A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Katherine Heigl, Alexandra Breckenridge, Kelly Brook
Written by:
Robin Schiff
Directed by:
Robin Schiff
Release Date:
May 30, 2005
Original Title:
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning
Alternate Titles:
Romy and Michele: Behind the Velvet Rope
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Freeform Studios
Touchstone Television
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 86
It's 1987, and best friends Romy and Michele, fresh out of high school, are desperate to get away from their square hometown of Tucson and take their rightful place amongst the beautiful, hip people of Hollywood.
In this prequel to Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, it shows Romy and Michele as they graduate in 1987, and again three years later as they take on Los Angeles. For years Romy and Michele have been dreaming to go to L.A. and become rich and famous, but they decided to put their trip on hold while they save money. Three years have passed by and they've only managed to save $68, only $8 more than they had in high school. Despite their lack of money, they decide to go ahead with their plans to move to L.A. after seeing Pretty Woman. As the girls arrive in L.A., they decide to become prostitutes, but chicken out after their first encounter with a client. As they walk home, a man lends them a dollar for a vending machine, and Romy and Michele are arrested for prostitution.
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Art Direction:
Kim Hix
Casting:
Greg Orson
Characters:
Robin Schiff
Costume Design:
Debra McGuire
Director:
Robin Schiff
Director of Photography:
Russ T. Alsobrook
Editor:
John Axness
Executive Producer:
Barry Kemp
Robin Schiff
Deborah Sahagun
Hair Department Head:
Lori McCoy-Bell
Hairstylist:
RaMona Fleetwood
Key Makeup Artist:
Maggie Fung
Producer:
Kevin Inch
Production Design:
Thomas A. Walsh
Stunt Double:
Lisa Hoyle
Writer:
Robin Schiff
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