Showgirls (Fully Exposed Edition)
by Paul Verhoeven
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Actor: Elizabeth Berkley, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Kyle MacLachlan, Robert DaviDirector: Paul Verhoeven
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Jost Vacano
Producer: Alan Marshall
Producer: Ben Myron
Producer: Charles Evans
Producer: Lynn Ehrensperger
Producer: Mario Kassar
Writer: Joe Eszterhas
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 131 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Showgirls (Fully Exposed Edition)
Movie Review: Live Nude Sluts
Summary: 3 Stars
What more need be said about "Showgirls"?
That Liz Berkley can't act, is kind of ugly and dances like a pregnant yak?
That Gina Gershon can't act, is kind of ugly and dances like a pregnant yak?
That the script is atrocious, the production values non-existant and the acting worse than anything seen in an Ed Wood movie?
"Showgirls" is like a train wreck, you don't want to look but you can't look away!
One star for the production, five stars for pure campy trash appeal gives a 3 star overall rating for this film.
Summary of Showgirls (Fully Exposed Edition)
Seduction, passion and power struggles unfold when the creators of Basic Instinct, director Paul Verhoeven (Starship Troopers) and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (Original Sin) blow the lid off the seemingly glamorous world of Las Vegas show dancing to create one of the most controversial and shockingfilms of all time. Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) has what it takes to make it as a Las Vegas show girl what she doesn't have is a way in. To survive, she accepts the only job available: lap dancing at a seedy club. And when she meets Cristal (Gina Gershon), Vegas' reigning show girl, Nomi wants everything she has including her boyfriend (Kyle MacLachlan). And as Nomi dives deeper into the world she so desperately desires, a rivalry between the two women heats up. The battle for the spotlight becomes so fiercely competitive that it drives Nomi to desperate lengths and devious heights for fame in Sin City.When Goldie Hawn recommended Elizabeth Berkley for a small role in First Wives Club, she publicly stated that Berkley deserved the opportunity to redeem herself after starring in the ridiculous Showgirls. That says it all: this sleazy, stupid movie, which mixes soft pornography with the clich?s of backstage dramas, is the kind of project an aspiring actress would have to put well behind her to keep a career going (though costar Gina Gershon certainly benefited from her, uh, exposure in the film). Berkley plays a drifter who hitches a ride to Las Vegas, becomes a lap dancer and then a performer, and discovers--gasp!--there's a whole world of sex and violence involved with these things. Gershon is probably the best element in the film, playing Berkley's bisexual rival for the big spotlight on stage. Joe Eszterhas was well overpaid for writing this howler, and director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct) should have known better than to take it seriously. --Tom Keogh
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