Josie and the Pussycats (film)
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| Based on | Josie and the Pussycats by Dan DeCarlo, and Archie Comics |
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| Cinematography | Matthew Libatique |
| Edited by | Peter Teschner |
| Music by | John Frizzell |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures (United States and Canada) 20th Century Fox (International) |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $22–39 million |
| Box office | $14.9 million |
Josie and the Pussycats is a 2001 musical comedy film co-produced by Universal Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. Written and directed by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, the film is based on both the Archie Comics series and the Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name. Filmed entirely in Vancouver, Canada, the film features Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, and Rosario Dawson as the Pussycats, with Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, and Missi Pyle in supporting roles.
The film's soundtrack album was well received, charting at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 and quickly achieving Gold status. The film received mixed reviews, and was a commercial failure upon its initial release. It later gained some success as a cult film.