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:

Get ready for Earth Girls Are Easy because this is going to be fun!

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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

In Valerie Gail's dream sequence during her first night with Mac, Lectroids from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) (one of Jeff Goldblum's previous films) can be briefly seen.

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Goofs

When Valerie, Candy and the aliens stop next to the girls in Jeep, one them says, "Aren't you Terry Harpers brother?" Wiploc replies the same way and keeps his mouth wide open, but in the wide-shot of Candy talking he has his hands on his face and is smiling.

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Quotes

Candy: If you wanna be a femme fatale, you can't rest on your L'Oréals!
Valerie: You know, I think she might be right!
Candy: Grab the bleach, she's seen the light!

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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 Sci-Fi Marathon the Movie or How to Spend a Weekend with 250 Geeks

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Soundtracks

Baby Gonna Shake
Written by Stephen Bray and Linda Mallah
Produced by Stephen Bray
Performed by Royalty
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records

User Reviews

Have a mental margarita

Three furry multicolored aliens (Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans) land their spaceship in Geena Davis' pool. Wackiness follows. This is a fun little musical comedy with a great cast that's having a blast and it shows. Goldblum, Carrey, and Wayans are all good but it's the girls who really make this one work. Geena Davis is funny as well as being smoking hot in this. Julie Brown owns every scene she's in. She's a riot and her songs are great. Music video director Julien Temple maintains a brisk pace throughout. This is a colorful, bubbly comedy that I think will appeal to a variety of viewers. It's got '80s stamped all over it so if you enjoy movies from that decade (and you should), you'll enjoy this one.