Editing Earth Girls Are Easy

{{Short description|1988 film by Julien Temple}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Earth Girls Are Easy
| image          = Earth Girls Are Easy.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Julien Temple]]
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Julie Brown]]
* [[Charlie Coffey (writer)|Charlie Coffey]]
* [[Terrence E. McNally]]
}}
| producer       = [[Tony Garnett]]
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Geena Davis]]
* [[Jim Carrey]]
* [[Damon Wayans]]
* [[Jeff Goldblum]]
* Julie Brown
}}
| cinematography = [[Oliver Stapleton]]
| editing        = [[Richard Halsey]]
| music          = [[Nile Rodgers]]
| studio         = Kestrel Films<ref name="afi"/>
| distributor    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Vestron Pictures]] (United States)<ref name="afi"/>
* Odyssey Distributors (International)<ref name="afi"/>
}}
| released       = {{Film date|1988|09|08|[[1988 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|1989|05|12|United States}}
| runtime        = 100 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $10 million ({{estimation}}){{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
| gross          = $3.9 million<ref>{{Mojo title|earthgirlsareeasy}}</ref>
}}

'''''Earth Girls Are Easy''''' is a 1988 American [[Science fiction film|science fiction]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[romantic comedy]] film that was produced by [[Tony Garnett]], Duncan Henderson, and [[Terrence E. McNally]] and was directed by [[Julien Temple]]. The film stars [[Geena Davis]], [[Julie Brown]], [[Charles Rocket]], [[Jeff Goldblum]], [[Damon Wayans]], and [[Jim Carrey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=''Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) Review/Film; On Shaving, Furry Aliens Turn Into Valley Guys''|first=Caryn|last=James|date=May 12, 1989|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DEFD6163DF931A25756C0A96F948260|access-date=March 1, 2017|archive-date=February 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213021821/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DEFD6163DF931A25756C0A96F948260|url-status=live}}</ref> The plot is based on the song "Earth Girls Are Easy" from Brown's 1984 [[extended play|EP]] ''[[Goddess in Progress]]''.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=''Valley Girl Is Only One Shade of Julie Brown''|date=February 8, 1990|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-08-ca-387-story.html}}</ref>

==Plot==
In the [[San Fernando Valley]], Valerie Gail works as a [[Manicure|manicurist]] at the Curl Up & Dye salon. Dissatisfied with the lack of sexual interest from her fiancé, Dr. Ted Gallagher, she receives a makeover from her friend and the salon manager, Candy Pink. That night, Valerie sets out to seduce Ted, but instead, he arrives home with a nurse. Heartbroken and angry, Valerie kicks him out and destroys his belongings.

Meanwhile, three furry aliens—Mac, Zeebo, and Wiploc—from planet Jhazalla are traveling in a spaceship. It has been a long time since they have had female companionship, and they receive a broadcast showing human females. They are titillated by these "hairless", shapely creatures. A fight between Zeebo and Wiploc causes the spaceship to plummet toward Earth, and they crash land into Valerie's swimming pool while she sunbathes. Valerie is frightened at first, but then she invites the aliens into her home. She calls her [[surf bum]] friend Woody to come over and drain the pool so the aliens can repair their ship. Despite a [[language barrier]], the aliens prove to be quick learners and absorb [[American pop culture]] and language by watching television.

Ted tries to call Valerie and leaves a message informing her that he will return home later that night. Fearing Ted's reaction, Valerie takes Mac, Zeebo, and Wiploc to the salon. Although initially scared, Candy agrees to help the aliens blend into their surroundings. After having their fur shaved off, the aliens turn out to be human-looking and attractive. The group decides to go out and party at a local nightclub, where the aliens' looks, athleticism, and incredibly long tongues soon catch the eyes of every woman in the place. Valerie and Mac begin to fall for each other.

