Earth Girls Are Easy
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| Earth Girls Are Easy | |
 Earth Girls Are Easy movie poster |
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| Directed by | Julien Temple |
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| 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 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom/United States |
| 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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[edit] 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.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| 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 |
[edit] Award nominations
- Nominated: Best Film, Julien Temple (1990)
- Nominated: Best Cinematography, Oliver Stapleton (1990)
- Nominated: Worst Supporting Actress, Angelyne (1990) (To note, Angelyne appears in the film for less than two minutes.)
[edit] 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.
