MATERIAL GIRLS

'''Material Girls''' is a satirical teen comedy film starring Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff. It is based on a script written by John Quaintance and is directed by Martha Coolidge, and it also stars Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, and Brent Spiner. It is co-produced by Patriot Pictures and Madonna's film production company, Maverick Films.

Contents

Taglines

Plot

Production and release

Cast

Notes

References

External links

Taglines

★ They lost a fortune but got a life.

★ It's a short trip from the penthouse to the poorhouse.

Plot

The plot centers around Marchetta sisters, Tanzie (Hilary) and Ava (Haylie), a pair of rich, spoiled socialites who enjoy material things such as shopping and dating rather than caring about their late father's cosmetics company. When a scandal involving one of the company's products turns into an investigation, the girls find their assets frozen and must adjust to life without their fortune. Ava quickly takes all her clothes while Tanzie, caring about her father more, takes her dad's TiVo and some clothes. They are tempted to listen to their advisors and sell the company to their biggest competitor (Fabiella) but decide to honor their father's memory by trying to turn it around themselves.

Production and release

The film began production on April 18 2005, in Los Angeles, California. For the film's soundtrack, Hilary Duff recorded two new songs: "Happy" (which features the same music as "Play with Fire", her single released in August 2006) and a Timbaland-produced^[1] cover version of Madonna's song "Material Girl", which was the inspiration for the film's story and is featured at the beginning of the film. Performed as a duet with Haylie Duff, it was supposed to be released as a single, but Haylie Duff said via MTV.com that its release had been cancelled because there was no time to shoot a music video.
On March 31, 2006, the entertainment site AndPop.com reported that Lukas Haas had said he did not expect the film to be released. These statements were confirmed on April 5, in an article in ''The Ryersonian''. Has expressed his unhappiness with the film, and said they had been trying to sell the film for a long time with little success.^[2] On April 6, the website Box Office Mojo reported that MGM had picked up the rights to ''Material Girls'' and would be releasing it on August 25 (this was later changed to August 18). On May 2, the official website for Martha Coolidge reported that it would be released on around 2,000 screens.^[3]
''Material Girls'' was released in 1,500 theaters in the U.S. and debuted at number nine on the weekend box office chart, grossing $4.62 million dollars in its first three days of release.^[4] The DVD for ''Material Girls'' was released on December 12 2006 in the U.S by 20th Century Fox under the MGM Home Entertainment label. It is a double-sided DVD disc with special features including the music video for Hilary Duff's single "Play with Fire". In the UK the film was released on March 2 2007 to coincide with the release of Duff's single "With Love", her album ''Dignity'', and the UK release of her scent With Love... Hilary Duff.
The film has garnered a total of $16,821,849 worldwide.

Cast

★ Hilary Duff: Tanzania "Tanzie" Marchetta

★ Haylie Duff: Ava Marchetta

★ Anjelica Huston: Fabiella

★ Brent Spiner: Tommy

★ Lukas Haas: Henry

★ Faith Prince: Pam

★ Marcus Coloma: Rick

★ Obba Babatundé: Craig

★ Maria Conchita Alonso: Inez

Notes

1. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/D/Duff_Hilary/2006/01/10/1387001.html
2. http://stw.ryerson.ca/~sonian/apr5/arts/haas.html
3. http://www.marthacoolidge.com/news/news.php?id=6
4. http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9697

References

★ Duff Sisters Team For ''Material Girls''.

★ ION Cinema: Material Girls

★ Trio Joins the ''Material Girls'' Cast.

★ Release Date of ''Material Girls''.

★ Hilary Duff film might never be released.

★ Hilary Duff film Material Girls to be released.

★ Hilary Duff Release Date of "Material Girls"

★ Box office figures

External links

★ Official U.S. site

★ Official UK site

★ Official Patriot Pictures site

★ Official Arclight Films site

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