Girls Will Be Girls

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Girls Will Be Girls
Directed by Richard Day
Written by Richard Day
Music by Stephen Edwards
Cinematography Nicholas Hutak
Editing by Chris Conlee
Distributed by IFC Films
Release date(s) 2003
Running time 79 mins
Country USA
Language English
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Girls Will Be Girls is a 2003 film directed by Richard Day.

  • Tagline: An actress is nothing without a meaty part.

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[edit] Film summary

The film spoofs several films with Hollywood as a subject, including Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Mommie Dearest and Valley of the Dolls.

One of the notable aspects of the film is that all three of the main characters -- Evie, Coco and Varla -- have existed "on their own" for years prior to the movie. The characters are alter egos of the actors, who created these characters and performed under their drag alter egos for several years. The movie places all three in a narrative situation together.

[edit] Plot

Evie Harris (Jack Plotnick) is a washed-up, alcoholic, aging C-List actress (star of kinetoscope, stage, television, and film in such works as the TV special "Christmas Evie," vaudeville-era appearances promoting 'Dr. Vim's Miracle Elixir,' "Court TV: Celebrities Who Kill," and the sad '70s disaster epic "Asteroid" [tagline: 'Earth Might Get Crushed!']). She lives in a tackily out-of-style bungalow with Coco (Clinton Leupp), a homely, lonely, doormat of a spinster who carries a torch for the handsome young doctor who performed her abortion years ago.

Evie's life is turned upside-down by the arrival of a new roommate, Varla Simonds (Jeffery Roberson), the voracious, starry-eyed daughter of Evie's rival, late actress Marla Simonds (whose claims to fame included playing Chesty on "Fill Her Up," the short-lived but widely acclaimed spinoff of "C.P.O. Sharkey," and almost being cast as the lead in "Asteroid" before Evie captured that "breakout" role). Evie acts very competitive around Varla, especially as she recognizes the growing chemistry between the young up-and-comer and her sweet, handsome and microscopically endowed son and "ambulance chasing" lawyer, Stevie (Ron Mathews). When Varla snags a plum starring role in commercials for "Bizzy Gal dinners" (which are TV dinners rendered chemically unstable to simulate heat, whose warning label declares that "possible side effects of consumption include cancer, bleeding, enlargement of the heart, and second degree burns along the rectal cavity resulting in irreversible incontinence") tensions and jealousies amongst the three women reach a boiling point and treachery soon rears its ugly head.

[edit] Main cast

[edit] Awards and nominations

The three leads shared the Best Actor Grand Jury Award at Outfest 2003 and "Best Actress" honors at the 2003 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

[edit] DVD release

Girls Will Be Girls was released on Region 1 DVD on March 16, 2004.

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