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

At Mann's Chinese Theatre, the main attraction is Girl 6 (1996).

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Quotes

Acting Coach: Now, let's add a sensorial element of shit. The pain stinks. Ooh, it stinks, it stinks. Smell it. There you go. Now. Right through there, right through there, speak.

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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

Spoofs Shaft (1971)

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Soundtracks

Nasty Girl
Composed by Jamie Starr
Performed by Vanity 6
Arranged by Starr Company and Vanity 6
Used by Permission of Girlsongs Music/WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Paisley Park

User Reviews

Spike jerks off.

Revisiting familiar territory he explored in his breakthrough independent She's Gotta Have It, Spike Lee takes a bigger budget, professional actors and delivers a far inferior product. It's a case of Spike having it and not knowing what to do with it.

Aspiring actress Judy get's a screen test for a film being done by Quentin Tarantino. QT gets ugly though and this sour's Judy's career outlook. Burning bridges with her agent and acting coach and desperate for work she takes a job as a phone sex operator. She develops a knack for it and soon as "Girl 6" is in demand with customers. Dealing with warped customers and a former lover who shoplifts for a living Judy begins to jade and fade from reality.

Sloppy, disjointed and in a constant state of funk Girl 6 is filled with lackluster performances and insipid "goofs" by Lee such as a smoldering cameo by Madonna reminding us just how bad an actress and self parody she is along with an obnoxious turn by Tarantino as himself. Not to be outdone Lee piles the detritus on by jamming a parody of the Jeffersons (with himself as George) into the torpid proceedings as well as a ham fisted, film school 101 Foxy Brown take.

Therese Randle as Girl 6 is beautiful, flat and dull. Given every male in the pic is an insensitive lout, ( though Lee doing his "... have It" Mars with some of the same dialog lifted from the film redeems himself to a degree) one might understand why she stumbles through the picture shell shocked most of the time. Isiah Washington as an ex also gives a fatigued and unprepared turn as the principled booster.

Girl 6 is a slow moving bore with Lee failing to amp up the drama with any degree of passion or deliver any character of substance with depth. At a loss to develop Judy he compensates with misogynistic stereotypes to dramatize her plight ala SGHI re-worked, colorized, sensationalized, and amazingly puerile for a feature film. It's all silly surliness.

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