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Girl 6 movie 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.
Girl 6 is a 1996 American comedy-drama film by director Spike Lee about a phone sex operator. Theresa Randle played the title character, and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks wrote the screenplay. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs written by Prince. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Directors Quentin Tarantino and Ron Silver make cameo appearances as film directors at a pair of interesting auditions. It is the first film directed by Lee in which he did not write the screenplay.
About the Story
Judy (Theresa Randle) is at an audition with Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino reveals that the film Judy is auditioning for is “the greatest romantic, African-American film ever made. Directed by me, of course” and is requested to remove her blouse so “Q.T.” and his assistant can see her breasts. She reluctantly complies, but walks out on the audition.
Her agent (John Turturro) is furious. Having worked hard to get Judy her audition with such a prestigious director, he quickly and angrily drops her from his roster of clients. Her melodramatic acting coach (Susan Batson) is also extremely displeased. When Judy tells her why she did not go through with the audition, the acting coach still does not see any reason why Judy should have walked out. This, topped with the fact that Judy has not paid her rent in a very long while, forces her to drop Judy from her roster of clients as well.
Now unable to secure acting work, Judy must find a way to make ends meet. She tries a number of jobs: passing out fliers, waiting tables at a club, and working as an extra on a movie set. She checks the circulars for wanted ads, and seeing “friendly phone line”, as well as, “mo money, mo money, mo money”. She circles them both.
At what turns out to be a phone sex office, Judy meets her new boss, Lil (Jenifer Lewis), who seems to be an assertive but friendly woman. The two click and the audition goes over just fine. Judy attends another interview, at a strip club/phone sex line with a relaxed boss (Madonna), that would have fewer restrictions on her, but required she have her own private telephone line. She decides to stick to her original application with Lil.
Girl 6 (1996)
Directed by: Spike Lee
Starring: Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee, Gretchen Mol, Jenifer Lewis, Debi Mazar, Peter Berg, Michael Imperioli, Dina Pearlman, Debra Wilson, Naomi Campbell
Screenplay by: Suzan-Lori Parks
Production Design by: Ina Mayhew
Cinematography by: Malik Hassan Sayeed
Film Editing by: Sam Pollard
Costume Design by: Sandra Hernandez
Set Decoration by: Paul Weathered
Music by: Prince
MPAA Rating: R for explicit sexual dialogue and some nudity.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: March 22, 1996
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