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Superstar is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Bruce McCulloch released in USA on 8 october 1999 with Molly Shannon
Superstar (1999)
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Add to a movie listSuperstar is a 1999 comedy film and Saturday Night Live spin-off about a quirky, socially inept girl named Mary Katherine Gallagher. The character was created by SNL star Molly Shannon and appeared as a recurring character on SNL in numerous skits. The story follows Mary Katherine trying to find her place in her Roman Catholic private school. The movie is directed by former The Kids in the Hall member Bruce McCulloch.
It stars Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, Harland Williams, and Elaine Hendrix. SNL and The Kids in the Hall alum Mark McKinney, who appeared in many of the Mary Katherine Gallagher SNL skits on TV, also has a minor role as a priest.
Molly Shannon received a nomination for Blockbuster Entertainment Award "Favorite Actress - Comedy" but lost out to Heather Graham in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
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Mary Katherine Gallagher (Shannon) is an Irish-American Catholic school girl and social outcast in her high school. She wants to be a superstar so she can get a kiss from Sky Corrigan (Will Ferrell). When Mary is sent to Special Education, she makes a new best friend, the tomboyish and equally socially awkward Helen Lewengrub (Emmy Laybourne).Actors
Molly Shannon
(Mary Katherine Gallagher)
Will Ferrell
(Sky Corrigan / Jesus)
Harland Williams
(Slater)
Elaine Hendrix
(Evian)
Tom Green
(Dylan)
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