Spice World (1997) on Netflix
The Spice Girls ride their tour bus through London toward a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. A newspaper owner, Kevin McMaxford, plots to ruin their reputation.
- Netflix1.8/5
- IMDb3.8/1038,629 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes34%
Trailer
Plot summary
The Spice Girls fill their days with rehearsals, performances and public appearances, all arranged by their manager Clifford, as they prepare for a show at the Royal Albert Hall. They keep asking him for time off to visit their pregnant friend Nicola, but he refuses because his employer, known as the Chief, wants the group working. Newspaper owner Kevin McMaxford, tired of the band dominating his headlines, sets out to damage their reputation and sends an investigator, Damien, after them. A filmmaker, Piers Cuthbertson-Smyth, follows the group in the hope of making a documentary about them, and two Hollywood writers, Martin and Graydon, keep pitching screenplay ideas to Clifford.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Spice World (1997)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Glam rock singer Gary Glitter filmed a four-minute cameo as himself in Spice World, but after he was arrested on child pornography offenses shortly before release, the Spice Girls and the production team agreed to cut it from the final print, keeping only their performance of his song "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)".
- Frank Bruno was originally cast as the Spice Girls' tour bus driver in Spice World but withdrew after a security guard stopped his son having an on-set photo taken with the girls.
- Mentions of Princess Diana and scenes featuring the designer Gianni Versace had to be edited out of Spice World in post-production after both died shortly before the film was released.
- When filming on Spice World began, none of the songs for the Spice Girls' second studio album had been written, so the band had to write and record them at the same time as they were shooting the film.
- Director Bob Spiers had never heard of the Spice Girls when he was offered Spice World, took the job only after his friend Jennifer Saunders advised him to, and arrived at a New York hotel meeting with the band not knowing what they looked like.
- Spice World, the Spice Girls' 1997 musical comedy, is the highest-grossing film of all time by a musical group.
- "Too Much", released in part to promote Spice World, gave the Spice Girls their second consecutive Christmas number one and made them the first act to reach number one with their first six singles and the first to debut at the top five times in a row.
