Josie and the Pussycats Page #4

Synopsis: For years, the record industries have inserted subliminal messages into music so that they can turn teenagers into brain dead zombies who do nothing but buy, buy, buy. And whenever the musician or band finds out the truth, the record company silences them to keep the truth from coming out. When the hot boy band DuJour discovers this, their manager, Wyatt Frame, under his evil, corrupt boss, Fiona, has the plane they are flying in crashed and him looking for a new band to use for their evil schemes. Enter Josie, the ditsy Melody, and the tough Valerie, from Josie and the Pussycats, a small band who wants to make it to the big time. When they are discovered by Wyatt, they give in and become big rock stars. But will they find out that they are just pawns for the record industry or will fame take them over?
Genre: Comedy, Music
Production: Universal Pictures
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
PG-13
Year:
2001
98 min
$14,126,075
Website
882 Views


all this happened in a week?

No!

Who are you?

We know them!

Eww! We do!

Oh, my God! We love you.

We're like your biggest fans!

- No, you're not. You hate us.

- Are you crazy?

Josie and the Pussycats

are our new favorite band of all time!

Josie and the Pussycats

are the new Dujour!

Wanna see our Pussycat tattoo?

Look it!

That was way too weird.

Weird? What's the point

of being famous...

if the people you hated in high school

don't want to kiss your ass?

You're lucky.

Most people have to wait

till their ten-year reunion

for that sort of revenge.

You're just going

to have to get used to people

throwing themselves at you.

And, talking of throwing,

Fiona, the head of MegaRecords,

is throwing a huge party

tonight in your honor,

a celebration of all things Josie.

- Um, Wyatt?

- Hmm?

- Don't I get one?

- Oh, that is strange.

Why don't you come along too?

There's always room

for one more.

How about us?

No.

Wow. A party.

That's, um...

That's, uh...

That's kind of cool.

But is it as "kind of cool" as playing

your own stadium concert?

Oops! I promised Fiona

she could tell you. Damn.

We're playing a stadium concert?

This weekend.

Shouldn 't we maybe play

some small clubs first?

Maybe do a few gigs in Europe.

Build a following.

You have a following.

Honestly, "J."

I wouldn't send you out there

if I didn't think you could deliver.

It would only make me look bad

But this is the whole deal:

simultaneous pay-per-view

web cast, live streaming video,

millions of little people

paying good money just to watch you.

Well, I'm sure

your bandmates are tres excited.

Right, Melly-Mel?

Our first concert ever.

Thanks, Wyatt.

Don't thank me.

Thank Fiona.

It washer idea.

It's been part of her plan

for you from the start.

Operation Big Concert,

where we finally take things

to the next level.

When Josie and the Pussycats

play their stadium concert,

all the kids in the audience,

as well as the ones watching at home,

will have to purchase these.

It's the debut of 3-D-X surround sound,

a new technology that

makes the music feel like

it's happening all around ou,

like 3-D.

Gentlemen, a demonstration.

This is what those kids

think they're hearing on those headsets.

This is what they're really hearing.

Conform.

Free willis overrated.

Jump on the bandwagon.

That voice.

I know that voice.

It's, um...

- It's Mr. Moviefone.

- Yes!

He does all our subliminal tracks.

There is no such place as Area 51.

Excellent work, Fiona.

These kids will never

know what hit 'em.

- And neither will you.

- I'm sorry. What was that?

- Huh? What?

- You just said something.

No, I didn't.

Yes, you did.

No, I didn't.

Yes, you did.

I said, "These kids will never

know what hit 'em," and then you

said, "And neither will you."

- I did?

- We all heard you.

Oh... Well...

What I meant to say was,

"And neither will you guys."

Meaning the teenagers.

I was just emphasizing my point.

Oh. Oh, okay.

Great. Thanks.

That was close.

Excuse me?

I was going to say,

"That was... close...

"to being

a... really nice moment...

between the two of us."

Don't you think?

Yeah, well, I guess.

I have to be getting back

to the Pentagon, so...

Toni Tennille and l...

we wrote all the songs together.

Captain just played the piano.

It was my idea to have him

wear that hat.

I said, "How you

gonna be a captain

if you don't wear a hat?"

We did make some beautiful music

together though.

