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Features: DVD, Rated PG
Hot newcomers Josie (Rachel Leigh Cook), Melody (Tara Reid) and Val (Rosario Dawson) are three small-town musicians with big dreams but little future. Then fate gives the Pussycats a chance of a lifetime when they are discovered by band manager Wyatt (Alan Cumming) of Mega Records, who signs them overnight to an awesome recording contract. Suddenly, Josie and the Pussycats are living life in the fast lane with sold-out concerts, a number one single and global stardom. But it's not all limousines and private jets. The Pussycats soon discover they're being played like pawns in an evil plot by the record label's maniacal CEO Fiona (Parker Posey) to control the youth of America.
"The purr-fect mix of sexy cool comedy. This movie rocks!" KMAX-TV
"Thumbs up! Really funny!" Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper And The Movies
"Smart fun. Like Charlie's Angels..." Houston Chronicle
Editor's Note
Josie (Rachel Leigh Cook), Melody (Tara Reid), and Val (Rosario Dawson) are the Pussycats, a struggling rock band hoping for success in the fast-paced music world. Their dreams seem to be coming true when a record producer (Alan Cumming) suddenly signs them up to become the newest number one band in the country, without even listening to their music. Before they can think twice, the girls are made over, given glamorous clothing, and besieged by hordes of trend-worshipping fans, but soon Josie and the gang begin to realize that their music is part of an evil scheme run by MegaRecords executive Fiona (Parker Posey) to control the world by planting subliminal messages in the music of prepackaged, manufactured pop groups. When the Pussycats learn the truth, Fiona will do anything to keep them from getting in the way of her ultimate plan. JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS roars into the new millennium with a dead-on satire of the modern culture of pop music and merchandising (including the fictional group Du Jour, an hilarious parody of boy bands). Simultaneously, JOSIE presents a trio of bubbly but tough female heroes who sound as good as they look, with songs produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. The film is a live action interpretation of the comic book from Archie Comics that became a popular animated television series in the 1980s.
| Features | English Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | English DTS 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | French 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | Theatrical Trailer | | Production Notes | | Cast And Crew Biographies | | Backstage Pass Featurette Featuring Behind-The-Scenes Footage With Cast And Crew Interviews | | Feature Commentary With Directors Deborah Kaplan And Harry Elfont And Producer Marc Platt | | DVD-ROM Features | | Josie And The Pussycats "3 Small Worlds" Music Video | | Dujour "Backdoor Lover" And Dujour "Around The World" Music Videos | | Deleted Scenes |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 6/1/2004 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2001 | | Catalog ID: 21491 | | UPC: 00025192149122 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"This is one sharp pussycat. Sensationally exuberant, imaginatively crafted and intoxicatingly clever..." 04/09/2001 p.17-24Rolling Stone
"...Cumming and Posey camp it up in style..." 05/10/2001 p.93-4 USA Today
"...The bouncy power-pop tunes are pretty good..." 04/11/2001 p.5D Entertainment Weekly
"...The movie's got bounce....[Cook] exudes an endearing earnestness in the concert scenes..." 04/20/2001 p.48 Sight and Sound
"...Competently performed....Embellished with some neat touches..." 09/01/2001 p.46-7 Total Film
"...Some sly humour and gentle anarchy....Entertaining..." 09/01/2001 p.93 Uncut
"Genius. Disguised as the latest comic-book adaptation for today's bopping teens, this is an astonishing attack on the corporate music biz..." 09/01/2004 p.126 |
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