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Party Girl Information

Party Girl is a 1995 film directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer starring Parker Posey. It is notable as being the first commercial comedy-drama feature film shown in its entirety on the Internet.

Synopsis

Scripted by Mayer with Harry Birckmayer and Sheila Gaffney, the storyline follows the misadventures of free-spirited Mary (Parker Posey) on her self-destructive path of drugs and parties. Arrested for illegally charging attendees at an underground rave, she calls upon her godmother, Judy Lindendorf (Sasha von Scherler), to bail her out. So Mary can repay the loan, Judy employs her as a clerk at the library where she works. Mary reluctantly begins her new job while striking up a romance with Lebanese street vendor Mustafa (Omar Townsend). The other men in her life are her friends Derrick (Anthony DeSando) and Leo (Guillermo Díaz), a DJ in clubs. Things begin to fall apart when she loses her library job and is evicted from her apartment. In the end, Mary decides to study to become a librarian herself but without compromising her own sense of style and happiness. Others in the cast are Donna Mitchell, as the club owner, and Liev Schreiber, whose character proposes to Mary so that he can keep his visa, allowing him to remain in the country. Lady Bunny makes a cameo during the opening credits, outside of Mary's house party.

Internet debut

The Internet premiere happened on June 3, 1995, transmitted from Glenn Fleishman's Point of Presence Company (POPCO). Appearing live in the POPCO offices, Parker Posey welcomed Internet viewers and then introduced the film. Fleishman recalled the event:

I helped launch the first official full-length movie premiere in 1995 in my offices in Seattle. The film was broadcast to several hundred people worldwide over a CU-SeeMe reflector at Point of Presence Company's offices in downtown and then a few minutes, it was projected at The Egyptian in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Parker Posey was in our offices to hit the start button on the broadcast. I was one cog in a larger set of wheels that involved the Seattle International Film Festival, Film.com (now part of RealNetworks), First Look Releasing, and the film's producers, as well as another online development company and a CUSeeMe consultant who also worked for the government down in Texas. The launch was shown on NBC Nightly News in a five-minute segment on the bottom of the Sunday broadcast that week.

Television series

A television show based on the film was produced in 1996. It starred Christine Taylor as Mary and Swoosie Kurtz as Judy. Although six episodes were filmed, only four were aired and the show was quickly cancelled.

Soundtrack

The Party Girl soundtrack was released June 8, 1995 by Relativity Records.

  1. "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" " The Wolfgang Press
  2. "Beautiful" " Tom Tom Club
  3. "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" " Dawn Penn
  4. "Les Ailes" " Khaled
  5. "I'll Keep Coming Back" " Chanelle
  6. "Big Apple Boogaloo" " Brooklyn Funk Essentials
  7. "Anyone Could Happen to Me" " Nation of Abel
  8. "Peter Piper" " Run D.M.C.
  9. "To Be Loved" " Basscut
  10. "Never Take Your Place" " Mr. Fingers
  11. "Music Selector Is the Soul Reflector" " Deee-Lite
  12. "Party Girl (Turn Me Loose)" " Ultra Naté



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