A big song... The one I was

mostly responsible for was...

"Love Will Keep Us Together."

Well, guess what. It didn't.

Guess after a while, you know,

they didn 't want to share

the spotlight no more.

Sometimes that stuff happens.

I can still remember,

though, Captain always said,

"Friends first. The band second."

I wish I'd have got that in writin'.

Oh, no.

That's better.

Oh, my God, I am so sorry.

I totally, totally forgot.

We have to go to

this record party thing

with the head ofthe label.

- What's the matter?

- Nothing. It just, uh...

You look so, uh...

You cannot make fun of me.

They sent this dress over.

I did not pick it out.

But I cut up the front,

and I made wristbands.

It looks stupid, doesn't it?

No, no, no. No. l...

I've just...

I've never seen you... Wow!

Finish your sentences.

Is that a good wow or a bad wow?

Oh, no, no. It's, uh...

It's a good wow.

It's a... it's a...

it's a very good wow.

Thanks.

- Actually, would you mind?

There's a...

- Mind what?

There's a chain thing

that I can't figure out really.

Oh, right.

Right, um... Okay.

Um...

That's, um...

that's down here.

A little complicated.

Josie, are you ready?

The door was open. I hope

I'm not interrupting anything.

- Hey, Alec N,

how's it hanging?

- Actually, it's Alan M.

Yes, what's with the initial?

It didn't work for Sheila E.,

and it doesn't work for you.

Josie, we don't want to be late

for the hottest and most

exclusive party of the year.

There's free cable.

Uh, Josie?

Um, I was wondering,

d-d-did you want to

do something tomorrow?

Yeah.

When?

- 2:
00?

- No can do. Taping E.

- Oh. 1:
30. 3:00.

- MTV. MSNBC.

- 4:
00.

- 4:
15.

- 4:
15.

- Sold to the young man with no future.

Come on, Josie.

There's a limo waiting.

Goodnight, Adam 12.

- Trot on.

- Actually, it's Alan M.

Look at them staring at us.

No one thinks I should be here.

That's totally what they're thinking.

Look at them staring at Josie.

No one thinks I should be here.

That's totally what they're thinking.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the head of MegaRecords...

and the host of your party,

Fiona.

Isn't she fabulous?

I'm Fiona.

Welcome to your party!

Enough spectacle.

Let's go be girls!

This is my girly room.

No boys allowed.

Come on, girls. Sit down.

We'll gossip.

Oh!

Isn 't he just the cutest?

He's pretty cute.

Pringles!

Pringles!

Josie!

Come on!

Oh, I am starved!

I'm such a pig.

N-No. No, you're not.

So, Josie, how much do you weigh?

Excuse me?

Your weight!

Ha! 115.

I'm three pounds lighter than you.

But don't worry about it.

I think you look great.

Tho pretty and popular.

What did you just say?

Nothing. I thaid

the new thong's pretty popular.

What "thong"?

The new thong.

The new thingle.

I'm thorry.

I have thomething caught in my teeth.

Got it.

So, who wants to French braid?

Okay, so who else thinks

that Fiona's a freak?

Oh, my God. I'm so glad

you said something, because

as soon as you said her name,

I got the most awful sensation,

like this ice-cold chill

creeping up my spine.

Oh, sweetie, that's 'cause

you're sitting on the O.

Oh.

No. I still got

the shivers, you guys.

It's not the O.

It's her.

I don't know.

What do you think, Val?

Stuff's definitely been... different

since we left Riverdale.

And, if you ask me,

some things feel like

they've changed completely.

- Wyatt.

- Hmm?

I don't like those two

pussycats. They're asking

questions, and that's dangerous.

We can't afford to take

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Deborah Kaplan

Deborah Kaplan (born November 11, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director. Raised in Abington, Pennsylvania, Deborah Kaplan met her creative partner Harry Elfont while they were both enrolled at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University (NYU). They have since written several films together, and directed two: Can't Hardly Wait and Josie and the Pussycats. Kaplan married actor Breckin Meyer (who had small roles in both of the films she directed) on October 14, 2001. They have two children together, a daughter named Keaton Willow, born on December 31, 2003 and another daughter named Clover. The marriage ended in divorce in 2012. more…

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