Ted arrives home and, finding Valerie missing, calls the police. She soon arrives with the aliens, claiming she won an [[MTV]] contest to spend the weekend with a rock band. Ted angrily demands that the aliens leave, but when two police officers arrive, Valerie tells them that Ted is attacking her guests. As the officers escort Ted away, he calls off the wedding. Despondent, Valerie retreats to her bedroom and Mac goes in to console her. They discover that they are anatomically compatible and have sex.

The next day, the pool is fully drained, and Zeebo and Wiploc are working on their ship when Woody stops by and offers to take them to the beach. They agree, and after accidentally holding up a convenience store, Zeebo and Wiploc are soon driving down a freeway the wrong way, in reverse, with the police in pursuit. Mac discovers his crew mates are in trouble and goes to help, but gets arrested along with Woody in a case of mistaken identity. Valerie smashes the police vehicle to get arrested, too, so she can go with Mac.

The police pursuit ends in a crash, and Zeebo and Wiploc are taken to the emergency room. There, they are examined by Ted, who discovers they have two hearts. While he is envisioning achieving fame and fortune from his discovery, Valerie and Mac elude the police and enter the emergency room disguised as a doctor and a nurse; they manage to convince Ted he is delusional. They then escape back to Valerie's house where work continues on the spaceship. Meanwhile, Valerie and Ted reconcile and plan to elope to [[Las Vegas]] immediately.

Mac is heartbroken and prepares the ship for takeoff. Valerie goes to say goodbye to her alien friends, followed by Ted, who discovers the ship. While struggling to keep him from calling the authorities, Valerie realizes that Mac is the one she truly loves. She boards the spaceship and they take off.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Geena Davis]] as Valerie Gail
* [[Jeff Goldblum]] as Mac
* [[Jim Carrey]] as Wiploc
* [[Damon Wayans]] as Zeebo
* [[Julie Brown]] as Candy Pink
* [[Michael McKean]] as Woody
* [[Charles Rocket]] as Dr. Ted Gallagher
* [[Larry Linville]] as Dr. Bob
* [[Rick Overton]] as Dr. Rick
* Diane Stilwell as Robin
* [[Stacey Travis]] as Tammy
* [[Angelyne]] as gas girl
* [[Nedra Volz]] as Lana
* Samuel J. Hanson as Alien number 7
}}

==Production==
After the release of Julie Brown's 1984 EP ''[[Goddess in Progress]]'', [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] began writing a musical comedy based on the song "Earth Girls Are Easy", starring Brown. The film was to have a screenplay written by Brown, Terrence McNally, and [[Charlie Coffey (writer)|Charlie Coffey]].<ref name="afi">{{cite web |title=Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58037-EARTH-GIRLSAREEASY |access-date=November 25, 2022 |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |archive-date=January 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112141448/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58037-EARTH-GIRLSAREEASY |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was originally slated to go into production in 1986, but the studio lost confidence in the project when director [[Julien Temple]]'s previous film, ''[[Absolute Beginners (film)|Absolute Beginners]]'' (1986), proved to be a dismal box-office failure. The role of Valerie Gail was offered to some of the era's box-office draws such as [[Madonna]] and [[Molly Ringwald]], but when they rejected it, Warner Bros. dropped the project. Several other studios expressed interest in producing the film, but none wanted Temple to direct. Ultimately, French bank [[Crédit Lyonnais]] agreed to finance the film with Temple at the helm (if $4 million was shaved off of the film's estimated $14 million budget) and the [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]] agreed to distribute it.<ref name="afm">{{cite magazine|last=Rebello|first=Stephen |title=Grounded By Earth Girls And Lawyers|magazine=[[American Film (magazine)|American Film]]|date=November 1988|page=39}}</ref>

