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 | woman in a bathtub | nightclub | fountain | mistaken identity | 

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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

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

While Cliff is waiting for the girls to get ready, he lights a candle. As the time passes, the candle gets smaller then suddenly larger a number of times.

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Quotes

CeCe: Cool people have feelings too.

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Connections

Features MTV Music Television (1981)

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Soundtracks

Safaré
Performed by Scott Rogness (as Rogness Scott)

User Reviews

another night, another club.

Cute fun movie about a night out in the life of several clubkids. I saw this a long time ago but liked it. I would actually like to see it again if I could only find it.

There is nothing remarkable here, just a good fun movie. a bunch of girls are going out on the town and all the things that go wrong(and right). It captures the time period and "night out at the club" feeling beautifully, and the cast is pretty good. Look for Daphne Zunniga of Melrose fame, she has a major role and is quite good, quite an underated actress. The movie's target audience is clealy clubkids but since I used to be one as was the guy I watched this with, I had no problems with that. It makes for many laughs, some pretty funny situations and an entertaining overall view. My vote is 7. 5 out of 10.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 November 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Modern Girls

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$604,849

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$604,849

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1