Modern Girls (1986)

A pair of women decide to prank their roommate's nerdy blind date after she stands him up, but end up developing a friendship with him after their practical joke sends them on an all-night odyssey through the 1980s club scene.

Director:

Jerry Kramer

Writers:

Laurie Craig (story), Laurie Craig (screenplay)

Stars:

Daphne Zuniga, Virginia Madsen, Cynthia Gibb

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cynthia Gibb	...	Cece
Virginia Madsen	...	Kelly
Clayton Rohner	...	Clifford / Bruno X
Daphne Zuniga	...	Margo
Chris Nash	...	Ray
Stephen Shellen	...	Brad (as Steve Shellen)
Rick Overton	...	Marsalis
Pamela Springsteen	...	Tanya
Josh Richman	...	Milo
Martin Ferrero	...	Music Video Director
Quin Kessler	...	Retro Vamp
Sharron Shayne	...	Supervisor
Mark Holton	...	Boss
John Dye	...	Hunk
Troy Evans	...	Club Owner

Storyline

Geeky Clifford has a date with pretty Kelly. But when he comes to pick her up, she has gone to see her ex-boyfriend, the DJ at a nightclub, using her roommate Margo's car. Margo and their third roommate, CeCe, induce Clifford into driving them around, first to the nightclub to find Kelly, then on an all-night tour of the L.A. night scene in search of CeCe's new love, rock star Bruno X.

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Plot Keywords:

disc jockey | climbing stairs | night | nightclub | city | 

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Taglines:

Never stand in line. Never pay for your own drinks. Never stand next to a dweeb.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 November 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Chicas modernas

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$264,252, 7 December 1986, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$604,849

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Released just after Thanksgiving, the film had a dismal run at the box office and barely made over $250,000 dollars. However, it found a second life as a late-night staple on HBO, which was in the process of becoming a force in home cable. The movie was shown in such heavy rotation that watching it on HBO became a rite-of-passage for many adolescents in the late 1980s, leading to it developing a cult following.

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Goofs

When Clifford arrives at the girls' apartment, he leaves the car's lights on after parking. However, when Margot looks out the window to check out the car, its lights are off.

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Quotes

CeCe: Cool people have feelings too.

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Connections

Featured in Depeche Mode: The Videos 86>98+ (2002)

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Soundtracks

Eyes of Fire
Performed by Chris Nash
Chris Nash Music

User Reviews

Three Hot Chicks out on a Friday night!

Yum. These girls were sensational in this movie. This was the first time I would know of Virginia Madsen and Daphne Zuniga because I know of Cynthia Gibb ("Search for Tomorrow" and "Fame") but I saw this flick and I liked it so much. When I did catch this movie on cable, I remember living this kind of lifestyle at the time, (19 years old, going out on Friday nights to trendy clubs, didn't know what I wanted to do in my life as yet except to live), I did relate to these girls and what they wanted to get out in their lives going out barhopping. I had a lot of fun enjoying this film and the characters was so much different from each other. You had Cece - the attractive, bubblehead, red hair, (which that was an attractive shade of red on Cynthia), Kelly - the one who couldn't figure out what made her attracted by this sleazeball, dj, but couldn't get him out of her head and Margo - who was definitely the force in there lives. Long lives that life and when I saw this movie I was at that stage at that lifetime. (Now 33 yrs old). But who could ever forget the part of the WonderBread bus and the passengers mistaken Cliff as the rock star Bruno X or the food fight at the club, or the fight that took place in the fountain. And I have to say that it was a good thing that none of them was actually selfish with what they wanted like such as Margo pointed out to Cece that they went through hell just for you to dump them for Bruno X. But Margo went through with helping out her friend and roommate to look for Bruno. And it was good when Cece realized that she didn't want this lifestyle that Bruno was going to provide and make sure she was taken care of. It was when she realized that she was going to miss her friends if she took off with him and she stopped and realized that Kelly, Margo and Cliff was more important in her life than being with a publicized rock star. But it was a great film that I loved and was always hoping for a sequel to come out and see where their lives has taken them now. And who could forget the part when Cliff had to go after a limo only to be a bunch of Arabs with machine guns to follow them.