Sydney White rental information

Sydney White debuted in the number 9 spot on the DVD rentals chart for the week of January 27, generating $6.21 million dollars. It's a pretty good opening with no promotion for the DVD and is actually more than the amount the movie opened with in theaters. The sales numbers aren't out yet, but I'll update you with those as soon as they are released.

Sydney White cost $16.5 million to make and only made a little under $12 million in theaters, but no doubt will become profitable on DVD.

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Sydney White on DVD

Sydney White is on DVD today! If you missed this one in theaters now is the time to see it. Here's a reminder of the DVD specifications.




Features:
Deleted Scenes
Gag Reel
Welcome to the Vortex
The Skooze
Sydney White and Her Prince
Kappa's Forever
The Original Dork: Rubix Cube
Meet the 7 Dorks
Theatrical Trailer
English and French DD5.1 Surround
English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
Available in separate Widescreen and Full Screen editions

Sydney White has an account on Photobucket. Some of the pictures are here.

Also, 2 more photos were added to the Vaseline ad campaign which you can view here.

After you get the DVD, come back and share your thoughts!

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Sydney White DVD Review

PopMatters posted a DVD review of Sydney White and gave some great compliments to Amanda:

Star power is everything. That’s how it used to be back in the golden days of the Tinsel Town studio system. Acting was never priority number one. Instead, the way a man or woman commanded the camera, the direct connection with the audience beyond the character or the performance, were the key to cinematic success. Few in the current crop of celebrity have this special trait. Most get by on a combination of publicity and hype-enforced popularity. But if you’re looking for a post-modern example of this old school ideal, then Amanda Bynes is your amiable icon.

With her winsome, wholesome persona and slightly kooky undercurrent, she’s like a Bratz Lucille Ball, a seemingly serious actress who can easily slip on the requisite banana peels when needed. Though she’s currently geared toward the tween to Pinkberry set, her potential easily surpasses her demographical reach. That’s why the winning Sydney White is such an important step for the star. Now available from Universal on an excellent DVD release, this wonderfully effective film is her first foray into quasi-adult fare. As a result, it functions as a future career gauge, measuring how much true star staying power she really has.

Sydney White is a surprisingly effective film that produces nothing but piles of smiles…and Amanda Bynes is the reason why.

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Win Sydney White on DVD

Send an e-mail to contests@moviesonline.ca and include your name and mailing address in the subject for your chance to win Sydney White on DVD from Movies Online.

More information on the contest here.

Amanda Bynes News was the first to bring you the news on the DVD release date and the special features, posted here.

Did you see Sydney White? Talk about the movie in the new forums!

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Sydney White DVD cover & special features

Features:
Deleted Scenes
Gag Reel
Welcome to the Vortex
The Skooze
Sydney White and Her Prince
Kappa's Forever
The Original Dork: Rubix Cube
Meet the 7 Dorks
Theatrical Trailer
English and French DD5.1 Surround
English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
Available in separate Widescreen and Full Screen editions

Released on January 22, 2008.

Thanks to Erica for the tip.

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Sydney White DVD release date

Universal has set the Sydney White DVD release date as January 22, 2008. No word yet on special features. We'll keep you posted like always.

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'Sydney White' poster contest

The Trades are offering a chance to win a mini Sydney White poster autographed by Amanda. Enter here!

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Amanda visits Jimmy Kimmel

Amanda visited Jimmy Kimmel yesterday for a very cute chat.

Download the video here thanks to sparky.

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'Sydney White' poisoned at the box office

Sydney White came in at a disappointing #6 at the weekend box office, making a tiny $5,323,000. Resident Evil made $24 million and Good Luck Chuck netted $14 million.

This is Amanda's lowest starring role opening ever. The film might barely make enough money to cover its $16.5 million budget.

If you haven't seen it yet, be sure to try to catch a screening at your local theater. I saw on it Saturday and I really liked it. It's one of Amanda's best and funniest movies so far. There are even some emotional bits. It's nothing offensive like in other comedies, only a movie to make you laugh and feel good. People in the theater seemed to really enjoy it so you don't want to miss it. Go see it!

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Sydney White premiere videos from Young Hollywood

Young Hollywood has two videos from the premiere of Sydney White.

Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, John Schnieder, Adam Hendersholt from Sydney White, Nikki Blonsky from Hairspray, and Kaycee Stroh from High School Musical 2 are interviewed on the red carpet.

YoungHollywood.com- Stars come out for the Sydney White Premiere



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Amanda Bynes is interviewed where she talks about what happens on the red carpet, Myspace, the movie, and what she's doing next.

YoungHollywood.com- Amanda Bynes at the Sydney White After Party



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Sydney White is in theaters now!

Sydney White is in theaters NOW so be sure to go see it with your friends.

It was released today in 2,102 theaters, much more than the initial 1,900 and is getting better reviews than its competition but isn't predicited to be a hit so don't miss it!

And be sure to check out the photo gallery of the premiere, with over 40 pictures!



