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Girl 6 (1996)

Theresa Randle , Isaiah Washington , Spike Lee  |  R |  DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee, Jenifer Lewis, Debi Mazar
  • Directors: Spike Lee
  • Writers: Suzan-Lori Parks
  • Format: Color, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
  • DVD Release Date: March 7, 2006
  • Run Time: 108 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000DZ95HG
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,755 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Girl 6" on IMDb

Special Features

  • "The Making of Girl 6" featurette
  • "Behind-the-Scenes of Girl 6" featurette
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • TV Spot

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Perhaps only Spike Lee could make a dignified yet extremely funny comedy-drama about phone sex. Theresa Randle (Bad Boys) is the title character, a hard-working actress who becomes addicted to this peculiar form of safe sex (the movie is verbal, not physical, in that department) at a high-class New York agency. Throughout the film, Girl 6 (she's unnamed beyond this) sports a dazzling array of new looks, hairstyles, and clothes. Randle radiates every step of the way. Lee even delivers on fantasy elements when Girl 6 finds herself in a send-up of blaxploitation films and a keen lampoon of The Jeffersons (the three-minute sequence is better than any planned TV-to-movie film that may come along). Revelations about Girl 6's life are brought out through her ex-husband (Isaiah Washington), who, in his very flawed but honest way, plans to reunite with her. Better yet are conversations with the next-door neighbor (Spike Lee, doing some of his best work). Solitary, experimental, with plenty of delicious cameos (including Madonna), Girl 6 is playwright Suzan-Lori Parks's first screenplay. Similar in tone to Lee's debut, She's Gotta Have It, Girl 6 also boasts an energetic mix of old and new songs by Prince and, as always with Lee, colorful camerawork. An alleyway kiss near the end is a great romantic image. --Doug Thomas

Product Description

Theresa Randle (BAD BOYS) delivers a breakthrough performance as a frustrated New York City actress who reluctantly takes a job as a phone sex operator. But when she discovers her natural gift for aural pleasure, she becomes a different woman to her sports memorabilia-obsessed neighbor (director Spike Lee), her romantic shoplifter ex-husband (Isaiah Washington of GREY’S ANATOMY), and an endless stream of calls from men fueled by dark and wild desires. Even if she loves being every man’s fantasy, can she ultimately handle her own reality? Quentin Tarantino, Madonna, Halle Berry, Naomi Campbell, Jenifer Lewis, Peter Berg, Debi Mazar, Michael Imperioli, John Turturro, Richard Belzer, Gretchen Mol and Ron Silver appear in this sexy comedy/drama written by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan- Lori Parks (TOPDOG/UNDERDOG) and featuring a hot soundtrack of hits by Prince

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Serious Comedy From Spike Lee June 6, 2004
Format:VHS Tape
1996: Spike Lee directed this movie believe it or not. He wrote the screenplay and performed in the role of the wise, comforting and dreamer neighboor in Lovely's apartment. Theresa Randle of the Bad Boys film, stars as Lovely, or the eponymous Girl 6. When I saw this film, I could not believe it was a Spike Lee film, but his presence in the movie and his signature urban themes are distinctly marked in this movie. The film deals with an aspiring actress who is coaxed into working as a phone sex operator. Despite the good money it pays, it becomes messy and dangerous for her after a client becomes insanely obscessed with her. Her relationship with her (boyfriend ? husband ?) is in jeopardy due to her choice of work. Although clearly this movie attempts to be serious, there are many comic features written into many of the scenes, particularily the sordid, bizarre and outrageous sexual fantasies of the clients. The phone sex scenes that play out between the operators and their clients are hilarious! The "fantasy sequences" in which Lovely acts out various roles from television and film are also hilarious. These roles are: Lovely as Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones, as the daughter in the old sitcom The Jeffersons, as Pam Grier's Foxy Brown in 70's exploitation movies and as a 30's or 40's Hollywood Golden Age diva towards the end of the film shot in black and white.Guest stars abound in this witty urban comic drama. Among them Madonna, as a phone sex operator instructor who is giving the girls tips and advice via a monitor, Halle Barry in a brief interview scene, and even Quentin Terentino shows up in the film. I don't know whether to laugh non stop at one of the silliest films ever made by Spike Lee or to wonder at the subtle signficance of its theme.... Read more ›
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This is in my top 10 August 27, 2003
Format:VHS Tape
One of my favourite films of all time. There's something about Spike Lee's *Girl 6* that's particularly stuck with me. In short, it's about a phone-sex agency and the people that work there. Theresa Randle plays Girl 6 brilliantly as a woman of great strength and tenderness. Like the film itself, very funny, yet painfully gritty. A surprisingly good performance from Naomi Campbell as Girl 75. An excellent cameo from Madonna playing the aging scarlet-woman with too much makeup spouting sexual profanitys - typecast or what! And the cherry-moon on the cake is the ace use of Prince music running through the film... *How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore* (which was a rare track back then), *HouseQuake*, *17 Days* and *Hot Thing* (which plays during Madge's monologue) being the musical highlights, for me. Oh, and Mr Lee himself is pretty good in it too... I really hope he gets around to releasing this on DVD... soon?!
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars My guilty pleasure February 4, 2000
Format:VHS Tape
Most of the filmgoing people I know say that this is Spike Lee's worst movie...I guess that they never saw "She's Gotta Have It". I have to say that I loved this one, and in my opinion, it was better than that overrated "Do The Right Thing"! The cinematography was colorful and dynamic and Theresa Randle ( a very beautiful and talented actress who usually pick out horrible movies to be featured in)was remarkable! She had the the voice and the spunk to play this character to a "T"! Normally, I get tired of watching Spike Lee in his own movies..but he was perfect as the nerdy, scrubbish Jimmy! The phone sex conversations were hilarious! (I loved the part where the husband was telling his wife and a phone sex operator about his fantasy of having a menage' trois) There were also surprising cameos from great faces in showbusiness today! Check out Madonna as a strip club owner and Quentin Tarrantino as the demanding director! And to top it off, it had THE BEST SOUNDTRACK any movie could ever have! It was brillant for Spike to have the Emperor of sexy music *yes, I mean Prince* to bless this feature with his sound! I wasn't surprised to see the Amazonian.com people giving this movie the ratings that it got. It's definantly not for people who are looking for the usual controversial Spike Lee movie. But for this girl, it's a smooth, sexy flick with panache!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Where's The DVD Version?? July 19, 2005
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Aside from the motion picture "Do The Right Thing", directed by Spike Lee, "Girl 6", also directed by Spike Lee, has to be my second all time favorite film he has produced. I know it is available on VHS format through CDNOW/AMAZON.COM, but I don't understand how such a great film as this has fallen into the "video(VHS)void?" Does anyone out there know if "Girl 6" has ever been produced on DVD, and if so, where I could find it?

