Girl Power Rules

D.E.B.S.
USA 2004, 90mins, color, Cinemascope, American OV
Written and directed by Angela Robinson

With Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Devon Aoki, Meagan Goode, Jill Ritchie, Holland Tayor, Jimmi Simpson, Michael Clarke Duncan

Premiere Section - Sundance Film Festival
Siegessäule-Readers' Award - Berlin Film Festival

 


 

Discipline.  Energy.  Beauty.  Strength.  A killer fashion sense. 
Do you have what it takes to join the D.E.B.S.?

Every year, high school students across the country sharpen their #2 pencils and take the S.A.T. in preparation for college.  Unbeknownst to these students however, the U.S. government has hidden a diagnostic test within the examination to measure one’s aptitude for lying, cheating and killing.  If a young woman scores high enough on this covert portion of the test, she is recruited to join an underground academy, known only as D.E.B.S., that grooms young girls to become secret agents.  After graduation, these girls will go to work protecting their country against the world’s most dangerous criminals – and they’ll keep their lipstick perfectly applied while they do it.

Recruited by the U.S. government for their unique ability to lie, cheat and fight, Amy, Max, Janet and Dominique join this underground academy of secret agents. These crime fighting hotties set out to save the world and keep their plaid skirts and sweaters from Target perfectly in shape while doing so. Now the girls must combine their skills for their most important mission – to capture vexing vixen Lucy Diamond, the deadliest criminal the world has ever known...



About the production of the film

Though D.E.B.S. is an action-packed adventure comedy, the making of the film was more like a Cinderella story.  It all began several years ago when writer/director Angela Robinson sketched a few comic book drawings of an idea she had for an all-girl crew of high school secret agents.  D.E.B.S. was born, quite literally, on the drawing board.  With colorful characters, a sexy uber-villain, and a Technicolor premise, Robinson felt her story seemed perfectly suited to a comic book or cartoon.  Although she flirted with turning the project into a web animation, it never materialized.  Fresh from film school, Robinson received a grant from an organization called “Power Up” to produce a ten-minute short, and she decided to move her drawings from paper to the big screen; bringing to life the film version of D.E.B.S.



What the Press Says

"Hilarious! A sassy she-spy satire of "Clueless" and "Charlie's Angeles", but with a lot more savvy." (Jonny Leahan, Indiewire.com)

"Taking high-concept to a new high, Angela Robinson's debut feature "D.E.B.S." is a disarmingly silly confection centering on an elite paramilitary academy that grooms girls into sharp-shooting government secret agents. Lesbian teen fantasy blends the infectious buoyancy of high-school pics like "Bring It On" with the comic-strip, girl-power action of "Charlie's Angels" and the spy spoofery of the "Austin Powers" franchise. Surprisingly, it not only hangs together but becomes progressively more enjoyable and could be a tidy performer for Screen Gems with young female audiences, with a zesty afterlife on DVD." (David Rooney, Variety)


Playing in ORIGINAL VERSION throughout Austria