Principal photography was finally underway in late 1987. Temple brought his own ideas to the project, including peppering the background with then-modern-sounding pop songs, featuring an homage to ''[[The Nutty Professor (1963 film)|The Nutty Professor]]'' (1963), and using media personality [[Angelyne]] in a brief cameo (the director declared her "the patron Saint of Los Angeles").<ref name="afm2"/> However, Temple's studious eye for detail caused delays on the set,<ref name="afm2">{{cite magazine|last=Rochlin|first=Margy |title=Has Julien Temple Gone Hollywood?|magazine=American Film|date=November 1988|pages=32, 35, 38}}</ref> and according to producer Tony Garnett, "The first cut we had of the picture was a problem."<ref name="afm"/> The film underwent more than five months of post-production tinkering, including the removal of numerous scenes and the production number "[[I Like 'em Big and Stupid]]" (a different version of the song plays in the club scene; the deleted sequence appears on the DVD extras) and reshoots later commenced (the song "Cause I'm a Blonde" was injected into the film late in production), by which time the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group had filed for bankruptcy.<ref name="afm"/>

The finished print of the film had several very positive previews, which captured the interest of potential distributors [[Nelson Entertainment]], [[New World Pictures|New World]], [[MGM/UA Communications Co.|MGM/UA]], [[Carolco Pictures]], [[Lorimar Studios]], and [[20th Century Fox]], but ultimately [[Vestron Pictures]] acquired the distribution rights.<ref name="afi"/><ref name="afm"/> The film debuted at the [[1988 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto Festival of Festivals]] in September 1988 and was slated to be released the following February,<ref name="afm"/> but legal entanglements delayed its release until May 1989.<ref name="afi"/>

==Reception==
===Box office===
Box office returns were low, with the film earning only a little more than a third of its $10 million production cost.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097257/business |title=Box office/business for ''Earth Girls Are Easy''|access-date=2009-11-30|publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=May 2020}}

The film grossed £172,880 in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|page=22|title=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s – An Information Briefing|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|year=2005|access-date=November 29, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912042419/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Critical response===
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 68% based on 38 reviews, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "''Earth Girls Are Easy'' is messy, silly, and not particularly bright – qualities it comes by honestly and deliberately."<ref>{{Rotten Tomatoes | id=m/earth_girls_are_easy | title=Earth Girls Are Easy}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a [[Weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]], assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Critic Reviews for Earth Girls Are Easy |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/earth-girls-are-easy/critic-reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2020-07-01 |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731074949/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/earth-girls-are-easy/critic-reviews |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] concluded, "''Earth Girls Are Easy'' is silly and predictable and as permanent as a feather in the wind, but I had fun watching it."<ref>{{cite news |last= Ebert |first= Roger |author-link= Roger Ebert |title= Earth Girls Are Easy |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/earth-girls-are-easy-1989 |newspaper= [[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date= May 12, 1989 |access-date= 2020-07-01 |via= [[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-date= July 7, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200707113030/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/earth-girls-are-easy-1989 |url-status= live }}</ref> ''[[Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide]]'' called it an "[i]nfectiously goofy musical" and went on to cite "some good laughs" and "an endearing performance by Davis".<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Maltin|editor-first=Leonard|editor-link=Leonard Maltin|title=Leonard Maltin's 2006 Movie Guide|title-link=Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide|location=New York|publisher=[[Signet Books|Signet]]|year=2005|page=[https://archive.org/details/leonardmaltins00malt/page/368/mode/2up 369]|isbn=978-0-4512-1609-0}}</ref> George Anderson of the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' gushed over the absurdity of the story, and how fun the film was, saying it "is so cheerful about so many stupid things that you cannot, in good conscience, endorse it, but you may be tempted to adopt it."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vFoNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zm4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5282,9542229&dq=earth+girls+are+easy&hl=en | title=Spacey 'Girls' easy to Like | first=George | last=Anderson | date=June 30, 1989 | newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | via=[[Google News Archive]] | access-date=October 7, 2016 | archive-date=September 9, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909085131/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vFoNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zm4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5282,9542229&dq=earth+girls+are+easy&hl=en | url-status=live }}</ref> Chris Hicks of the ''[[Deseret News]]'' criticized the film for being "less a movie than a stretched-out, padded [music] video."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deseret.com/1989/8/2/20087471/film-review-earth-girls-are-easy | title=Film review: Earth Girls Are Easy | first=Chris | last=Hicks | date=August 2, 1989 | access-date=November 21, 2020 | newspaper=[[Deseret News]]}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
|-
! scope="row"| [[Fantasporto]]
| rowspan="3"| 1990
| Best Film
| [[Julien Temple]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[10th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]]
| [[Angelyne]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[5th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Oliver Stapleton]]
| {{nom}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssad-F_vlMo 5th Spirit Awards ceremony hosted by Buck Henry - full show (1990) | Film Independent]</ref>
|}

