The Big Tease
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Actor: Cathy Lee Crosby, Craig Ferguson, Drew Carey, Isabella Aitken, Norm ComptonBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-07-18
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Summary of The Big Tease
If you've got it, flaunt it. Or in the case of Scottish hairdresser Crawford Mackenzie, snip, curl, tint, shape and blow-dry it. Mackenzie's come from Glasgow to Los Angeles - with a documentary filmmaker in tow recording his journey - to compete in a stylist's competition for the prestigious Platinum Scissors Award. But the best-laid schemes of mousse and men go wrong: Mackenzie's invitation to the event is in error.The Big Tease is big fun, a fish-out-of-water tale teeming with charm and a hilariously satiric view of life in L.A. Craig Ferguson (The Drew Carey Show) heads a vibrant cast as Mackenzie, the licensed-to-style hero determined to enter the contest and create a hairdo to claim those coveted shears. It's a case of 'do. Or dye.
Another addition to the ever-growing mockumentary genre. A British camera crew follows Crawford Mackenzie (Craig Ferguson), a Scottish hairstylist, as he travels to Los Angeles to take part in the Platinum Scissors Competition, put on by the World Hairdressing International Federation. Unfortunately, it turns out that Crawford misread the invitation, which was only to be in the audience. But he refuses to let that stop him, and works his way through the L.A. social world. In the process, he befriends Sean Connery's agent (Frances Fisher), who helps him finally get a chance to show the world his hairstyling genius. The Big Tease is at its best when completely indulging its hero--Crawford's delight at the amenities of his hotel, such as electric curtains, is charming and infectious. Ferguson has a gift for a kind of deadpan silliness, a dry humor that never becomes anything but frivolous--in a good way. The plot is beside the point; the ruthless depiction of fatuous L.A. social behavior, however, is sharp. Comedian Larry Miller has a brilliant turn as an unctuous hotel manager named Dunstan Cactus, and there are numerous cameos, including David Hasselhoff and Drew Carey playing themselves. --Bret Fetzer
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