Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)

Director:

Jamie Babbit

Writers:

Jamie Babbit (story)
Tina Mabry (writer)

Release Date:

28 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Plot:

High School grad and all American gal, Anna finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical feminists in The Itty Bitty Titty Committee.

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian | Feminist | High School | First Gay Sexual Experience | Black Bra

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Melonie Diaz	...	Anna
Nicole Vicius	...	Sadie
Daniela Sea	...	Calvin
Deak Evgenikos	...	Meat
Lauren Mollica	...	Aggie
Guinevere Turner	...	Marcy Maloney
Carly Pope	...	Shulamith
Melanie Mayron	...	Courtney Cadmar
Ana Mercedes	...	Kate
Cecile Rivore	...	Seamstress
Marisa Ramirez	...	Ellen
Ruben Garfias	...	Sam
Leslie Grossman	...	Maude
Jimmi Simpson	...	Chris
Mircea Monroe	...	Justine

Runtime:

87 min | Germany:87 min (Berlin International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

New Zealand:R13 | USA:Not Rated | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Power Up Films

Trivia:

In one sequence, Anna and Sadie go to a music/book store and check out a bunch of books, albums and magazines. The ones visible on-screen are as follows: Books: "Confessions of the Guerrilla Girls" by the Guerrilla Girls; "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" by Greg Palast; "Pretty in Punk" by Lauraine Leblanc; "Backlash" by Susan Faludi; "How Wal-Mart is Destroying America..." by Bill Quinn; "The Power of Feminist Art" by Broude & Garrard; "Radical Feminism: A Documentary Reader" by Barbara Crow; "The New Our Bodies, Ourselves" by The Boston Women's Health Book Collective; "Emma" by Howard Zinn; "We Owe You Nothing" by Daniel Sinker; "The Beauty Myth" by Naomi Wolf; "Zines! Volume One" by V. Vale; "Grassroots" by Baumgardner, Richards & LaDuke; "The Radical Women Manifesto" by The Radical Women; "Angry Women" by Vale & Juno. Magazines: Ms., February/March 2001 ("Oh My God, I'm a Hardcore Feminist!" cover); Bitch, Spring 2002 (Sandra Tsing Loh cover); Venus, Summer 2005 (Sleater-Kinney cover). Albums: Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control; PJ Harvey - Rid of Me; The Queers - Punk Rock Confidential; Tiger Trap - Tiger Trap; Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock; Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out; Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One; various artists - Otis' Opuses (Kill Rock Stars sampler). This sequence lasts for 30 seconds.

Quotes:

Sadie: You do realize that Calvin's a girl?
Shuli: And? I want to see if she will come to Sacramento with us.
Anna: [sarcastic] This isn't a dating service, you know.
Sadie: Sorry, Shuli. Last time anyone checked, you liked men.
Shuli: Who said I didn't? Jesus, you dykes are such closed-minded bitches.

Soundtrack:

They Want Us To Make A Symphony Out Of The Sound Of Women Swallowing Their Own Tongues

An excellent movie which surprised me a lot

Some friends of mine recommended me the film Itty Bitty Titty Committee because they know the lesbian film Kissing Jessica Stein is one of my favorite romantic comedies.I did not like that film only for the lesbian subtext,but because I had found it funny,honest and much more credible than most of the romantic comedies,in which the central couple falls in love because the screenplay says so and not because the story,performances or dialogues make us believe on that.Although I liked Kissing Jessica Stein more,Itty Bitty Titty Commitee is an excellent film which goes much more far away than being a simple romantic comedy,thanks to its intelligent screenplay and its fascinating ideas.The themes and messages from Itty Bitty Titty Committee are valid and simply great.This movie represents a great antidote against craps like Aquamarine and Bratz : The Movie,in which the female ideal is represented by the sizes of the bosoms,the popularity and the fashion.This movie also uses the "culture jamming" to spread its ideas,something similar to what people like Abbie Hoffman and Joey Skaggs did to show the hypocrisy,stupidity and contradictions from the society.The great thing this movie does is that it takes all that ideas putting an own ideology which leaves the spectator thinking and discussing when the movie is over.I truly admire when a movie provokes that on the spectator (at least in my case).I also appreciated the irreverent attitude from the audacious screenplay.The performances are excellent because they show enormous energy and enthusiasm.The only fail I found on this movie is that the ending could have been a bit more polished.But that's a minor fail which did not avoid me to like this movie very much.Itty Bitty Titty Committee is a brilliant movie which kept me enormously entertained and interested thanks to its performances,style,energy and its excellent screenplay,which is full of sharp dialogues and which has something to say.And,besides of entertaining me a lot,this movie also left me thinking.We need more films like this one.