Release Date: August 18, 2006
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Family
Distributor: MGM Distribution Company
Director: Martha Coolidge
Written by: John Quaintance, Jessica O'Toole, Amy Rardin
Rating: PG
Cast: Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff Anjelica Huston, Brent Spiner, Maria Conchita Alonso, Lukas Haas, Marcus Coloma and Obba Babatundé

SYNOPSIS:
To Ava (Haylie Duff) and Tanzie Marchetta (Hilary Duff), adult responsibilities are making sure their shoes are in season, getting into the right clubs, and, in Ava’s case, being engaged to the right TV star. Ava and Tanzie are the “face” of Marchetta Cosmetics, the mega-company their late father built from the ground up, and as a consequence they’ve never had to develop any skills beyond looking good.

Other than the occasional board meeting or photo shoot, the sisters mostly let their father’s trusted partner, Tommy (Brent Spiner) and CFO Craig (Obba Babatundé), look after the company while their housekeeper, Inez (Maria Conchita Alonso), the only “mother” they’ve ever known, looks after their house.

But when Tommy presents a takeover offer from their father’s arch-rival Fabiella (Anjelica Huston), Tanzie takes a stand. She secretly harbors dreams of becoming a chemist like her dad and shudders at the thought of Fabiella taking over what their father believed in so passionately.

But Ava and Tanzie’s world is turned upside down when an investigative reporter breaks a blockbuster story that one of the Marchetta’s best products is a health hazard. He even has footage of a disfigured victim to prove it.

Suddenly, the news media is hounding the celebutantes for something other than paparazzi pictures. Their assets are frozen. Their staff flees. Soon, their house and car are gone and the two young women who had the world in the palm of their hand find themselves with nothing but the couture on their backs. Is there even a way around Los Angeles that isn’t in the back of a limo?

Though the easiest option would be to let Fabiella take the company and walk away with millions, the girls realize they’re tougher than that and set out to get to the bottom of the accusations against their dad. With the help of Inez and some new friends – a Marchetta chemist (Marcus Coloma) and a free legal aid attorney (Lukas Haas) – Ava and Tanzie will use skills and resources they never knew they had to grow up, clear their father’s name, and in the process, discover who they really are.

Acclaimed performers and real-life sisters Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff team up for the first time in Material Girls, a modern day comedy fable of high fashion and higher yearnings from Martha Coolidge, director of Valley Girl, Rambling Rose and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.

Maverick Films and Patriot Pictures present Material Girls. Starring Hilary and Haylie Duff, the film is directed by Martha Coolidge from a script by John Quaintance and Amy Raredin & Jessica O’Toole. Material Girls also stars Anjelica Huston, Brent Spiner, Maria Conchita Alonso, Lukas Haas, Marcus Coloma and Obba Babatundé. The executive producers are Michael Mendelsohn and Tim Wesley, and the film is produced by Susan Duff, Eve LaDue, David Faigenblum, Milton Kim, Mark Morgan and Guy Oseary. Johnny Jensen is the director of photography; James Spencer is the production designer; Steven Cohen is the editor, and Van B. Ramsey designed the costumes.