After a cameo appearance in 1999's "The bachelor", it was time
for Mariah to play the leading part in a movie. There were already
plans for this movie in 1999, then it was called "All that glitters", but
fans had to wait until September 20, 2001 to see the movie "Glitter".
Based loosely on Mariah's own life, it tells the story of a mixed-race
woman who is abandoned by her white father and taken from her
black mother to be raised by foster parents. After years of hardship
she finds fame and fortune as a 1980s pop star, then goes looking
for her mother.
Mariah about the movie: "It's in the early 80's, in the club scene of
that time. I play a singer, Billie, who's half-breed, from a white father
and a black mother. Billie grows up in a foster home, because her
mother abandonned her. Later on she meets a DJ and becomes a
star in just one night. The point is, that all this time she waits for her
mother to return. As you can see, this is far away from my reality,
because I couldn't have a closest relationship with my own mother.
When she's not with me, she calls like every 5 minutes."
The reviews "Glitter" received were devastating and the movie did very 
poorly in theaters, In most countries it wasn't
even released. In the USA it premiered only in 1,196 theaters and
was the 11th highest-grossing movie over the weekend with $5M. It
was originally scheduled to open over Labor Day weekend, but the
film was pushed back three weeks when Mariah checked into a hospital
for emotional stress.
Mariah looks back at that period "as something that had to happen
in my life. That time period was so blown out of proportion. That
movie and that soundtrack - which had some really good songs that
hopefully one day I'll get to redo - the fact it came out on September
11, people need to remember. How can we expect anything from
that? I was a scapegoat in a lot of ways for talk show hosts who
wanted to get away from the real stuff going on in the world. We all
have to go through our tests to see how strong we are and come out
on the other side."
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video from Australia (0891) 
CDP 31921 / CVT 31921 
collection Eric de Ridder
recommended for mature audiences 15 years and over 
low level violence, low level coarse language  |    | 
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video from Brazil (2466) 
CT 0528 
"legendado" version (subtitels) 
collection Mikael Mansur Martinelli |    | 
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video from Brazil (2254) 
CT 0529 
"dublado" version (dub) 
collection Kleber Vicente Ferreira |    | 
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video from the Czech Republic (2211) 
CO-01073 
the Czech title is "Stat se hvezdou" 
collection Martin Vacir |    | 
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video from Europe (2496) 
no catalogue number 
promo, all tracks are repeated 4 times 
collection Kerry Scrimshaw
Tracklisting: 
1. Trailer 
2. Film clips 
3. Loverboy remix (video) 
4. Never too far (video) 
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video from France (1310) 
81921 
comes with three pictures from the movie 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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video from Germany (1812) 
31921 
subtitle: "Glitter Glanz eines Stars" 
collection Luc Baumgartner |    | 
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video from the Netherlands (1636) 
BSC 31921 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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video from the Netherlands (2316) 
CVT 31921 
collection Rob Fredie
This video is for rent only.  |    | 
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video from the Philippines (1903) 
no catalogue number 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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video from Poland (1316) 
31921 
collection Grzegorz Rosinski |    | 
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video from Poland (2288) 
31921 
collection Eric de Ridder
The cover is slightly different from item 1316.  |    | 
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video from Russia (2603) 
no catalogue number 
collection Marco Hendriks |    | 
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video from South-Korea (2558) 
CTK31925 
collection Soyeon Park |    | 
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video from Spain (3466) 
414533016155 
collection Pablo Solares |    | 
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video from Taiwan (1653) 
no catalogue number 
collection Eric de Ridder
This video is for rent only.  |    | 
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video from Thailand (2186) 
07735 
subtitle: "Fun Thor Kor Pen Dow" 
collection Gunn
This video is Thai spoken and for rental only.  |    | 
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video from the UK (1783) 
C907 3512 
collection Lucie Hagelaar |    | 
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video from the USA (1861) 
no catalogue number 
promo 
collection Maggie Walsh
This promo is called "The Midnight Madness Reel" and it seems to be an instore video.
