D.E.B.S. (2004)

Director:

Angela Robinson

Writer (WGA):

Angela Robinson (written by)

Release Date:

25 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

They're crime-fighting hotties with killer bodies.

Plot:

Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the elite national-defense group, D.E.B.S.

Plot Keywords:

Diamonds | Art School | Blind Date | Lesbian Kiss | Lip Synching

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Sara Foster	...	Amy
Jordana Brewster	...	Lucy
Meagan Good	...	Max
Devon Aoki	...	Dominique
Jill Ritchie	...	Janet
Geoff Stults	...	Bobby
Jimmi Simpson	...	Scud
Jessica Cauffiel	...	Ninotchka
Christina Kirk	...	Madeleine
Holland Taylor	...	Ms. Petrie
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Mr. Phipps
J.B. Ghuman Jr.	...	Dustin
Scoot McNairy	...	Stoner
Jean St. James	...	Waitress
Eric Dearborn	...	Eric
Jenny Mollen	...	German D.E.B.
Aimee Garcia	...	Maria
Roger Fan	...	News Anchor #1
Krista Conti	...	News Anchor #2
Gina Salemi	...	Junior #1
Kasey Stevens	...	Junior #2
Jennifer Carpenter	...	Hysterical Student
Eric Bachniarz	...	David
Ryan Xavier	...	Hutch
Michael David Masters	...	Kirk
Tony Cecere	...	Proctor

Directed by
Angela Robinson

Writing credits (WGA)
Angela Robinson		(written by)

Produced by
Stacy Codikow	....	co-producer
Mike Crawford	....	line producer
Larry Kennar	....	executive producer
Alexandra Kondracke	....	associate producer (as Alexandra Martinez Kondrake)
Jasmine Kosovic	....	producer
Douglas Salkin	....	associate producer
Pat Scanlon	....	co-producer
Andrea Sperling	....	producer

Original Music by
Steven M. Stern		(as Steven Stern)

Cinematography by
M. David Mullen		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Angela Robinson

Casting by
Rick Montgomery

Production Design by
Chris Anthony Miller

Set Decoration by
Laura Evans

Costume Design by
Frank Helmer

Makeup Department
Mustaque M. Ashrafi	....	additional makeup artist (as Mustaq Ashrati)
Laura Berman	....	additional hair stylist
Marc Boyle	....	key hair stylist
Roxy D'Alonzo	....	additional makeup artist
Janice Heaton	....	additional makeup artist
Rosemary Lawrence	....	key makeup artist
Rosemary Lawrence	....	makeup department head
Michele Lewis	....	additional makeup artist (as Michelle D. Lewis)
Day Nguyen	....	makeup assistant
Elizabeth Villamarin	....	additional makeup artist (as Liz Villamarin)
Jasmine Washington	....	additional hair stylist
Angie Wells	....	makeup artist: Michael Clarke Duncan (as Angela Wells)
'Nikki' LaShandra White	....	hair assistant (as Nikki White)

Production Management
Mike Crawford	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ted Campbell	....	assistant director: second unit
Susan Ransom-Coyle	....	second second assistant director (as Susan Ransom)
Susan Ransom	....	second second assistant director
Sholto J. Roeg	....	first assistant director (as Sholto Roeg)
Tyler Romary	....	additional second second assistant director (as Tyler T. Romary)
Hillary Schwartz	....	second assistant director
Dana Wagner	....	additional second second assistant director

Art Department
Peter Ayala	....	art department coordinator
Joana Beeson	....	art production assistant
Morgan Blackledge	....	set dresser
Chris Brewster	....	additional set dresser
David Cooney	....	storyboard artist
Michael Courville	....	property master
Bill Davis	....	property master
Paolo DeLeon	....	lead person
Roger Dertinger	....	on-set dresser
Trent Ermes	....	storyboard artist
Jim Falkenstein	....	property assistant (as Jim Falkstein)
Don Graben	....	additional set dresser (as Donald Graben)
Rob Henning	....	additional swing
Jeffrey Ippolito	....	additional swing
Ira A. McAliley	....	additional swing (as Ira McAliley)
Carol Lea Pike	....	additional property assistant (as Carol Pike)
Jeffrey Reyes	....	assistant props
Curtis Rogers	....	additional set dresser
Greg Runnels	....	set dresser
Mark Runnels	....	set dresser
Christopher Schultz	....	additional swing
Billy Sender	....	additional set dresser (as Bill Sender)
Orlando 'Lonnie' Silva	....	swing
Richard Stockman	....	swing
Brad Zoellick	....	additional swing

Sound Department
Doug Andham	....	sound effects editor (as Doug Andorka)
Doug Andham	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Doug Andorka)
Victoria S. Cunningham	....	boom operator
Klair Ethridge	....	sound utility
Gregorio Fraser	....	utility sound
Shawn Holden	....	sound mixer
Markus Innocenti	....	adr supervisor
Jackie Johnson	....	sound editor
Cynthia Merrill	....	foley artist
Nick Neutra	....	foley mixer
Chris Phips	....	adr recordist
Jesse Pomeroy	....	supervising sound editor
Sergio Reyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Stanley	....	supervising sound editor
Adam Stiles	....	sound effects editor
Steve Tushar	....	sound designer
Chris Walmer	....	additional utility sound

