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.
Theatrical Release: April 11, 2001
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Featurette: Backstage Pass
Audio Commentary: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan - Directors
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Music Video:
1. Josie and the Pussycats "3 Small Worlds" Video
2. Dujour - "Back Door Lover"
3. Dujour - "Around The World"
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Biographies: Cast & Crew
DVD-ROM Features:
Weblinks
Executive Producer
Michael Silberkleit: Executive Film Producer, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS (2001)
Executive Producer
Richard Goldwater: Executive Film Producer, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS (2001)
Director of Photography
Matthew Libatique: Cinematographer; PI (1997), REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000)
Review 1:
"...The movie's got bounce....[Cook] exudes an endearing earnestness in the concert scenes..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.48 04/20/2001
Review 2:
"...Competently performed....Embellished with some neat touches..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.46-7 09/01/2001
Review 3:
"Genius. Disguised as the latest comic-book adaptation for today's bopping teens, this is an astonishing attack on the corporate music biz..."
Source: Uncut
p.126 09/01/2004
Review 4:
"This is one sharp pussycat. Sensationally exuberant, imaginatively crafted and intoxicatingly clever..."
Source: Variety
p.17-24 04/09/2001
Review 5:
"...The bouncy power-pop tunes are pretty good..."
Source: USA Today
p.5D 04/11/2001
Review 6:
"...Some sly humour and gentle anarchy....Entertaining..."
Source: Total Film
p.93 09/01/2001
Review 7:
"...Cumming and Posey camp it up in style..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.93-4 05/10/2001
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