Shopgirl (2005)

A film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel about a complex love triangle between a bored salesgirl, a wealthy businessman and an aimless young man.

Director:

Anand Tucker

Writers:

Steve Martin (novel), Steve Martin (screenplay)

Stars:

Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Martin	...	Ray Porter
Claire Danes	...	Mirabelle
Jason Schwartzman	...	Jeremy
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras	...	Lisa Cramer
Sam Bottoms	...	Dan Buttersfield
Frances Conroy	...	Catherine Buttersfield
Rebecca Pidgeon	...	Christie Richards
Samantha Shelton	...	Loki
Gina Doctor	...	Del Rey
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Mr. Agasa
Romy Rosemont	...	Loan Officer
Joshua Snyder	...	Trey Bryan
Rachel Nichols	...	Trey's Girlfriend
Shane Edelman	...	Chet
Emily Kuroda	...	Japanese Woman

Storyline

Twenty-something native Vermonter Mirabelle Buttersfield, having recently graduated from college, is finding her new life in Los Angeles not quite what she was expecting or hoping. An aspiring artist, she is barely eking out a living working as a clerk at the women's evening gloves counter at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills and thus she can barely make the payments on her massive student loans. She treats her job with a certain distance, often daydreaming as she watches the life of the rich as they shop at the store. She has made no friends, including from among her Saks colleagues, and thus lives a solitary existence, which does not assist in her dealing with her chronic clinical depression. So it is with some surprise that two men with a romantic interest in her enter her life almost simultaneously. The first is poor slacker Jeremy, who works as an amplifier salesman/font designer. Mirabelle continues dating Jeremy as only a relief to her solitary life, as Jeremy doesn't seem to ...

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Plot Keywords:

salesgirl | artist | gloves | laundromat | art | 

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Taglines:

Relationships don't always fit like a glove.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexual content and brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Touchstone Pictures [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

21 October 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Az eladólány

Filming Locations:

1630 Griffith Park Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$229,685 (USA) (21 October 2005)

Gross:

$10,281,585 (USA) (17 March 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures, Hyde Park Entertainment, Brass Hat Films Slate 1 Shopgirl

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song played by Luther's band in the concert scene is "Lily and Parrot" from Mark Kozelek's real-life band, Sun Kil Moon off their first album "Ghosts of the Great Highway".

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Goofs

When Jeremy come back from getting a condom you can see Mirabelle sitting cross-legged with her elbows at her knees in the mirror reflection, but the immediate shot afterwards shows her with her elbows resting on her upper thighs and positioned much closer to the wall. Then she leans back with her legs to the right, but on the close-up, her legs are now going to her left.

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Quotes

Mirabelle: Are we going in?
Jeremy Kraft: Go in? Oh, no. I just thought we'd look at it.
Mirabelle: So... we would just sit here, then?
Jeremy Kraft: Yeah, or walk around. This place is called City Walk. It got eight out of ten in my date book. It's not called "City-Go-and-See-a-Movie". Tickets are, like, ten bucks too, so...

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Connections

Referenced in Game K N B: Episode dated 5 October 2006 (2006)

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Soundtracks

"I Only Want to Be With You"
(1964)
Written by Michael Edwin Hawker and Ivor Raymonde
Performed by Dusty Springfield
Published by Chappell & Co. (ASCAP)
On behalf of Chappell Music Ltd. (PRS) 100%
Courtesy of Mercury Records Ltd.
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

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Claire Danes has become a lanky, elegant movie star in the old Hollywood tradition and "Shopgirl" showcases it without a doubt. She was always a good actress but now she's more than that. Her character is a genuine creation that moves in logical if unpredictable patterns. Steve Martin, the most self effacing of the contemporary American comedic geniuses, is becoming quasi french in his story telling style without betraying his utter Americaness. I have a feeling that he'll continue to surprise us and I for one will wait eagerly for his next move. The thinking clown if there ever was one. Jason Schwartzman belongs to the quirky Coppola, Nicolas Cageish school of acting and he is a delight. Odd and sexy in the most irresistible way. The film has an intellectual pace and a sad smile at its center. A real original American comedy for the new millennium.