Foxfire (1996)

The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of ... See full summary »

Director:

Annette Haywood-Carter

Writers:

Joyce Carol Oates (novel), Elizabeth White (screenplay)

Stars:

Hedy Burress, Angelina Jolie, Jenny Lewis

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hedy Burress	...	Maddy Wirtz
Angelina Jolie	...	Legs Sadovsky
Jenny Lewis	...	Rita Faldes
Jenny Shimizu	...	Goldie Goldman
Sarah Rosenberg	...	Violet Kahn
Peter Facinelli	...	Ethan Bixby
Dash Mihok	...	Dana Taylor
Michelle Brookhurst	...	Cindy
Elden Henson	...	Bobby (as Elden Ratliff)
Cathy Moriarty	...	Martha Wirtz
Richard Beymer	...	Mr. Parks
Fran Bennett	...	Judge Holifield
John Diehl	...	Mr. Buttinger
Chris Mulkey	...	Dan Goldman
Jay Acovone	...	Chuck

Storyline

The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.

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Plot Keywords:

teenage girl | scantily clad female | lesbian kiss | kicked in the balls | abusive teacher | 

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Taglines:

One rebel showed them how to break all the rules.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for teen nudity, drug use, strong language and some violent situations

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 August 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Amigas

Filming Locations:

Broadway Bridge, Portland, Oregon, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$141,617, 25 August 1996, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$258,263, 1 September 1996

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chestnut Hill Productions, Red Mullet Productions, Rysher Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When working on this film, Angelina Jolie stated "I would probably have married Jenny if I hadn't married my husband. I fell in love with her the first second I saw her." The Jenny she referenced is Jenny Shimizu.

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Quotes

Mr. Parks: What are you girls, hmm? Some kind of gang? Girls who run with foxes and that sort of thing?

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Alternate Versions

Some televised airings of the movie start with the title card, cutting the very beginning of the opening credits. Which contradicts the whole point of preserving the film's Rysher Entertainment logo.

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Connections

Version of Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (2012)

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Soundtracks

Dancing Barefoot
Performed by Johnette Napolitano
Written by Patti Smith
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from CEMA Special Markets & Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.

User Reviews

A Surprise

When Foxfire first came out, I had no interest to watch it at all.

Recently I became a huge Angelina Jolie fan. The main reason to watch the movie was her.

Jolie is great as usual. She gives everything into her character and is very good. Not a surprise.

Besides Jolie, I was shocked as to how entertained I was while watching it. It gave me a sense of longing for that kind of rebelliuos female companionship.

Foxfire has such reckless abandon that makes for fun ride. From Angelina's mysterious entrance into the science lab, to the end credits, I stared at my screen. And smiled. I had so much fun I watched it again the next evening.

Hedy Burgess (as "Maddy") and Angelina Jolie (as "Legs") give the best performances. Everybody else, are cardboard cutouts of girls for the most part.

"Legs" is everything "Maddy" wants to be. Self sufficient, drifting, taking no **** from anyone.

"Maddy" has the loyalty and values that "Legs" longs to have. The ability to hold friendships, love, conscience.

Like someone else once said, the sexiest scene is really Legs and Maddy talking on the rooftop, and its not even about sex.

The soundtrack is a great adrenaline ride. The music has the same spirit as the movie and is really fun.

A must for Angelina Jolie fans.

An entertaining movie.

6 out of 10