Bar Girls
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| Directed by | Marita Giovanni |
| Produced by | Marita Giovanni Lauran Hoffman |
| Written by | Lauran Hoffman |
| Starring | Nancy Allison Wolfe Liza D'Agostino Camila Griggs Michael Harris |
| Music by | Lenny Meyers |
| Cinematography | Michael Ferris |
| Editing by | Carter DeHaven IV |
| Distributed by | Orion Classics |
| Release date(s) | September 15, 1994 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000 (estimated) |
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Bar Girls is a lesbian-themed romantic comedy film written by Lauran Hoffman, adapted by Hoffman from her stage play of the same name for the screen in 1994. Starring Nancy Allison Wolfe, Liza D'Agostino, Camila Griggs and Michael Harris and directed by Marita Giovanni, the play and film follow the lives of several women who socialize at a local lesbian bar. Bar Girls was part of a wave of LGBT-themed films that were released in the early 1990s.
[edit] DVD release
Bar Girls was released on Region 1 DVD on March 19, 2002.
[edit] Trivia
- Shot on location at the West Hollywood lesbian bar Girl Bar.
- Writer Lauran Hoffman borrowed most of the money for the film from family and friends.
- All of the members of the original cast of the Los Angeles stage production appear in the film.
- Celebrity lesbian Chastity Bono has a one line cameo.
