Working Girls (1986)
1986, 93 min
Country: US Studio: First Run Features Cast: Amanda Goodwin, Ellen McElduff, Frederick Neumann, Marusia Zach, Patience Pierce, Richard Davidson, Louise Smith Director: Lizzie Borden Rating: Unrated Our Rating:
FROM THE LINER NOTESMolly is a lesbian with an Ivy League degree. Gina plans on opening her own beauty salon. Dawn is a law student. Mary answered an ad to be a "hostess" and decided to try it. Welcome to a typical day in the life of a group of New York City prostitutes.Plying their trade in an expensive, immaculately maintained manhattan bordello, they deal with everything from the mundane to the profane while servicing men of all shapes, sizes and odd fetishes. For these working girls, every job may have its price, but every day has its cost. Award-winning feminist director Lizzie Borden (Born in Flames) spent six months interviewing real prostitutes for this acclaimed drama, delivering an unflinching look at "The World's Oldest Profession" filled with rare humor, insight and honesty.
REVIEW
In cinematic terms, the prostitute is usually portrayed either as a statuesque, high-priced call girl or as a drug-snorting, under-aged, runaway streetwalker. Working Girls, on the other hand, is a wryly comical and non-judgmental tale about another, less melodramatic side of the "sex-for-sale" business. Feminist filmmaker Borden tells the story of a middle-class brothel nestled in a Manhattan high-rise. Essentially, the film is a day in the life of the shrewish madam and her "girls" as seen through the eyes of Molly, a young woman who, while ambivalent about her work, is nonetheless happy not to be working 9 to 5.
PRODUCT FORMAT INFORMATION
DVD :
$20.99
Availability:
ON ORDER Ships when stock arrives
Close Caption: No
Region Code: 1
UPC: 720229912785
Studio: First Run Features
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.66
Extras: Trailers
Features:Audio commentary: with director Lizzie Borden, cinematographer Julie Irola and star Amanda GoodwinEditor's Suggestions
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