==Soundtrack==
The accompanying soundtrack album was released on [[LP record|vinyl]], [[Cassette tape|cassette]] and [[Compact disc|CD]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=1273|title=Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)|access-date=2009-11-30|website=SoundtrackCollector|archive-date=September 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909084134/https://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=1273|url-status=live}}</ref> by [[Sire Records]] on May 9, 1989.<ref name=amazon>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Earth-Girls-Easy-Daryl-Oates/dp/B000002LGG/|title=Earth Girls Are Easy [Soundtrack]|access-date=2009-11-30|website=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411051531/http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Girls-Easy-Daryl-Oates/dp/B000002LGG|archive-date=April 11, 2009}}</ref> Most of the songs on the album are different mixes than were heard in the film, several songs from the film were omitted altogether and Geena Davis' song "The Ground You Walk On" was replaced with a rendition by [[Jill Jones]].

Royalty's song "Baby Gonna Shake" was issued as a single (available in several formats with numerous remix variations)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Royalty|title=Royalty Discography|access-date=2009-11-30|website=[[Discogs]]|archive-date=August 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831032043/http://www.discogs.com/artist/Royalty|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Hall & Oates]]' rendition of "[[Love Train]]" was released as a single backed with the film's title song, performed by [[Nile Rodgers|The N]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hallandoates.de/Singles%201985-1989.htm|title=Hall & Oates Singles 1985–89|access-date=2009-11-30|website=HallAndOates.de|archive-date=September 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903142238/http://www.hallandoates.de/Singles%201985-1989.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| extra_column    = Performer
| title1          = [[Love Train]] 
| writer1         = {{hlist|[[Kenny Gamble]]|[[Leon Huff]]}}
| extra1          = [[Hall & Oates]]
| length1         = 3:45
| title2          = Baby Gonna Shake
| writer2         = {{hlist|[[Stephen Bray]]|Linda Mallah}}
| extra2          = Royalty
| length2         = 4:24
| title3          = Hit Me 
| writer3         = Paul Robb
| extra3          = [[Information Society (band)|Information Society]]
| length3         = 5:08
| title4          = The Ground You Walk On 
| writer4         = {{hlist|[[Billy Steinberg]]|[[Tom Kelly (musician)|Tom Kelly]]}}
| extra4          = [[Jill Jones]]
| length4         = 4:15
| title5          = Earth Girls Are Easy 
| writer5         = {{hlist|[[Julie Brown]]|Charles Coffey|Terrence McNally|Sterling Smith}}
| extra5          = [[Nile Rodgers|The N]]
| length5         = 3:43
| title6          = [[(Shake That) Cosmic Thing]]
| writer6         = {{hlist|[[Kate Pierson]]|[[Cindy Wilson]]|[[Fred Schneider]]|[[Keith Strickland]]}}
| extra6          = [[The B-52's]]
| length6         = 3:51
| title7          = [[Route 66 (song)|Route 66]]
| note7           = The [[Nile Rodgers]] Mix
| writer7         = [[Bobby Troup]]
| extra7          = [[Depeche Mode]]
| length7         = 4:09
| title8          = [[Who Do You Love? (Bo Diddley song)|Who Do You Love?]]
| writer8         = [[Ellas McDaniel]]
| extra8          = [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]]
| length8         = 4:04
| title9          = Throb 
| writer9         = [[Stewart Copeland]]
| extra9          = Stewart Copeland
| length9         = 2:09
| title10         = Brand New Girl 
| writer10        = {{hlist|Brown|Coffey|Dennis Poore}}
| extra10         = Julie Brown
| length10        = 3:42
| title11         = {{-'}}Cause I'm a Blonde
| writer11        = {{hlist|Brown|Coffey|Poore}}
| extra11         = Julie Brown
| length11        = 2:15
}}

