Showgirls

UPC: 883904241065

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: NC17   Contains:[Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity]

Summary: "I'm gonna dance," Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) insists in the opening scene of Showgirls, and dance she does. In this quasi-update of All About Eve, Nomi is a drifter whose sole ambition is to headline the "Goddess" topless dance show at the Stardust in Las Vegas. Of course, even Nomi must pay her dues, and she does so at the Cheetah, grinding poles and lap dancing her way to a future. Fortunately, her roommate, Molly, works at the Stardust and invites Nomi to see the show, where she meets Crystal Conners (Gina Gershon, in the Bette Davis role), with whom she immediately forms a love/hate relationship. Nomi soon learns what she must do to get ahead, and the rest of the film documents her cat-like crawl up the showgirl ladder of success. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, (Robocop, Basic Instinct, The Fourth Man), Showgirls was conceived as the first big-budget "adult" film since 1977's Caligula, and the first such production to wear the NC-17 rating; its failure at the box-office discouraged further attempts at large-scale adult productions. ~ Dylan Wilcox, Rovi

Category: Drama

Features: Pole Dancing: Finding your inner stripper
Lap dance tutorial featuring the world-famous girls of Scores
The greatest movie ever made: Audio commentary by David Schmader
Showgirls fact-up trivia
A Showgirls diary
Theatrical trailer

Showgirls

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 05/10/2011

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DHMA null, DS Dolby Surround (4.0)

Runtime: 131 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: Spanish

Region: Blu-ray region A (North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia)

Tracie Cooper

Every so often comes a film so vile that its own lack of a single redeemable element becomes its saving grace. The surreal decision to cast Saved By the Bell alumna Elizabeth Berkley as the protagonist, combined with the even more absurd premise of an exotic dancer's oddly intense dream to climb the ladder from a sleazy strip joint to a topless Las Vegas extravaganza, makes this joke among movies a rather funny one, indeed. Though director Paul Verhoeven's attempt at giving a no-holds-barred look inside the intricacies of the sex industry was an indisputable failure, certain aspects of the pornography business are unwittingly portrayed so humorously that the meaning behind them becomes slightly more palatable. A feminist view of the same subject matter could easily be disregarded as a biased or politically correct look at the age-old business, but the over-the-top, laughably bad nature of Showgirls unintentionally manages to desexualize softcore pornography, and, in doing so, puts the nuances of the industry, from the undertone of hatred toward women to the status differences between sex workers, into the light. The spectacularly trashy film strove to go above and beyond what everyone wanted to hate it for, thus making itself a laughably contrived production rather than a biting expos?. Showgirls also set a bar for what not to do when attempting to highlight adult issues, which helped forge the path for more recent endeavors of a similar nature, such as the documentary Live Nude Girls Unite!, sex workers' art shows, and the resurgence of interest in all things burlesque. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Lance Davis  Actor 
Jack McGee  Actor 
Greg Travis  Actor 
Chris Tedesco  Actor 
Lisa Boyle  Actor 
Patrick Bristow  Actor 
Melissa Williams  Actor 
Fernando Celis  Actor 
Dewey Weber  Actor 
Joan Foley  Actor 
Glenn Plummer  Actor 
Rena Riffel  Actor 
Carrie Ann Inaba  Actor 
Paul Bates  Actor 
Jason Yribar  Actor 
Gina Ravera  Actor 
Alexander Folk  Actor 
Julie Pop  Actor 
Jim Wise  Actor 
Michelle Johnston  Actor 
Irene Olga Lopez  Actor 
Al Ruscio  Actor 
Alexander Zale  Actor 
Lin Tucci  Actor 
Rick Marotta  Actor 
Kevin Stea  Actor 
Madison Clarke  Actor 
Jim Ishida  Actor 
Maria Diaz  Actor 
Bobbie Phillips  Actor 
Judette Warren  Actor 
Patrick Seymour  Actor 
Robert Dunn  Actor 
Alan Marshall  Producer 
Joe Eszterhas  Screenwriter 
Mario Kassar  Executive Producer 
Dave Stewart  Composer (Music Score) 
Charles Evans  Producer 
Paul Verhoeven  Director 
Elizabeth Berkley  Actor 
Gina Gershon  Actor 
Kyle MacLachlan  Actor 
Robert Davi  Actor 
Alan Rachins  Actor 
William Shockley  Actor 

Country: USA