Bob Spiers (director of TV's Absolutely Fabulous) directed this feature-film debut of the five Spice Girls – Posh Spice, Sporty Spice, Scary Spice, Ginger Spice, and Baby Spice – as the quintet challenges the London pop scene during five days before their first live performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Photojournalists follow as they travel from press conferences to practice sessions to photo ops, passing London landmarks in the comfort of their cavernous Spicebus and emerging in a musical cascade of color, trendy clothes and blinding flashbulbs. Filmed in 43 days, the movie features cameos by everyone from Elton John and Elvis Costello, to Stephen Fry and Bob Hoskins.

Rated PG, 1997, 90 minutes

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