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Earth Girls Are Easy

 
  • Director: Julien Temple
  • AMG Rating: starstarstar
  • Genre: Musical
  • Movie Type: Sci-Fi Comedy, Musical Comedy
  • Themes: Opposites Attract, Fish Out of Water, Benign Aliens
  • Main Cast: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Julie Brown, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans
  • Release Year: 1989
  • Country: UK/US
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

In this madcap comedy, Geena Davis plays Valerie, a manicurist living in the valley with her cold fiancé, Dr. Ted Gallagher (Charles Rocket). At the Curl Up and Dye beauty salon where she works, Valerie enlists the help of her boss, Candy Pink (Julie Brown), for some style advice to try and win back Ted's affections. After undergoing a brand-new hairstyle, Valerie learns that Ted is having an affair and she kicks him out of the house. Soon, while lounging around in her bikini, a spaceship from the planet Jhazzalan crash-lands in her swimming pool. Curious, Valerie befriends the ship's inhabitants -- three horny aliens covered in fur named Mac (Jeff Goldblum), Whiploc (Jim Carrey), and Zeebo (Damon Wayans). Introducing her new friends to Candy, the aliens get a shave and a total makeover transformation into hot, available dates. They all go out dancing at L.A. nightclubs and party. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Review

A cinematic trifle of science fiction and romantic comedy, Earth Girls Are Easy is a harmless delight with bold production design and a likeable star. British director Julien Temple, who helmed the Sex Pistols documentaries The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle and The Filth and the Fury, is at his best when directing the musical numbers. Featuring bright colors and exuberant set decor, these music video-style segments are good trashy fun, co-written by and starring the self-parodying Julie Brown. The narrative is a lightheartedly satiric view of the disposable life in the valley, made endurable with the good-natured and quirky main character, Valerie (Geena Davis), who carries the movie through some rough spots with her naïve charm. Having the captain of the alien ship played by Davis' real-life husband at the time, Jeff Goldblum, brings some genuine warmth to what is otherwise just a silly love story. As the other two aliens, Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans (stars of the early-'90s Fox TV series In Living Color) get some predictable laughs in their misappropriations of pop culture, warping of TV commercials, and alien-ized valley slang. Their behavior doesn't matter, however, in the madcap throwaway logic of this movie, as long as they look hot and datable. Featuring a late-'80s pop soundtrack including Brown's hit "'Cause I'm a Blonde," Earth Girls Are Easy is enjoyably entertaining fluff. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Cast

Charles Rocket - Dr. Ted Gallagher; Michael McKean - Woody, Pool Boy; Angelyne - Gas Girl; June C. Ellis - Mrs. Merkin; Lucy Lee Flippin - Receptionist; Larry Linville - Dr. Bob; Steve Lundquist - Body Factory Attendant; Felix Montano - Ramon; Leslie Morris - Mike the Cop; Gail Neely - Head Nurse; Tita Omeze - Tanya; Rick Overton - Dr. Rick; Diane Stilwell - Robin; Larri Thomas - Curl Up and Dye Dancer; Stacey Travis - Tammy; Nedra Volz - Lana; Terrence E. McNally - Soap Opera Doctor; Wayne "Crescendo" Ward - Demone; Lisa Fuller - Kikki; Victor Garron - Deca Dance Valet; Susan Krebs - Bryan's Mother; Lisa Boyle - Curl Up and Dye Dancer

Credit

Dina Danielson - Art Director, Dins Danielsen - Art Director, Terrence E. McNally - Associate Producer, Wallis Nicita - Casting, Sarah Elgart - Choreography, Linda M. Bass - Costume Designer, Julien Temple - Director, Richard Halsey - Editor, Nile Rodgers - Composer (Music Score), Ray Colcord - Songwriter, Richard Arrington - Makeup, Dennis Gassner - Production Designer, Oliver Stapleton - Cinematographer, Tony Garnett - Producer, Duncan Henderson - Producer, Nancy Haigh - Set Designer, Anna Behlmer - Sound/Sound Designer, Julie Brown - Screenwriter, Charlie Coffey - Screenwriter, Terrence E. McNally - Screenwriter, Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc - Pilot

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Earth Girls Are Easy

Earth Girls Are Easy movie poster
Directed by Julien Temple
Produced by Tony Garnett
Duncan Henderson
Terrence E. McNally
Written by Julie Brown
Charlie Coffey
Terrence E. McNally
Starring Geena Davis
Jeff Goldblum
Jim Carrey
Damon Wayans
Music by Ray Colcord
Nile Rodgers
Julie Brown
Cinematography Oliver Stapleton
Editing by Richard Halsey
Distributed by Vestron Pictures
Release date(s) May 12, 1989 (USA)
Running time 100 min.
Country UK/USA
Language English
Budget $10 million (estimated)
Gross revenue $4 million (sub-total)

Earth Girls Are Easy is a 1989 American comedy/musical film directed by Julien Temple. It stars Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Michael McKean, Julie Brown, and hitherto largely unknown comedians Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans. The film is marketed with the tagline "An out-of-this-world, down-to-earth comedy adventure". The film's plot is based on the song "Earth Girls Are Easy" from Julie Brown's 1984 mini-album Goddess In Progress.

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Plot summary

The movie begins with three aliens, a blue one, a red one, and a yellow one, flying in a spaceship. While watching a music holographic video of a multi-coloured woman, they come across Earth.

Valerie Gail (Davis) is a valley girl manicurist who works for the "Curl Up & Dye" hair salon. When she feels her cold fiancé Dr. Ted Gallagher (Rocket) is slipping away from her, she attempts to seduce him with a new look; instead she catches him cheating on her. She kicks him out and refuses to see him until the wedding. The next day, she is sunbathing when a spaceship housing three aliens crash lands in her pool. Not knowing what to do, she takes them to her best friend Candy Pink (Brown, who also co-wrote and co-produced). After shaving off the aliens' fur, they turn out to be attractive men. They all go out and party at Los Angeles nightclubs.

The three aliens — Wiploc (Carrey), the red alien; Zeebo (Wayans), the yellow alien; and Mac (Goldblum), the blue alien — absorb human (American) culture through ten minutes of television, and Valerie takes them out into the human world. Valerie and Mac discover that they are much better off together, and escape into space once the ship has been fixed.

Cast

Actor Role
Geena Davis Valerie Gail
Jeff Goldblum Mac
Jim Carrey Wiploc
Damon Wayans Zeebo
Julie Brown Candy Pink
Michael McKean Woody
Charles Rocket Dr. Ted Gallagher
Larry Linville Dr. Bob
Rick Overton Dr. Rick

Award nominations

Fantasporto

Independent Spirit Awards

  • Nominated: Best Cinematography, Oliver Stapleton (1990)

Golden Raspberry Awards

  • Nominated: Worst Supporting Actress, Angelyne (1990) (To note, Angelyne appears in the film for less than two minutes.)

Stage show

In 2005 a staged reading/performance of a musical play version of the film was performed several times in Los Angeles. The character of Valerie was played by Kristin Chenoweth, with Julie Brown reprising her role as Candy. The play did not go into production.

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