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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
736 Views


in what seems to be yet

another rock-and-roll tragedy.

But they didn't

say they were dead.

They said they were missing.

I say we raise money

for a search party,

and we hold a bake sale!

Yes!

Man, that is so sad.

It can all be over in a flash.

You know, but at least

they had a record deal.

We can have a record deal.

It's just that we can't sit around here

waiting for it to happen.

We have to make it happen.

And you know what?

Life... Life is short.

And we... we are musicians,

and that means...

that we should be

out there playing music.

We do play, and we rock,

but nobody shows.

- Nobody cares.

- I care. I do. And you know what?

When life gives you lemons,

you make lemonade, and

when the going gets tough...

The tough make lemonade!

Right!

Good. We're all on the same page.

Pack up your bass.

This way.

- I live for these pink shoes.

- Yeah, they are so much cooler than our red shoes.

You guys, pink is the new red.

Wyatt Frame.

I'm with the label.

I'm in town scouting new talent,

and I wondered if there was

anyone worth hearing.

I saw the card, man,

but I missed everything else.

Why don't you start over

while I change songs?

No, wait! Play this.

It's the new single from Dujour...

recorded just a few days ago

before the... disappearance.

I'd really like to test the reaction.

Right on.

Check this out, y'all!

I got the world premiere

ofthe last single ever...

from the late, great Dujour

just for all you in the store.

Check this out.

This is the best!

I love this song!

It's their best ever.

If I don't buy it,

everybody's gonna hate me.

Totally!

And, I also want

orange shoes.

Yeah!

Orange shoes are

so much cooler than

these stupid pink shoes.

You guys, orange

is the new pink!

I am sick of my Reebok sweats.

I need some Puma sweats.

And I gotta buy

a six-pack ofZima.

Dude, you don't drink.

I think I should start.

Yes, I think they responded

to that very well actually.

I think that song sucks.

I plug my ears when

crap like that comes on.

Really? Everybody else

seemed to like it.

That's because they're mindless

drones who will gobble up

anything you tell them is cool.

I see. Wow!

You're a real free thinker, aren't you?

I'd love to talk to you some more.

People in the recording

industry, like me,

always want to hear

the opinion of individuals like yourself...

to find out what we're doing wrong.

Yeah, right.

How much time do you have?

As much as you want.

After you.

Smells like teen spirit.

Well, this must be my lucky day.

A real non-conformist.

I'm so interested to hear

what else you have to say.

Well, first of all,

I don't understand...

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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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