A mysterious young drifter who calls herself Nomi Malone hitches a ride to Las Vegas, where she finds work as a stripper and sets about clawing her way to the top of the Vegas showgirls.A mysterious young drifter who calls herself Nomi Malone hitches a ride to Las Vegas, where she finds work as a stripper and sets about clawing her way to the top of the Vegas showgirls.A mysterious young drifter who calls herself Nomi Malone hitches a ride to Las Vegas, where she finds work as a stripper and sets about clawing her way to the top of the Vegas showgirls.
- Awards
- 10 wins & 10 nominations
Melinda Songer Soderling
- Nicky
- (as Melinda Songer)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the film swept the 16th Annual RAZZIE Awards, Paul Verhoeven turned up in person to accept Worst Director and Worst Picture. He was the first director to ever turn up to collect the award.
- GoofsDuring the infamous pool-sex scene, there are several shots in which it can be plainly seen that Zack is still wearing white underwear.
- Alternate versionsThe Indian version was heavily cut by the CBFC to remove approximately 22 minutes with the run time of 106 mins (CFL/3/8/2002-MUM). In 2004, the film was further cut of 34 seconds (CFL/3/40/2004-MUM).
- A black woman showing her breasts.
- All close-up shots of bare breasts of a dancer.
- A black woman fixing up the blouse of a dancer while she is sitting on a dressing table and her breast is seen.
- Naomi rubbing her back with black man while dancing.
- A black man follows Naomi and the dialogue "Motherfucker and you hurt my dick".
- A close-up of bare breasts and a fat woman popping out her breasts.
- The line "You did not bleed everywhere, did you"?
- A woman dancing around the pole.
- Naomi in the dancing room, bare breasts and wiping herself.
- A man and a woman watching Naomi dancing in a private room.
- Naomi dancing and showing her breasts.
- All shots of nude women.
- A woman dancing with her breasts showing.
- Two women dancing around a pole.
- Dance director rejecting a girl by saying "What is it? Is it watermelon"?
- Three women questioned by dance director to remove their bra and asked Naomi.
- Naomi running while her breasts are shown.
- A black man and Naomi dancing.
- Before dance, a man offers Naomi ice cubes.
- Bare breasted woman coming down from the staircase.
- Black man and Naomi outside the club.
- Naomi and Crystal together on floor.
- Three dancers pinching a black man.
- A nude woman walking towards a swimming pool, a man pouring champagne on the head of Naomi and the two kissing.
- Close-up of a bare breasted woman in dance sequence, a man undressing and the entire dance sequence.
- Naomi pushing Crystal from the staircase.
- A man trying to overpower a black woman.
- Naomi kicking a man.
- Visuals of Crystal's back pose and all visuals of other girls dancing.
- Visuals and dialogue of Naomi saying "Fuck you".
- Visuals and dialogue of James to Naomi "Shit happens. That what I get fucking wisdom".
- Visuals of bare buttocks of Naomi at the end of a dance sequence.
- Visuals and dialogue of Loudmouth to Naomi "Can I suck your tits?".
- Visuals of bare buttocks of a female dancer before entering a booth.
- Visuals of Naomi touching her panties as the she dances in front of Jack.
- Visuals and dialogue of Jack to Naomi "Fuck. Oh, fuck" and "Fucking".
- Sequence of group dancing are in semi-nude.
- Make-up room Molly is in semi-nude..
- Naomi in semi-nude while fighting with the villain.
- Deleted the visuals of Naomi the negro on the the private part
- Deleted the visuals of topless girls in the dance sequence.
- Deleted the visuals of Naomi dancing on the pole.
- Deleted the dialogue "I want to see our ass...shit" said by long haired drunk to Naomi.
- Reduced by 50% the girl shown in black bikini in the swimming pool.
- Deleted the visuals of kissing between Naomi and Crystal in hospital.
- SoundtracksDoin' What I Did
Written and Performed by Dwight Yoakam
Courtesy of Reprise Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
Featured review
Read between the lines!
I read through a few of these reviews and the general analysis seemed to be that this movie sucks more than the lead character does in the back room of the Cheetah Club. Well, I guess if you take it at face value, it does.
However, it's not meant to be taken that way (internally, with a glass of water?), and it's a shame that so many people did. Really, 'Showgirls' is a campy, funny movie. It's a riot. And it's supposed to be.
Elizabeth Berkley, in the lead role, plays her part like an actress on one of those day-time soaps - which is probably exactly what Verhoeven wanted. She does everything dramatically. She sits down, dramatically; she takes off her jacket, dramatically; and if you watch closely enough you'll even see her eating fries dramatically.
Gina Gershon as femme fatale/lead dancer Cristal gives the best performance of the film. She obviously is in sync with the director and has a lot of fun with the part, and if you only watch it for one reason, watch it for her. Because, in the words of L'Oreal, she's worth it. She's a great talent and it's a shame she's not recognised more widely.
Would I recommend it? I don't know. It depends on your taste. If you're looking for a drama, go elsewhere. If you're looking for a quirky, funny movie, and you don't mind lots of naked ladies running around all over the place (yes, even if you're female - I am, and I liked it), go rent it. It might surprise you.
However, it's not meant to be taken that way (internally, with a glass of water?), and it's a shame that so many people did. Really, 'Showgirls' is a campy, funny movie. It's a riot. And it's supposed to be.
Elizabeth Berkley, in the lead role, plays her part like an actress on one of those day-time soaps - which is probably exactly what Verhoeven wanted. She does everything dramatically. She sits down, dramatically; she takes off her jacket, dramatically; and if you watch closely enough you'll even see her eating fries dramatically.
Gina Gershon as femme fatale/lead dancer Cristal gives the best performance of the film. She obviously is in sync with the director and has a lot of fun with the part, and if you only watch it for one reason, watch it for her. Because, in the words of L'Oreal, she's worth it. She's a great talent and it's a shame she's not recognised more widely.
Would I recommend it? I don't know. It depends on your taste. If you're looking for a drama, go elsewhere. If you're looking for a quirky, funny movie, and you don't mind lots of naked ladies running around all over the place (yes, even if you're female - I am, and I liked it), go rent it. It might surprise you.
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- Nov 13, 2001
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- Also known as
- Vũ Nữ
- Filming locations
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- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,350,754
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,112,627
- Sep 24, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $20,363,461
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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