind the device, offers Roxy a limousine ride, and she accepts, dragging Jane along. He locks them inside, but they escape through the sunroof into the subway. Meanwhile, overzealous truant officer Max Lomax, is on the hunt for Roxy.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Emily Fox, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage
- Cinematography: Greg Gardiner
- Edited by: Roderick Davis, Michael Jablow
- Music: George S. Clinton
- Production design: Michael Carlin
- Produced by: Denise Di Novi, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Robert Thorne
Cast
- Ashley Olsen as Jane Ryan
- Mary-Kate Olsen as Roxy Ryan
- Eugene Levy as Max Lomax
- Andy Richter as Bennie Bang
- Riley Smith as Jim
- Jared Padalecki as Trey Lipton
- Drew Pinsky as Dr. Ryan
- Darrell Hammond as Hudson McGill
- Andrea Martin as Anne Lipton
- Alannah Ong as Ma Bang
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Di Novi Pictures, Dualstar Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Box office: $21,289,826
- Themes: new york city, twin sister, vacation, music video, geek, university, twins, rebellious youth, teen comedy, misadventure
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