It has a few scenes from the movie, some behind-the-scenes footage, the Loverboy and 
Never Too Far video and advertisements for Glitter. Each clip is shown several times.  |    | 
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video from the USA (2780) 
no catalogue number 
promo 
collection Marcin Blaszczyk
On this video is trailer "A" (2:12) of the movie.  |    | 
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video from the USA (0930) 
08191 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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DVD from Australia (0820) 
D31921 
collector's edition 
collection Eric de Ridder
recommended for mature audiences 15 years and over 
low level violence, low level coarse language 
DVD special features: 
Original Widescreen presentation 
Audio commentary by director Vondie Curtis-Hall 
"Never too far" music video performed by Mariah Carey 
"Loverboy" music video performed by Mariah Carey 
Talent profiles 
Original movie trailer 
Bonus movie trailer 
Picture disc  |    | 
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DVD from Brazil (1309) 
08194TNW 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Menus interativos e animados 
Formato de tela: widescreen 
Legendas: Português, Espanhol, Inglês, Chinês, Coreano e Tailandês 
Filmografias 
Idiomas: Inglês 5.1 (Dolby digital), Espanhol e Português 2-canais (Dolby surround) 
Comentário do diretor 
Trailers de cinema 
2 Videoclips 
Seleçâo de cenas  |    | 
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DVD from Canada (3492) 
08194F 
called "Victoire" 
collection Judith Dos Santos
DVD special features: 
Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video 
Widescreen and full screen presentations 
Audio English 5.1 (Dolby digital) French 
Subtitles English, French 
Two music videos from Mariah Carey 
Director's commentary 
Theatrical trailers 
Filmographies 
Interactive menus 
Scene selections  |    | 
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DVD from China (2822) 
ISRC CN-005-07-0041-0/V.J9 
collection Jay New
DVD special features: 
Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video 
Audio English 5.1 (Dolby digital) 
Audio Chinese 2.0 (Dolby digital) 
Subtitles English, Chinese 
Theatrical trailers 
Interactive menus 
Scene selections  |    | 
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DVD from China (0889) 
ISRC CN-E25-01-668-01/V.Z6 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video 
Widescreen and full screen presentations 
Audio English 5.1 (Dolby digital) French 
Subtitles English, French 
Two music videos from Mariah Carey 
Director's commentary 
Theatrical trailers 
Filmographies 
Interactive menus 
Scene selections  |    | 
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DVD from Croatia (2479) 
31921 
collection Adriana Ajredini
DVD special features: 
Najava filma 
Najave filmova "Center Stage" i "Charlie's Angels" 
Komentar redatelja 
Glazbeni video spotovi "Never Too Far" i "Loverboy" 
Filmografije 
Animirani izbornici  |    | 
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DVD from France (1977) 
719236 
limited edition 
collection Yoann Ignacel
DVD special features: 
Menus animés 
Films annonces 
Clips musicaux: "Never too far" et "Loverboy" 
Commentaire audio du réalisateur 
Filmographies  |    | 
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DVD from France (3450) 
719417-2 
collection Raïd Zaraket
DVD special features: 
Menus animés 
Films annonces 
Clips musicaux: "Never too far" et "Loverboy" 
Commentaire audio du réalisateur 
Filmographies  |    | 
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DVD from France (2875) 
731921 
collection Marco Hendriks
DVD special features: 
Menus animés 
Films annonces 
Clips musicaux: "Never too far" et "Loverboy" 
Commentaire audio du réalisateur 
Filmographies  |    | 
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DVD from France (0976) 
781921 
comes with three pictures from the movie 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Menus animés 
Films annonces 
Clips musicaux: "Never too far" et "Loverboy" 
Commentaire audio du réalisateur 
Filmographies  |    | 
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DVD from France (2847) 
DFS 31921 
collection Marco Hendriks
DVD special features: 
Bande-annonce cinéma 
Bande-annonce promo: "Dance ta vie" 
Clips vidéo: "Never too far" et "Loverboy" 
Commentaires durant toute la durée du film par le réalisateur 
Filmographies des acteurs et de l'équipe du tournage  |    | 
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DVD from Germany (1829) 
31921 
subtitle: "Glanz eines Stars" 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Trailer 
Musik-Videos 
Regiekommentar 
Filmografien: Schauspieler, Regisseur 
Animierte Menüs  |    | 
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DVD from Germany (2210) 
31921 
subtitle: "Glanz eines Stars" 
for rental ("Mit Vermietrecht") 
collection Philipp Wälchli
DVD special features: 
Trailer 
Musik-Videos 
Regiekommentar 
Filmografien: Schauspieler, Regisseur 
Animierte Menüs  |    | 
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DVD from the Hungary (1100) 
99100 / 31921 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Elözetes 
Videoklipek 
Audiokommentár a rendezö közremüködésével 
Filmográfiák  |    | 
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DVD from the Indonesia (1318) 
08194MNWS 
collection Immer Pieter Martin Simanungkalit
DVD special features: 
Digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video 
Widescreen presentations 
Two music videos from Mariah Carey 
Director's commentary 
Theatrical trailers 
Filmographies 
Interactive menus 
Scene selections  |    | 
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DVD from Italy (1561) 
DC 36720 
subtitle: "Quando nasce una star" 
collection Alberto Amoretti
DVD special features: 
Various trailers 
Never too far & Loverboy videos 
Director comment 
Filmographies and biographies of director and cast 
Animated menu  |    | 
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DVD from Japan (2253) 
FDD-31921 
picture disc 
collection Kerry Scrimshaw |    | 
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DVD from Japan (1027) 
TSDD-31921 
picture disc 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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DVD from the Netherlands (0868) 
DNS 31921 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Bioscoop trailer 
Promotie trailer: "Centre stage" 
Video clips: "Never too far" en "Loverboy" (7 min.) 