==Legacy==
The film served as inspiration for the music video for the 2015 song "[[Pretty Girls (Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea song)|Pretty Girls]]" by American singer [[Britney Spears]] and Australian rapper [[Iggy Azalea]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Lindner |first=Emilee |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2159734/earth-girls-are-easy/ |title=Here's The Origin Of Iggy Azalea's New 'Pretty Girls' Video |publisher=[[MTV News]] |date=May 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519095904/http://www.mtv.com/news/2159734/earth-girls-are-easy/ |archive-date=May 19, 2015}}</ref>

==Stage show==
Beginning on September 16, 2001, there were several staged readings/performances of a musical play version of the film. Based on the film's screenplay and written by Charlie Coffey and Michael Herrmann, Brown reprised her role as Candy, [[Kristin Chenoweth]] took over the role of Valerie, [[Marc Kudisch]] assumed the role of Ted and [[Hunter Foster]] was cast as Mac. Although costumes and props were utilized, there were no sets and the actors carried their scripts around the stage—these stagings were merely devised to find investors for the show.

The play did not feature any original songs; the performers sang renditions of 1980s pop songs along with several numbers from the film. The play followed the film's story and scenes pretty closely, but a lot of new dialogue was written, a few characters were omitted, and there were some other slight deviations. Audio and video recordings of the September 30, 2002, staging are circulating, and several video clips from this performance have surfaced on YouTube.

Despite positive reaction, the timing of the initial staging was bad (coming mere days after the [[September 11 attacks]]), and even after subsequent readings, the show never attained the investors needed to become a full-blown production.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosati|first=Nancy|url=https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/rialto/past/2002/9_13_02.html|title=What's New on the Rialto? – Overtures at The Lark|website=Talkin' Broadway|date=September 13, 2002|access-date=November 25, 2022|archive-date=November 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125032234/https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/rialto/past/2002/9_13_02.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cast===
{{col div}}
* [[Kristin Chenoweth]] as Valerie Gail
* [[Julie Brown]] as Candy Pink
* [[Marc Kudisch]] as Dr. Ted Gallagher
* [[Hunter Foster]] as Mac
* [[Deven May]] as Wiploc
* Lisa Capps as Nurse/Ensemble
* Roxanne Barlow as Security Guard/Ensemble
* Steve Wilson as Security Guard/Ensemble
{{col div end}}

===Musical numbers===
{{Col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Act I
* "[[(Shake That) Cosmic Thing]]" – [[The B-52's]] (heard on radio)
* "Earth Girls Are Easy" – The N (heard on radio)
* "[[Eternal Flame (song)|Eternal Flame]]" – Valerie
* "Brand New Girl" – Candy, Valerie & Ensemble
* "[[Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)|(Let's Get) Physical]]" – Ted and Nurse
* "[[Heart of Glass (song)|Heart of Glass]]" – Valerie
* "[[California Girls]]" (partial) – Mac and Wiploc
* "[[Funkytown]]" – Ensemble
* "[[I Like 'em Big and Stupid]]" – Candy

{{col-break}}
;Act II
* "[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)|True Colors]]" – Mac
* "[[Atomic (song)|Atomic]]" – Valerie
* "[[Roam]]" – Entire Cast
* "[[Just Like Fred Astaire]]" – Mac & Valerie
* "'Cause I'm a Blonde" – Candy
* "Should Have Known Better" – Ted
* "Moonblind" – Mac and Valerie
* "Scary Kisses" – Valerie, Mac & Cast

{{col-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb title}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|2=Earth Girls Are Easy}}
* {{AFI film}}
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/film.php?filmid=5804 Movie stills] at Film.virtual-history.com

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