If not, has anyone out there heard or know if and when there are plans for "Girl 6" to be released on DVD? Any help or information would be greatly appreciated.
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'girl 6' is one of the few spike lee films that i appreciate wholly and in parts.

the first part is suzan-lori parks' screenplay. there are times when it feels like a goodly portion of the dialogue is being written as the actors speak the lines. her words are that good. the situation which her heroine finds herself in is one that any performer has dealt with. she somehow manages to plunge the depths of human experience and pull herself up to reconnect with her ambitions to become a working actress without compromise.

the second is theresa randle's performance as girl 6. 6 (or judy) has a lot of issues, a great deal of baggage to carry and randle doesn't hold back in revealing any of 6's complexity. she is vain, she is overly romantic, she is strong and she, as a character, is in great hands with randle. i can always turn to this film and jump in because randle's performance is that finely crafted and inviting. a sad postscript is that this fabulous actress hasn't had much to do since this film was released in 1996.

the third is the supporting cast, filled with many recognizable faces such as isiah washington, jenifer lewis, gretchen mol, naomi campbell, richard belzer, madonna, michael imperioli, debi mazar, debra wilson, quentin tarantino, john turturro and lee himself. many of these actors had worked or continue to work with lee on his joints. the cast is an embarassment of riches and each actor comes through.

the fourth is the soundtrack made up of prince tunes. lee uses the music well and the songs are some of the best prince recorded, especially 'erotic city', 'how come u don't call me...' and 'nothing compares to u'. not to mention the sneak-ins of prince-produced classic like 'nasty girl' and 'screams of passion'.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Watch a game instead
Really??? I can't believe some of the things people do for money. I guess hats off to the actors in this movie who made a grip for such a bad movie.
Published 10 days ago by Antrah
5.0 out of 5 stars Girl 6 Rocks!!!
This movie is sexy and slick. It's imaginative and just an all around great movie. How can you go wrong with a PRINCE soundtrack!?!
Published 1 month ago by T. Mack
4.0 out of 5 stars Hard working
This movie let a lot of young women find out that acting is not just about your ability it is about your body also.
Published 2 months ago by Monica Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars i was just watchin this
i love this movie i decide to borrow it from the library and trust me i finish the same day
Published 2 months ago by tiffany john
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
This is one of my favorite Spike Lee movies. Story of an aspiring actress who refuses to do nude scenes, gets 86'd from her acting career, and becomes a telephone sex operator. Read more
Published on April 21, 2009 by robert campbell
3.0 out of 5 stars Engaging but sketchy character study. . .
Spike Lee's "Girl 6" is a strange, open-ended comedy-drama that actually amounts to little more than a tantalizing character study. Read more
Published on February 11, 2009 by Danniray99
5.0 out of 5 stars Talk, Talk
Judy has a life in free-fall.

Her ex-husband is light years from being career-orientated, her best friend is a wannabe sports memorabilia dealer and she has just... Read more
Published on January 19, 2009 by County Lineman
3.0 out of 5 stars Girl 6 - listen 2 your fears (I got a 25 inch waist) (Oh yeah)
This movie is almost like a weird dream that you just can't shake. It only drew me in becuase it was so confusing. Blockbuster should put it in the strange but un-true isle. Read more
Published on March 8, 2008 by JGC
1.0 out of 5 stars just cause of madonna i bought this dvd
this film bored me to tears
i just bought it cause madonna makes a cameo appearance
Published on December 27, 2007 by Semtex Girl
1.0 out of 5 stars Questionable movie
I found the movie unpersuasive, repetitive, boring and unattractive. The plot is not quite integrated, does not "flow," and has twists and turns that do not make much sense. Read more
Published on September 27, 2007 by Movies buff
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