Movie
Connie and Carla
Overview
After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers working the city's dinner theater circuit ... disguised as drag queens. Now, it's not enough that they become big hits on the scene; things get extra-weird when Connie meets Jeff -- a guy she'd like to be a woman with.
Details
- Release date
- 2004-04-16
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Epsilon Motion Pictures, Universal Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, CCLA Productions, Birnbaum/Barber Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Nia Vardalos as Connie
- Toni Collette as Carla
- David Duchovny as Jeff
- Stephen Spinella as Robert / Peaches
- Alec Mapa as Lee / N'Cream
- Ian Gomez as Stanley
- Nick Sandow as Al
- Dash Mihok as Mikey
- Robert John Burke as Rudy
- Boris McGiver as Tibor
- Debbie Reynolds as Herself
- Veena Sood as Mrs. Morse
Crew
- Michael Lembeck - Director
- Nia Vardalos - Writer
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