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A spoiled rich girl is visited by her fairy godmother and turned into a maid.A spoiled rich girl is visited by her fairy godmother and turned into a maid.A spoiled rich girl is visited by her fairy godmother and turned into a maid.
Begonya Plaza
- Maria
- (as Begoña Plaza)
Rain Phoenix
- Brie Starkey
- (as Rainbow Phoenix)
Teddy Wilson
- Woodrow
- (as Theodore Wilson)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe band at the party, the Loaded Blanks, are actually the hard rock band Great White.
- GoofsWhen Maria uses the vacuum cleaner after Jessie sucks up the curtains, a significant portion of the debris lands on the pink chair behind Maria. In the next shot when Maria shouts angrily in Spanish, the chair is clean.
- Quotes
Jessie Montgomery: You're a witch!
Stella Winston: I'm perfectly harmless!
Jessie Montgomery: That's what they said about asbestos!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: They'll Do it Every Time: Part One (1989)
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"...and some princesses deserve to be maids."
That pretty much sums up the story behind 1987's 'Maid to Order'. Jessie Montgomery is a 20-something spoiled rich girl, the only child of her widowed father (Tom Skerritt). Jessie is an irresponsible brat who lands herself in jail one night for reckless driving and drug possession, and her frustrated father wishes on a star that he had never had a daughter (which, in retrospect, seems pretty harsh). Somewhere, someone of great power is listening, and his wish is granted. Jessie wakes up the next morning to find her record has been wiped clean. Unfortunately, so has her life.
Jessie is recognized by nobody; not even her own father. Her only companions now is a filthy party dress and a lady (Beverly D'Angelo) who calls herself Jessie's fairy godmother- she's actually the "witch" who granted Jessie's father's wish. Jessie is forced to take a job as a maid for a high-profile Beverly Hills music promoter and his wife (the late Dick Shawn and Valerie Perrine) and has to learn to love and respect people, as well as herself, all over again.
I love Ally Sheedy in this role. She plays the part of the wealthy b*tch very well. You cannot help but feel sorry for her poor, soft-spoken father. But the real stars are the goofy Starkys, the rich and cheesy family Jessie works for.
That pretty much sums up the story behind 1987's 'Maid to Order'. Jessie Montgomery is a 20-something spoiled rich girl, the only child of her widowed father (Tom Skerritt). Jessie is an irresponsible brat who lands herself in jail one night for reckless driving and drug possession, and her frustrated father wishes on a star that he had never had a daughter (which, in retrospect, seems pretty harsh). Somewhere, someone of great power is listening, and his wish is granted. Jessie wakes up the next morning to find her record has been wiped clean. Unfortunately, so has her life.
Jessie is recognized by nobody; not even her own father. Her only companions now is a filthy party dress and a lady (Beverly D'Angelo) who calls herself Jessie's fairy godmother- she's actually the "witch" who granted Jessie's father's wish. Jessie is forced to take a job as a maid for a high-profile Beverly Hills music promoter and his wife (the late Dick Shawn and Valerie Perrine) and has to learn to love and respect people, as well as herself, all over again.
I love Ally Sheedy in this role. She plays the part of the wealthy b*tch very well. You cannot help but feel sorry for her poor, soft-spoken father. But the real stars are the goofy Starkys, the rich and cheesy family Jessie works for.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Traumfrau vom Dienst
- Filming locations
- 32596 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, California, USA(Starkey residence)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,868,521
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,162,491
- Aug 2, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $9,868,521
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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