Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

A Southern California girl befriends three furry aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.

Director:

Julien Temple

Writers:

Julie Brown, Charlie Coffey

Stars:

Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Geena Davis	...	Valerie
Jeff Goldblum	...	Mac
Jim Carrey	...	Wiploc
Damon Wayans	...	Zeebo
Julie Brown	...	Candy Pink
Michael McKean	...	Woody
Charles Rocket	...	Ted
Larry Linville	...	Dr. Bob
Rick Overton	...	Dr. Rick
Diane Stilwell	...	Robin
Juney Ellis	...	Mrs. Merkin (as June C. Ellis)
Felix Montano	...	Ramon
Rick Hurst	...	Joe the Cop (as Richard Hurst)
Leslie Morris	...	Mike the Cop
Lisa Fuller	...	Kikki

Storyline

Three furry (and funny) aliens travel around the universe in a spaceship and receive a broadcast showing human females. They are fascinated by these shapely creatures and discover that the broadcast came from Southern California on Earth. Meanwhile, Valley girl Valerie Gail feels her cold fiancé Dr. Ted Gallagher is slipping away and decides to seduce him. Instead, she catches him cheating on her with a nurse, throws him out, smashes his things and refuses to see him again. The aliens' spaceship crash lands in Valerie's swimming pool - putting a decided damper on her future wedding plans in Las Vegas. She brings them into her home; and the aliens prove to be quick learners and absorb American popular culture and language through television.

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Plot Keywords:

alien contact | spacecraft | bare chested male | interracial relationship | womanizer | 

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Taglines:

A recent poll showed that 3 out of 4 aliens believe... Earth Girls Are Easy

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK France USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 May 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Objectif Terrienne

Filming Locations:

19625 Bryant Street Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$3,916,303

Company Credits

Production Co:

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG), Earth Girls, Kestrel Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Production was halted during a scene where a woman backs into a cactus, because the director didn't think the cactus needles were reading on film. The needles were ultimately coated with clear nail polish.

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Goofs

When Valerie, Candy and the aliens stop at the club, there is bag of fast-food on the dashboard that wasn't there before. (A deleted scene explains it. In it, Mac extends his arm by feet to pick up the bag; Val asks if he can do that with any part of his body.)

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Quotes

Woody: Waste your brain; wax your board; pray for waves.

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Alternate Versions

On all DVD versions the Vestron Pictures title, logo and credit have been removed and just start off the film with "A Kestrel Films Production" then continues on with the opening.

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Connections

Referenced in RuPaul's Drag Race: RuPaul's Hair Extravaganza (2011)

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Soundtracks

Earth Girls Are Easy
Written by Julie Brown, Charlie Coffey, Terrence E. McNally and Sterling Smith
Produced and Performed by Nile Rodgers

User Reviews

...and so was this movie....

It's cute.... it's bouncy.... it's fluff.... but it's mindless entertainment for a few hours.... See it!

Plus side:

Geena Davis is perfect as the quirky female lead.... Just enough of a ditz to be believable.... and yet strong enough, too...

Jeff Goldblum - well, he's kind of typical in this role... Like W. Shatner, Jeff has a particular way of speaking.... and this film shows it... But his acting was good and he was semi believable as a lovable alien... And, he was kind of hunky in that scene....

Jim Carrey & Damon Wayons - these 2 guys are 90% funny 90% of the time... they were classic on 'IN LIVING COLOR' and both have gone on to have decent careers in the years since.... The woodie on the freeway is hilarious!

Julie Brown - no other big-boobed-blonde could have EVER pulled this off! And, her songs from the film - 'Cuz I'm a Blonde, I Like 'em Big and Stupid - are just the best ... I don't have to work I just have to jiggle.....

While the story line may be cheesey and seem like a leftover that sat a bit too long, it's cute fluff and worth a view...