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Directed By
Paul Verhoeven

Written By:
Joe Eszterhas

Cast:
Elizabeth Berkley, Gina Gershon, Kyle MacLachlan, Glenn Plummer, Alan Rachins, Robert Davi, Gina Ravera, Greg Travis, Al Ruscio, William Shockley, Michelle Johnston, Dewey Weber, Rena Riffel, Melinda Songer, Jack McGee, Jim Ishida, Bobbie Phillips, Lisa Boyle, Alexander Folk, Matt Battaglia, Pamela Anderson, Jim Wise, Geoff Callan, Paul Bates, Gene Ellison-Jones, Robert Dunn, Jason Yribar, María Díaz, Danielle Burgio, Anne Gaybis, Amber Herrel, Walt G. Ludwig, Patrick Bristow, Ungela Brockman, Sebastian Lacause, Keith Diorio, Lin Tucci, Melissa Williams, Lance Davis, Danté McCarthy, Caroline Key Johnson, Joan Foley, Terry Beeman, Kevin Alexander Stea, Melanie Van Betten, Alexander Zale, Irene Olga López, Julie Pop, Jacob Witkin, Jana Walker, Christina Robinette, Michael Shure, Rick Marotta, Michael Cooke, Jean Barrett, Gary Devaney, Fernando Celis, Ashley Nation, Cory Melander, Sean Breen, Elizabeth Kennedy, Katherine Manning, Warren Reno, Rodney Ueno, Kathleen McTeague, Kristen Knittle, Sage Peart, Michael Washington, Debbie Ables, Lindsley Allen, Bryan Anthony, Christopher D. Childers, Keith Diorio, Eric L. Ellis, Carrie Ann Inaba, John Jacquet Jr., Laurie Kanyok, Caitlin McLean, Suzi McDonald, Lisa Ratzin, Kim Wolfe, Jamy Woodbury, Judette Warren, Lonetta Pugh, Madison Clark, Kelly St. Romaine, Micki Duran, Michelle Elkin, Andrea Moen, Nancy O'Meara, Sandra Plazinic, Laurie Sposit, Tonya Tovias, Michelle Zeitlin, Chris Tedesco, Larry Washington, Patrick Seymour, Robb Vallier, Buggsy Pearce, Richard Atchley, Anthony Backman, Timothy Scott Ralston, Eric Ritter, Richard Roraback, Teo, Ken Enomoto, Y. Hero Abe, Deena Grassia, Sal Vassallo, Bethany Chesser, Neisha Folkes-LeMelle


 
Showgirls (1995)
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Movie Review by Lloyd
November 2nd, 2008

ANYTHING TO MAKE IT BIG

Favorite Movie Quote: "IT'S A VERSACE!"

Other than some of the actors here who destroy the movie but you can't blame them, obviously they're just bad actors, I really enjoyed this film. You get used to the nudity, and it is too bad that when this movie came out and it was rated NC-17, the nudity was the main topic about the movie.

We all have dreams and some of us will do anything to go after our dreams and to reach our dreams. This is a typical story of a young girl with a nice body who wants to make it big in Vegas, and she wants to dance. There's nothing here that is original and there aren't any surprises here, but of course the infamous rape scene was a bit questionable because, well, it really had nothing to do with the main character.

This is definitely a guilty pleasure and it is one of mine, but I never bought it on DVD only on original VHS when it first came out. Kudos to both Elizabeth Berkley and the lovely sexy, and talented, Gina Gershon for doing nude scenes.

For those many people who trashed this movie and said nothing good about it, personally I think that when it comes to nudity on the screen so many people have issues with that. They do whatever they want behind closed doors in real life, but when they pay to see a movie where there is explicit nudity on the screen, they have issues and they are embarrassed by it, and the critics trash a movie like this one. I say get over it, and besides not all of us are pretty people and born with beauty and great assets, and we all like to look at pretty women in the buff especially movie stars. I like the glitz, the drama, the lighting, the beautiful people in this movie and I enjoyed it when we got to the crux of the movie.

Showgirls is a guilty pleasure of mine with some interesting lines that you will never forget, so I say rent it and keep an open mind and try not to think about the controversy of the movie. Live a little!

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