Special Effects by
Torrence Hall	....	special effects
Mike Tristano	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Yorgo Alexopoulos	....	visual effects designer
John Bair	....	digital effects artist
Levent Cetiner	....	visual effects artist
Brian Haimes	....	digital artist
Mary Hawkins	....	digital artist
Nickie Huai	....	digital effects artist
Ian Hutchinson	....	digital effects artist
Chris Kairalla	....	visual effects artist
Anthea Kerou	....	assistant visual effects artist
Elizabeth Knizley	....	visual effects supervisor assistant
Amber Kusmenko	....	lead rotoscoper
John G. Lashley	....	digital compositor: visual effects & props
Nathan Meier	....	CGI animator
Jeffrey Miller	....	visual effects designer
Oscar Nino	....	assistant visual effects artist
Ojay Obinani	....	matte artist
Elvira Pinkhas	....	digital effects artist
Dana Schecter	....	assistant visual effects artist
Molly Schwartz	....	visual effects artist
Jay Shin	....	digital effects artist
Bill Stout	....	assistant visual effects artist
David Tecson	....	visual effects supervisor
Mark Thompson	....	visual effects supervisor
Kathleen Tobin	....	visual effects artist
Lauren Wang	....	visual effects artist
Augustus Wendell	....	visual effects artist
Paul Wiley	....	visual effects artist
Scott Winston	....	digital artist

Stunts
Daniel Arrias	....	stunts (as Dan Arrias)
Nicole Basanda	....	stunts
Dartenea Bryant	....	stunts (as Dartenea 'Dee' Bryant)
Terri Cadiente	....	stunts
Ritchie Copenhaver	....	stunts
Dale Gibson	....	stunts
Tom Harper	....	stunts
Toby Holguin	....	stunts
Susan James	....	stunts
Will Leong	....	stunts
Alex Madison	....	stunts (as Gail Monian)
Cliff McLaughlin	....	stunts
Joel Munoz	....	stunts
Brad Orrison	....	stunts
Lynn Salvatori	....	stunt coordinator
Mike Smith	....	additional fight coordinator
Monica Staggs	....	stunts
Jill Stokesberry	....	stunts (as Jill Stokesbury)
Mark Vanselow	....	stunts (as Mark Van Slow)
Tom Waite	....	stunts
Boni Yanagisawa	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Bruce Birmelin	....	still photographer
Curtis Bradford	....	additional gaffer
Eve Bregman	....	additional still photographer
Andreas Burgess	....	additional grip
Bennett Cerf	....	additional first assistant camera
Corey Corona	....	additional grip
Daryl Didier	....	electrician
Wendy Finn	....	additional second assistant camera
Tab Fivecoat	....	dolly grip
Lewis Fowler	....	additional second assistant camera
Emily Geagan	....	electrician
Michael Gfelner	....	Steadicam operator
Michael Gfelner	....	camera operator
J.T. Gurzi	....	electrician
Timothy Hedgecock	....	best boy electric (as Tim Hedgecock)
Brad Heiner	....	key grip
John Hoffma	....	grip (as Jean-Pierre Hoffma)
Stephan James	....	grip (as Stephen James)
Jonathan Jennings	....	additional second assistant camera
Thomas Lewis	....	additional first assistant camera (as Tommy Lewis)
Gary Lowrance	....	electrician (as Gary Lawrance)
Skip McCraw	....	gaffer
Vanessa Morehouse	....	additional second assistant camera
Michael Moseley	....	additional electrician
David Mun	....	additional first assistant camera (as Dave Mun)
Simon Oliver	....	additional Steadicam operator
Richard Paisley	....	additional electrician (as Richard D. Paisley)
Sean Peacock	....	additional grip
Tony Perija	....	grip
Theo Pingarelli	....	first assistant camera
Rocky Romines	....	additional grip
Scott Romsos	....	additional electrician
Brian 'Wheat' Villegas	....	key rigging grip (as Brian Villegas)
Seth Saint Vincent	....	additional grip
Stephen L. Whitcomb	....	second assistant camera (as Steve Whitcomb)
William Rick Young	....	best boy grip (as Rick Young)
Jon Zarkos	....	additional first assistant camera

Animation Department
Mary Hawkins	....	animator

Casting Department
Chad Darnell	....	extras casting
Kim Ju	....	extras casting
Seth Yanklewitz	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pamela Berggren	....	additional wardrobe (as Pam Berggren)
Dana Casey	....	additional costumer
Mary Matthews-Smith	....	additional wardrobe supervisor
Abigail Nieto	....	additional costumer
Layla Ross	....	wardrobe supervisor
Jennifer Seery	....	on-set costumer

Editorial Department
Travis William Blue	....	post-production assistant
Ross Guidici	....	associate editor
Tim Hutchings	....	on-line editor
Chris Regan	....	color timer
Troy Tompkins	....	assistant on-line editor

