Troop Beverly Hills (1989)

As Phyllis, a Beverly Hills housewife, is in the middle of a divorce, she tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter Hannah's Wilderness Girl troop. Among the girls are ... See full summary »

Director:

Jeff Kanew

Writers:

Ava Ostern Fries (story), Pamela Norris (screenplay),

Stars:

Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Betty Thomas

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shelley Long	...	Phyllis Nefler
Craig T. Nelson	...	Freddy Nefler
Betty Thomas	...	Velda Plendor
Mary Gross	...	Annie Herman
Stephanie Beacham	...	Vicki Sprantz
Audra Lindley	...	Frances Temple
Edd Byrnes	...	Ross Coleman
Ami Foster	...	Claire Sprantz
Carla Gugino	...	Chica Barnfell
Heather Hopper	...	Tessa DiBlasio
Kellie Martin	...	Emily Coleman
Emily Schulman	...	Tiffany Honigman
Tasha Scott	...	Jasmine Shakar
Aquilina Soriano	...	Lily Marcigan
Jenny Lewis	...	Hannah Nefler

Storyline

As Phyllis, a Beverly Hills housewife, is in the middle of a divorce, she tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter Hannah's Wilderness Girl troop. Among the girls are Tiffany, (who her father has to bribe to attend meetings, Emily (the daughter of an out of work actor, whose financial difficulties hinders her wanting to participate in certain activities), the neurotic Tessa (whose parents divorce has forced her into therapy twice a week), the hostile Chica (whose parents are too busy with their own lives to even remember her birthday), and Claire (the child star who see the wilderness girls as her chance to lead a "normal" life). Phyllis then begins to take the girls camping at a Beverly Hills hotel and earn patches relating to material things. The district leader, Velda, feels the troop should be disbanded. However, the head of the Wilderness girls organization believes that as long as Phyllis has taken an active interest in the girls, that is the only thing that's...

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Plot Keywords:

girl | wilderness | troop | divorce | camping | 

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Taglines:

When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping!

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 March 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Az agyoncsapat

Filming Locations:

Giorgio Beverly Hills - 273 North Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$8,508,843 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fries Entertainment, Weintraub Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was Betty Thomas' [Velda Plendor] last role in a full-length feature film; she would later direct.

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Goofs

At the patch ceremony Chica walks up to Phylis wearing patches. The Patches were not handed out until the next shot.

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Quotes

Tessa DiBlasio: [Examining Velda's leg wound] There's multiple contusions, and possibly a cracked fibula, and a severe personality disorder.

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Connections

Referenced in Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.109 (2012)

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Soundtracks

"The Way We Were"
Written by Marvin Hamlisch (as M. Hamlisch), Marilyn Bergman (as M. Bergman) and Andrew Bergman (as A. Bergman)
Performed by The Inner Voices
Arranged by Morgan Ames

User Reviews

Thoroughly enjoyable. Shelley Long both sings and dance.

I thoroughly enjoyed this film and to see Shelley Long sing and dance is a real bonus. The young ones who played troop members were great. The roadside disco was excellent The little bits of morality were very subtly and nicely done. The music and tunes were soo good, The only complaint that I have is we didnt see more of Shelley singing and dancing and the music should have been on longer. I cannot remember a film where everybody seemed to enjoy themselves so much. The background shots of Beverley Hills were soo good and the crowd watching the roadside discos seemed to be enjoying the disco as were the young troop members. The comments on the quality of the recently released DVD were not good but I found no problem with it at all.