Josie and the Pussycats is a
2001 comedy film released by
Universal Pictures and
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by
Harry Elfont and
Deborah Kaplan. The film is loosely based upon the
Archie comic of the same name.
Plot
Wyatt Frame (
Alan Cumming) is a record executive working for record label MegaRecords. The label, headed by the trendy and scheming Fiona (
Parker Posey), pumps out pop bands and, through an arrangement with the
United States government, get teens to buy their records and follow "a new trend every week" by putting
subliminal messages under the music. The Government's motive in the scheme is to help build a
robust economy from the "wads of cash" teenagers earn from
babysitting and
minimum wage jobs. When a member of Wyatt's wildly successful
boy band, Du Jour, uncovers one such subliminal message and asks Wyatt about it aboard their
private jet, Wyatt parachutes out with the pilot, leaving the plane to crash.