Valet Girls (1987)

Director:

Rafal Zielinski

Writer:

Clark Carlton (writer)

Release Date:

January 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

PARK IT WITH THE BEST!

Plot:

A young girl who aspires to a singing career gets herself and her best friend a job as valet parking girls at a Malibu party in order to meet people who can help them achieve their dreams. |

Plot Keywords:

Parking | Car | Independent Film

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Meri D. Marshall	...	Lucy
April Stewart	...	Rosalind
Mary Kohnert	...	Carnation
Jack DeLeon	...	Dirk Zebra (as Christopher Weeks)
Patricia Scott Michel	...	Tina Zebra
Jon Sharp	...	Lindsey Brawnsworth
Michael Karm	...	Alvin Sunday
Steve Lyon	...	Ike
Randy Vasquez	...	Ramon (as Randy Gallion)
Stuart Fratkin	...	Dash
John Terlesky	...	Archie Lee Samples
Jeane Byron	...	Edie Smegmite
Charles Cooper	...	Victor Smegmite
Kenny Sacha	...	Tim Cheeseman
Tony Cox	...	Sammy Rodenko

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

Lexyn Productions

Goofs:

Errors in geography: During the opening credits, the girl drives from Tower Records (on Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood), then picks her friend up from UCLA (in Westwood), then drives back to Hollywood. As she passes the Beverly Hills Hotel, she is driving headed west. But, to make such a journey would have her headed east.

Soundtrack:

Purple Haze

A Feminist critic of Hollywood.

I watched this film with some amazement. I expected the usual mid 80's comedy but what I found was something much more in depth. The three female leads are heads of their own business, they obtain a silent gender revenge on their male rivals and all by being female. Sure, the movie has its faults, a scene involving a corpse is never fully explained and some of the dialogue could by called naive, but the overall message riding through this film is that women can take control. They can also still be women in the process and they do not have to fall to the level of men. Women can take control by standing up and doing what they want. This is beautifully shown in a scene where one of the Valet girls rejects the offer of Pop fame from a lascivious record agent only to be signed by another for just playing her song. All women have to do is 'Play their song' and they can obtain their goals with ease.