Girl 6 (1996)

An aspiring actress disappointed by her treatment in the movie industry turns to phone sex to make a living.

Director:

Spike Lee

Writer:

Suzan-Lori Parks

Stars:

Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Theresa Randle	...	Girl 6
Isaiah Washington	...	Shoplifter
Spike Lee	...	Jimmy
Jenifer Lewis	...	Boss #1 - Lil
Debi Mazar	...	Girl #39
Peter Berg	...	Caller #1 - Bob
Michael Imperioli	...	Scary Caller #30
Dina Pearlman	...	Girl #19
Maggie Rush	...	Girl #42
Desi Moreno	...	Girl #4
Kristen Wilson	...	Salesgirl #1
K Funk	...	Salesgirl #2 (as k funk)
Debra Wilson	...	Salesgirl #3
Naomi Campbell	...	Girl #75
Gretchen Mol	...	Girl #12

Storyline

This Spike Lee film examines the life of an aspiring actress in New York. She is upset by the treatment of women in the movie industry during one of her screen tests with 'QT'. Out of work and desperate for money, she decides to take a job as a phone-sex operator. Here, unlike her previous dealings with potential employers, her (female) boss is kind, caring, and sensitive. Later, she begins to get too engrossed in her work and starts to lose touch with reality, represented by her friend and neighbor, Jimmy.

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Plot Keywords:

bare breasts | close up of mouth | want ad | black | woman wears red lingerie | 

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Taglines:

She's The Only Thing Better Than Being There

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for explicit sexual dialogue and some nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

Model Naomi Campbell wears a shirt that reads, "Models Suck."

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Quotes

Martin: What is wrong with a man wanting his wife and his wife's best friend to lick his dick at the same time?

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Crazy Credits

In the last scene, when the girl crosses the street, it reads "The End" on the Chinese Theatre marquee on the other side.

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Connections

Referenced in The World's Best Sellers: The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996)

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Soundtracks

Pink Cashmere
Produced, Arranged, Composed, and Performed by Prince
Strings Orchestrated by Clare Fischer
Used by permission of Controversy Music/WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records/Paisley Park
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

Beautiful Only On a Purely Visceral Level

Girl 6 is not a laugh-out-loud comedy so much as it is a satire of the nature of the struggle of the typical New York City actress with big dreams. She can hardly get a job and eventually resorts to using her talents to the most basic and competently lucrative degree as a phone sex girl.

The film held my interest to a great degree, but only because of the visceral experience of watching it. John Corso and Malik Hassan Sayeed's cinematography, which ranges several different sorts of film stock, and Lee's consistent talent with the placement of music combined with the film's fascinating look is beautiful. There are several feelings that I felt that took me on a ride, but they were empty feelings, fleeting ominous moods, energy. The story doesn't fit. Thus, the movie is only stylistically moving. If the script had been directed by anyone else, it likely wouldn't be worth it at all.

The substance of the film is basically nonexistent. The satire is not cohesive because there is no real point the film makes. This is certainly one of Spike Lee's worst films, but it certainly has a beauty lathered on top.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Girl 6

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,485,764, 24 March 1996

Gross USA:

$4,939,939

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,939,939

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Searchlight Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital DTS-Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1