Nice Girls Don't Explode

Nice Girls Don't Explode

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Chuck Martinez
Produced by Douglas Curtis
Written by Paul Harris
Starring Barbara Harris
Michelle Meyrink
William O'Leary
Wallace Shawn
James Nardini
Music by Brian Banks
Anthony Marinelli
Cinematography Stephen M. Katz
Editing by Wende Phifer Mate
Distributed by New World Pictures
Release date(s) February, 1987
Running time 92 min
Country  United States
Language English

Nice Girls Don't Explode is a 1987 comedy film in which April Flowers (Michelle Meyrink) is kept away from boys by her overprotective mother (Barbara Harris) because flames have a tendency to spontaneously erupt whenever her hormones are aroused. For April, "protection" on a dinner date is carrying a fire extinguisher. As mother explains, April is a "fire girl", whose very unstable body chemistry causes spontaneous combustion when she is aroused. As such, the only men April meets more than once are firefighters.

When April reconnects with Andy (William O'Leary), a former neighbor boy who has moved back, he challenges this assumption and presses his luck to prove to her that her hormones are not, in fact, explosive. Hijinx result as Andy tries to prove his point and get the girl, thwarted at every step by April's mother. Further complications ensue when April befriends a lonely, obsessive pyromaniac named "Ellen" (Wallace Shawn), who becomes incensed at the constant mishearing of his real name "Ellen" for "Helen"--after which he throws Bic-flicking snits and tries to set his tormentors on fire. But it turns out that Ellen has a secret connection with April's mother: a connection directly related to April's dating problems.

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Box office

"Nice Girls Don't Explode" had a domestic box-office total of $65,000.[1]

Production

At least part of the film was shot or produced in the cities of Lawrence, Ottawa, and Overland Park, Kansas.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nicegirlsdontexplode.htm
  2. ^ http://kdoch.state.ks.us/kdfilm/fc_credit_details.jsp?creditID=1017436277444

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