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Warner Bros. Pictures
details
Release Date: Sep 13, 1996
Running Time: 115 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
A look at a woman struggling to find her own voice in the male-dominated world of music follows the journey of singer/songwriter Denise Waverly through the corridors of the Brill Building during the doo-wop heyday of the late fifties and into Malibu's psychedelic surfer scene of the late sixties. Along the way, Denise discovers why, as she is told at her very first singing competition, "it's a lot more fun singing a song you like than tryin' to please everybody."
cast + crew
Director
Edna Buxton
Dress Saleswoman
Mrs Buxton
Talent Show Contestant
Doris Shelly
MC at Talent Show
Auditiion Record Producer
Betty
Sha Sha
Joel Millner
screenplay
Screenplay
reviews
December 8, 2000
This might have been a vital film about women in music if gifted writer and director Allison Anders (Gas, Food Lodging; Mi Vida Loca) had known when to quit. Interest is instantly aroused when singer/songwriter Denise Waverly, energetically played by Illeana Douglas and sung by Kristen Vigard, enters New York's Brill Building in 1958 and begins writing tunes for girl groups instead of guys. Think Carole King and the Ronettes or the Dixie Cups. Nutso Joel Millner (John Turturro in a funny and…
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