troop beverly hills

Director: jeff kanew

Actor: shelley long,craig t. nelson,betty thomas,mary gross

Data Published: Fri Mar 24 1989

Genres: Adventure,Comedy

Key Words: blowing out a candle,girl wears eyeglasses,rodeo drive beverly hills,girl scouts,husband wife relationship

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098519/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troop_Beverly_Hills

Description: Troop Beverly Hills is a movie starring Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, and Betty Thomas. A soon to be divorced Beverly Hills socialite is determined to prove to her husband and herself that she can finish what she starts out to do,...

Plot: On the last day of school in 1989, Phyllis Nefler is a socialite Beverly Hills wife with a heart of gold recently separated from her husband, Freddy, a wealthy owner of an auto shop chain. Freddy feels Phyllis has become a self-absorbed "shopaholic" who never follows through on her commitments, and that she has drifted from the caring, imaginative, personality that made him marry her. To prove him wrong, Phyllis decides to become the new den mother of their daughter, Hannah's, unruly, leaderless local girl scout troop of Wilderness Girls. While Phyllis is boutique-hopping along Rodeo Drive, the council is reviewing her application, then approving it as they believe Phyllis has the makings of an excellent den leader. Although Phyllis severely lacks the skills found in most troop leaders, she resolves to teach the girls how to survive in "the wilds of Beverly Hills," even customizing new merit badges for her troop. One campout results in the troop getting hit by a rain squall, which Phyllis and the girls flee to the Beverly Hills Hotel. Despite her unorthodox ways, Phyllis demonstrates an unwavering commitment to the girls' well-being and acts as a surrogate mother/friend to the girls, some of whom are sometimes neglected by their own wealthy and distracted parents. Fred remarks he was hoping to see Hannah learn a few outdoors and civil defense skills, such as first aid, and he is unsure about that under Phyllis' mentorship. Phyllis' unorthodox methods also run afoul of another scout leader, Velda Plendor, a mean-spirited, retired army nurse who ensures the Culver City "Red Feathers" in which her own daughter, Cleo, is a member, runs like a military unit. Because Velda has considerable pull at the regional council level, she declares Phyllis' customized merit badges ineligible and sends her assistant troop leader, Annie Herman, to infiltrate Troop Beverly Hills. Much to Velda's dismay, Troop Beverly Hills, which is yet unrecognized by the regional council, can gain recognition by passing a series of tests at an upcoming Jamboree. However, in order to qualify for the Jamboree, and to show up Velda, the troop needs to sell cookies, 1,000 boxes. To prevent this from happening, Velda sabotages Troop Beverly Hills by selling cookies in their own neighborhood. Seeing this, as well as realizing Velda's true personality, Annie becomes Phyllis' assistant for real, offering her abilities to get the girls recognized merit badges. The parents of the girls, appreciative of Phyllis and Annie's leadership, offer to buy the cookies themselves in order to go to the jamboree, but Phyllis suggests another idea both to beat Velda at her own game and teach the girls salesmanship - a series of star-studded cookie sales in an untapped district. This proves successful, as the girls sell over 4,000 boxes of cookies, more than enough to qualify for the Jamboree. Phyllis is then hit with a one-two punch: even though Freddy has broken up with his new girlfriend, he wants to proceed with the divorce, including joint custody of Hannah; and Velda meanly tries to talk her out of attending the Jamboree, warning that it's in the backcountry, 20 miles from the nearest campsite, and 100 miles from the nearest 4-star hotel. She sinks into a deep depression and finally decides to disband the troop, but Hannah and the other girls talk her out of it. During the Jamboree, the Red Feathers try to get ahead of Troop Beverly Hills by misdirecting them into a snake-infested swamp which causes the troop to lose vital radio contact with Annie, but a skunk scares Phyllis and the girls into running through a shortcut, making them first in the qualifying event. In the final run, Velda takes charge of the Red Feathers herself and cuts down a rope bridge, but this also fails. However, when Velda cheats a final time by going into a restricted area used only for hunting, she wounds herself after falling into a hole. Velda's boot and sock are removed and it's confirmed that her ankle is broken. The Red Feathers, especially Cleo, leave her behind for the sake of winning. Troop Beverly Hills finds her, barefoot and bitter, and reluctantly carries her to the finish, but only after Phyllis reminds the girls that they have to be considerate to those in need, even if they are adversaries. The Red Feathers cross the finish line first but are disqualified because council law stipulates the leader must be with the troop. Although Cleo and her friend Jamie run off with the trophy, Troop Beverly Hills is declared the winners of the Jamboree and are validated as true Wilderness Girls. Francis Temple, the regional leader, fires Velda from the Wilderness Girls Organization for cheating on the trail and for putting the Troop Beverly Hills girls in jeopardy. In turn Velda hurls insults at the councilwomen for recognizing Troop Beverly Hills. The girls' families show up moments later and are very proud of them. Freddy, impressed by Phyllis' complete turnaround, decides to call off the divorce, and he and Phyllis get back together. The next year, Troop Beverly Hills is the designated Poster Troop and Velda is forced to take a humiliating job at Kmart, a final fate she tried to threaten Annie with earlier.