Amanda Bynes



Amanda Bynes with her sister Jillian Bynes



Amanda Bynes and her film dad, John Schnieder



Amanda Bynes and director Joe Nussbaum



Joe Nussbaum, Sara Paxton, Amanda Bynes, and Matt Long

Check out the rest of the gallery here.

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Sydney White premiere

Amanda looking happy and healthy at the premiere of Sydney White, held on September 20 at the Bruin Theater in West Village.

View tons more here, more will be added throughout the day so be sure to check back.

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Teen Hollywood Interview

TeenHollywood: In the movie, there is a website that rates who is hot and not at college. Do you think that's harmful?

Amanda: I think that's harmful. It's definitely shown [in the film] that my character doesn't really care about it but Rachel Witchburn, the evil witch character, does care about it. I think that's a perfect example of why she and I don't get along. We wanted to really prove that there are those girls out there but you don't need to be part of that to succeed.

TeenHollywood: Have you talked to Nikki Blonsky since Hairspray?

Amanda: Oh yeah. I love Nikki. We talk all the time. She is filming a movie called Harold in her hometown. She's doin' great. I'm really excited for her.

TeenHollywood: This film is sort of 'revenge of the dorks' so do you consider yourself a dork and would you date a dork?

Amanda: Yes, I do consider myself a dork, definitely. Growing up I had a huge collection of "Archie" comic books and I would definitely date a dork. I'm actually attracted to dorky guys. I find them really charming when they aren't dorky to the point of being socially awkward. I feel like charm is the most attractive quality.

Read the rest of the interview here.

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Guess who's on Rachael Ray?

Here she is on Rachael Ray...even though she skimmed on Sydney White, this is my favorite interview so far.

Part One:



Part Two:



Thank you to pranksalot for all of the videos.

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Amanda hosts TRL on September 11

In case you missed it, here's Amanda hosting TRL on September 11. She answers my question in part three!

Part One:



Part Two:



Part Three:

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The Early Show

In case you missed it, here is the video of Amanda talking to Hannah Storm on The Early Show.

Watch it!

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About.com Interview

Amanda sat down with About.com for an interview about Sydney White and Dear.

There’s a theme that flows through your movies. You always put positive messages out for younger girls. Is that something that when you’re looking at a script, you’re looking for that kind of a message?

“Definitely. When I first got the script it was actually…it was too sweet. There wasn’t enough edgy comedy in it, so we had a big talk with the writers and the director. Then it came back after that initial discussion and it came back way too raunchy, to the point where I was actually offended. It was jokes I don’t feel comfortable saying. There was like potential nudity and all this different stuff that I just felt like, ‘No, I just feel like that’s fine if that’s in movies, but I just don’t want it to be in a movie that I’m in, at this time at least.’ And for that type of movie it didn’t make sense. It was just supposed to be a raunchy college comedy, and I just found it to be crass. So after that we went and we re-wrote it from that point and took it down a little, and that’s where it ended up.”

With the success of Hairspray are you open to doing another musical?

“I would love to. I have been approached by a couple of people for a certain musical that I can’t mention, but I would love to. We’ll see how that works out.”

How do you manage to stay so normal, so grounded, when you live in such an insane world?

“Thank you. Well I guess I’d say I have no real interest in being scandalous. That’s not my way of trying to get fame. I don’t need fame. As long as I get to work and do the things I love, I don’t know why I really need excess fame. I think it’s actually harmful, so that’s, I guess, that’s my reasoning.”

And you stay grounded by remaining connected to people you’ve known for quite a while?

“Yeah, exactly. My parents are humble and my brother and sister so I don’t have people who, you know… I’m not surrounded by lunatics, which certainly helps.”

There's tons more of the interview here!

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Sydney White theater count

According to Box Office Mojo, Sydney White will have a (limited) wide release Friday at only a little more than 1,900 theaters.

That is a very low number for a movie to have, most are released at over 2,000 theaters. Just so you know:

Big Fat Liar: 2,534
What A Girl Wants: 2,964
She's the Man: 2,631
Hairspray: 3,121

With this theater number and the little amount of promotion and buzz the movie is getting could mean the opening weekend for this movie could struggle to get past the single digits.

There are four other wide releases on Friday, but I know what my choice is!

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Baltimore Sun wants more attention for Amanda

The Baltimore Sun seems to really like Amanda and wrote an article detailing why Sydney White and Amanda aren't exactly everywhere.

Maybe if it was a slasher film starring the careening train wreck known as Lindsay Lohan, or a dumb, dumb, dumb sitcom remake starring Jessica Simpson, people would already be lining up to see it. Unfortunately, Sydney White is just a gentle, funny comedy directed at teens, starring someone with real talent and charisma. No wonder Hollywood doesn't know what to do with it.

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I agree with what he says. Celebrities like Amanda don't get the attention they deserve.

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Sydney White Screening in Burbank

I've had these photos for a few days but waited to post them because I didn't know who they belong to. If they are yours, comment and I will credit you.

From the Sydney White Black Curtain screening in Burbank, California.



Check out the rest of the photos here.

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