Showgirls (film)
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Showgirls ( 1995 ) See screenies below |
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| Starring | Elizabeth Berkley as Nomi Malone Kyle MacLachlan as Zack Carey Gina Gershon as Cristal Connors Glenn Plummer as James Smith | |
| Directed by | Paul Verhoeven | |
| Written by | Joe Eszterhas | |
| Distributed by | Carolco Pictures | |
| Released | 22 September 1995 | |
| Runtime | 128 min | |
| language | English | |
| IMDB Info | 0114436 on IMDb | |
| Buy it from | Amazon.com on DVD | |
Nomi is a young girl who is going to Los Vegas to become a dancer. She's starts at a strip club called Cheetahs, then she makes it to the Stardust chorus line. Her friend Molly, she is a costume designer for the stardust, which helped with her career path. The lead dancer at Stardust is Chistal, and Nomi trys get overthrow her to get her part.
This is such a stupid movie, but that's what makes this movie such a treat. When this first came out 10 years ago, it majorly flopped. It was seen as exploitive against women and depraved. Elizabeth Berkley from saved by the bell fame used this movie as her chance to be taken as a serious actress, and she was outcast from acting. I think this movie was made just at the wrong time. It has been ten years and what social satire in '95 was, is very different now. I found this very empowering towards women. It shows just how blind men can be; that women have more power than they actually realize.
Elizabeth Berkley does do a very bad job at acting, but there is this charm she has. all the over acting brought some dignity to her character. Gina Gershon as Christal plays the best bitch; very two faced. Kyle MacLachlan looks like he stumbled off the set of Blue velvet, but brought some of Denis hoppers sleaze along with him.
Paul Verhoeven directed this bag of sleaze, but like a lot of his movies, there is this mood of depression; showing life at its worse, where it cant get any worse. If you've seen Total Recall, RoboCop and Starship Troopers you'll notice this running theme of his.
this does have a bit of a slow burn to it. a lot of the back stabbing doesn't happen till about the hour and half point, but its a great cynical satire till then. there's so many clichés in here, but you kinda don't think about them as most of the time your wondering if you just saw what you just SAW. And the one liners are just awesome.
This may not be a master piece, its far from it. but this show just how great some bad tasting movies can be.
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A Personal Note from Robin
Almost every review I have ever read decries the bad acting and the bad plot. If you wish to call it sexist exploitation, it is. All of its faults are overwhelmed by the "eye candy" elements of this film. It has girls in skin tight outfits; Gina Gershon in bondage being lowered from the ceiling, and her clothes being ripped off by the male cast members.
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