Music Department
Jenée DeAngelis	....	music coordinator (as Jenee Clark)
Wayne Scott Joness	....	music editor
Howard Paar	....	music supervisor
Michael Stern	....	engineer: digital audio score
Steven M. Stern	....	score producer (as Steven Stern)

Transportation Department
Ed Adams	....	driver
Rodolfo Arroyo	....	additional driver
Mark L. Basler	....	additional driver (as Mark Basler)
Collin Butrum	....	transportation coordinator
Curt A. Butrum	....	driver (as Curt Butrum)
John Cardos	....	driver (as Bud Cardos)
Shawn Coulter	....	additional driver
Al Crane	....	additional driver
Terry Crnic	....	additional driver
Todd Cronkite	....	additional driver
William Dawson	....	additional driver
Jesse Gonzalez	....	driver (as Jessie Gonzalez)
Curt Michael Grooms	....	additional driver (as Curt Grooms)
Bill Grund	....	additional driver
Chris Haynes	....	additional driver
Christian James	....	additional driver
Rita Lundin	....	additional driver
Dan Marionneaux	....	additional driver (as Danny Marionneaux)
Jay Norof	....	driver
Adam Praw	....	additional driver
Larry Ratel	....	additional driver
Tommy Rizzo	....	additional driver
Kevin Simmons	....	driver
Jimmy Teehee	....	additional driver
Jorge Velasquez	....	art driver
Greag Waldrop	....	transportation captain
Christopher Weippert	....	additional driver (as Chris Weippert)
Carlos Williams	....	additional driver

Other crew
Jamie Babbit	....	script monitor
Michael Barnes	....	financial legal services
James Burkhammer	....	assistant to producers (as James Burkhammer II)
James Burkhammer	....	assistant: Angela Robinson (as James Burkhammer II)
Ted Campbell	....	set production assistant
Chris Canute	....	studio teacher (as Chris Cannut)
Pamela Chizema	....	assistant production accountant (as Pamela N. Chizema)
Sharon L. Craig	....	production accountant (as Sharon Craig)
Robert Darwell	....	production attorney
Arlene Ferrer	....	office intern
Michelle Groskopf	....	production assistant
Torrence Hall	....	assistant armorer
Charles Heaphy	....	production financing
Grant Keiner	....	office production assistant
T. Scott Keiner	....	assistant production coordinator (as Scott Keiner)
Lanny Kim	....	additional set production assistant
Liah Kim	....	set production assistant
Tom Klenlein	....	additional set production assistant
Cindy Lambert	....	food stylist
Nery Arnold Lopez	....	chef assistant (as Nery A. Lopez)
Mike McKelvey	....	set medic
Guy Morrison	....	location assistant
Chelsea Murphy	....	craft service
David Neff	....	chef
Sonia Neumann	....	office production assistant
Michal Podell	....	production attorney
Jeff 'Doc' Porter	....	set medic (as Jeff Porter)
Cristi Rickey	....	key set production assistant
Jerry Shandrew	....	unit publicist: Shandrew PR
Chris Stinson	....	production coordinator
Robert Stio	....	set production assistant (as Rob Stio)
Clarissa Thieme	....	additional set production assistant
Mike Tristano	....	armorer
Wally Uchida	....	location manager
Diana Valentine	....	script supervisor
Bobby Weisman	....	caterer
Katie Weizenegger	....	office production assistant
Ines Wurth	....	dialect coach

Production Companies

• Screen Gems
• Anonymous Content
• Andrea Sperling Productions
• Destination Films

Distributors

• Samuel Goldwyn Films (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Edgeworx (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Digital Cut Post Inc.  editorial equipment
• EFilm  tape to film transfer
• Larson Studios  sound mixed at
• Mission Post  sound post-production
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• Post Creations  foley

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Iceland:12 | Brazil:16 (DVD rating) | Australia:M | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Screen Gems

Trivia:

The length of each girl's skirt was specific to the characters. Domoniques was the shortest; Max's the second shortest; Amy's the third shortest; and Janet's was the longest.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the D.E.B.S. first stake out of Lucy when they are hanging over Lucy's head, Max is sitting next to Amy. After the three girls' swings move off then come back to Amy, Janet is sitting next to Amy. It would have been difficult for Janet and Max to have switched places hanging that high in the air.

Quotes:

Max: Who's your best friend?
Amy: You are my best friend.
Max: And what did I say to you the very first day at the Academy?
Amy: "That's my bunk, bitch."
Max: After that.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 2005 Glitter Awards (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Test

A superb spoof of action flicks, grrrl style!

Written, directed and edited by Angela Robinson, this film obviously has roots in a comic strip - highly stylised and (no doubt) extensively story-boarded (First it was a comic, then a short).

It's an exhilarating ride from the moment it takes off, playing on the action genre and taking the time to laugh at itself.

This is a queer film with modernised Disney-like values and is likely to be recognised as one of the first cross-over-to-mainstream queer films.

A fun movie with a wonderful cast, witty dialogue and a ripper soundtrack. Definitely the best queer-themed action spoof around. A must watch (and re-watch)!