Commentaar tijdens de film door de regisseur 
Filmografieën van cast en crew  |    | 
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DVD from the Netherlands (1578) 
DNR 31921 
collection Kees Mouwen
DVD special features: 
Bioscoop trailer 
Promotie trailer: "Centre stage" 
Video clips: "Never too far" en "Loverboy" (7 min.) 
Commentaar tijdens de film door de regisseur 
Filmografieën van cast en crew 
This version for rent only has a different picture disc.  |    | 
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DVD from Norway (2283) 
1114231 / 31921 
collection Rob Fredie
DVD special features: 
Trailer 
Trailer: "center stage" 
Music video: "Never too far" 
Music video: "Loverboy" 
Director's commentaries 
Filmographies 
Animated menus  |    | 
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DVD from Poland (1317) 
31921 
collection Wojciech Sichniewicz
DVD special features: 
Video clips: "Never too far", "Loverboy (Remix)" 
Audio commentary by director Vondie Curtis-Hall 
Animated menus 
Talent profiles 
2 Movie trailers  |    | 
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DVD from Portugal (1043) 
D4 31921 / 01499 
subtitle: "O Brilho de Uma Estrela" 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Original movie trailer 
Bonus movie trailer 
"Never too far" music video performed by Mariah Carey 
"Loverboy" music video performed by Mariah Carey 
Audio commentary by director Vondie Curtis-Hall 
Talent profiles 
Animated menus 
Picture disc  |    | 
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DVD from South Korea (2091) 
31921 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video 
Widescreen and full screen presentation 
Two music videos from Mariah Carey 
Director's commentary 
Theatrical trailers 
Filmographies 
Animated menus  |    | 
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DVD from Spain (1030) 
D4 31921 / 01499 
subtitle: "Todo lo que brilla" 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Trailer de cine 
Trailer promocional de "El ritmo del éxito" 
Videos musicales: "Never too far" y "Loverboy" 
Comentarion del Director 
Filmografias del Director, Mariah Carey, Eric Benet y Max Beesley 
Menús animados  |    | 
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DVD from Sweden (1460) 
1108931 / 31921 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Trailer 
Trailer: "center stage" 
Music video: "Never too far" 
Music video: "Loverboy" 
Director's commentaries 
Filmographies 
Animated menus  |    | 
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DVD from Taiwan (1668) 
08194MNWS 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video 
Widescreen presentations 
Two music videos from Mariah Carey 
Director's commentary 
Theatrical trailers 
Filmographies 
Interactive menus 
Scene selections  |    | 
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DVD from Taiwan (1955) 
CTD 2210 
collection Rob Fredie
DVD special features: 
Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video 
Widescreen presentations 
Two music videos from Mariah Carey 
Director's commentary 
Theatrical trailers 
Filmographies 
Interactive menus 
Scene selections  |    | 
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DVD from the UK (0890) 
CDR 31921 
widescreen 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Director's commentary 
Filmographies 
Two music videos 
Trailer  |    | 
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DVD from the UK (1808) 
C8212269 
widescreen 
collection Lucie Hagelaar
DVD special features: 
Director's commentary 
Filmographies 
Two music videos 
Trailer  |    | 
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DVD from the USA (0265) 
08194 
comes sometimes with a free necklace 
collection Eric de Ridder
DVD special features: 
Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video 
Widescreen and full screen presentations 
Audio English 5.1 (Dolby digital) French 
Subtitles English, French 
Two music videos from Mariah Carey 
Director's commentary 
Theatrical trailers 
Filmographies 
Interactive menus 
Scene selections  |    | 
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video CD from China (1197) 
C0179 
2 CD set 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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video CD from Hong Kong (0819) 
0103301664 
2 CD set 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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video CD from Indonesia (1209) 
CTHEV 03570402 
2 CD set, comes in a box 
with Indonesian subtitles 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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video CD from Malaysia (1702) 
CT0206008 
2 CD set 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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video CD from Malaysia (2757) 
no catalogue number 
double CD 
collection Marcel Trupia |    | 
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video CD from the Philippines (1482) 
no catalogue number 
2 CD set 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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video CD from Singapore (1308) 
31921 
2 CD set 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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video CD from Taiwan (1647) 
01272001 
2 CD set 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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video CD from Taiwan (2242) 
CTV 2123 
2 CD set, picture discs 
collection Eric de Ridder |    | 
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