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Showgirls (15th Anniversary Sinsational Edition) [Blu-ray] (1995)

Elizabeth Berkley , Kyle MacLachlan , Paul Verhoeven  |  NC-17 |  Blu-ray
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (342 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi
  • Directors: Paul Verhoeven
  • Writers: Joe Eszterhas
  • Format: Blu-ray, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Dubbed: French, Spanish
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rated: NC-17
  • Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • DVD Release Date: June 15, 2010
  • Run Time: 131 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (342 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003HARV7A
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,382 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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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 clichés 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

Product Description

Basic Instinct director Paul Verhoeven and scripter Joe Eszterhas re-teamed for this infamous, graphic drama set amid the world of Las Vegas dancers. A young woman arrives on the Strip dreaming of stardom, but first must work at a sleazy strip joint as a "pole dancer" while befriending a top showgirl and seducing her hotel big shot boyfriend. Elizabeth Berkley, Gina Gershon, Kyle MacLachlan star. 131 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio, Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary; featurettes; trivia. Also includes a DVD version of the film. Two-disc set.

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The dancing was fabulous, the costumes were great. K.C.  |  20 reviewers made a similar statement
The plot is absolutely without sense or even more important a point. Kasper Michelsen  |  17 reviewers made a similar statement
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231 of 241 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Here is what is on this thing... June 29, 2007
Format:DVD
If you previously bought the SHOWGIRLS VIP edition - this is the exact same disc only packaged without the box and all the trinkets that came with that edition. You get commentary by a guy who is a fan of the movie and helps host late night screenings, the Scores girls talk about stripping and critique those sequences, and there's an old promotional piece made during shooting that is called "A Diary". The transfer is good and the extras are fun, though none of them seem to cover anybody associated with the film. If you did not purchase the glam deluxe box set this is a cheap way to get all those features without hunting it down. Otherwise if you have that edition, this is merely a double dip and repackaging of the same disc with new cover art.

This is the NC-17 cut and no additional material has been added. If you have that edition already there is no difference in the movie at all. There are no deleted or extended scenes. This is the version shown in theatres and released twice before on DVD.

SHOWGIRLS begs for better extras. I would love to hear a director's commentary or Elizabeth Berkley and Gina Gershon talk about the film. But that hasn't happened yet. Maybe one day we can hope for a Criterion edition and all the stops will be pulled out!
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33 of 38 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Bad Bad Movies Don't Get No Better Than This! June 13, 2004
By KNC
Format:DVD
This is the quintessential bad movie. It's so bad it's great! I remember when this movie came out and I believe it was the director's intention to make a serious movie. Well I'm glad it didn't turn out that way. This has to be by far one of the most hilarious movies I've seen. The over-over-overacting by Elizabeth Berkeley is pure comedy and will keep you laughing from the first scene to the last. It's pretty hard to take any of it seriously when scene after scene after scene is just so ridiculous, I.E. the pool sex scene. If one could even call it that...watching that poor gal flop around in the water like that reminded me of a fish out of water fighting for its life. It was great. The dance sequences were great, I must say I enjoyed the dancing. A lot of people say this is a horrible movie and it is, but the key is to not take any of it seriously and just turn your brain off and watch it. You can't help but laugh, I promise. I know when I first saw it years years years ago, I thought it was the worst piece of crap I had seen...then I saw it again and again and it's the movie I watch when I need a damn good laugh. Definitely a must have.
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50 of 60 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Every now and then, a film is so bad, so wretched, so devoid of any socially or artistically redeeming value as to take on a life of its own, and by the very denial of value, acquire a value unto itself.

So it is with "Showgirls."

This film is, of course, well and truly ridiculed in every quarter of the world of serious art critique, and even righteously lampooned in "The Simpsons", a venue that provides a surprising amount of accurate commentary on artistic merit. And the spotlight reviews here on Amazon.com are so wonderful, I almost despaired to write anything approaching their brilliance. But I felt I had to add my mite to the general acclaim for this contrarian work of art.

The story is, as has been related so many times, of a simple girl with a shady past, Nomi, who hitchhikes to Vegas. Is there, you ask, any OTHER way to get to Vegas? No, indeed. A pretty girl with a great figure and a look of jaw-dropping stupidity (Elizabeth Berkley) should never take a bus or turn tricks to fund a budget plane ticket. Only risking her life in a random encounter with what could be (but wasn't) a homicidal pervert trolling for hitchers is the way to arrive in Vegas in the proper manner. Nomi hooks up with a soul sister sewing pal in a trailer and becomes ensnared in dancer/manipulator/girl-liker (lover) Cristal's web. (Isn't this just awful writing from me? I'm indulging in a veritable Bulwer-Lytton festival of bad prose here.)

Nomi of course, climbs out of her seedy second-rate strip club, I mean, Vegas show and gets a role in the hot new extravaganza "Goddess." My favorite part of the scene is not the crummy audition. No, it's right afterwards, when she trots on up to the Human Resources department and feigns not knowing her social security number and is even rather vague on her date of birth. Her lack of next-of-kin prompts the HR lady to ask "deceased?" and Nomi does a creditable job in looking as if she knows that "deceased" means "dead" and not the opposite of "increased" This is absolutely believable acting, assisted by some very bad lipgloss over some phenomenally collagen-enhanced lips. At this point in film, also, the already dubious dialog hits pothole after pothole. "She is all about pelvic thrust...and she didn't learn that in dance lessons" or something to that effect. I didn't hear it too well, because I was gasping for air after a huge guffaw.

The dialog continues to bump along as Nomi does the same, along with grinding out some astonishing bad dancing, consisting of a lot of jerky arm-throwing, pelvic thrusting and leg humping of shoulders, hips and any convenient pole or chair. Spoilers? None. I always forget how this film works out at the end, because I am rolling on the floor and have to shut off the DVD.

Along with "Buckaroo Banzai", this is probably one of my top picks for bad films that are so bad, they are actually enjoyable. Whether you are just being a voyeur or you appreciate camp, this is one terrific blurp of entertainment.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Raunchy but Good
This movie was great, The quality of the disc was excellent, no skips, hardly any wear on disc, overall happy with this!
Published 21 days ago by Anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate So Bad It's Good Movie
The best worst movie ever made period, this is the ultimate so bad it's good movie. This is camp at it's best, Elizabeth Berkley gives the best over-the-top performance of the 20th... Read more
Published 27 days ago by Terelon
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
We bought this to add to the video library and it has been a pretty popular item since purchased. Great!
Published 1 month ago by Jolene Esterline
5.0 out of 5 stars OMG, It is fire proof!!! It is that awesome!
So a little over a year ago my husband and I went through a huge fire, where we lost just about everything we had, and the living room was completely gone. . . Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lilly
5.0 out of 5 stars Movie was ok
Another one of those movies that you can't watch when the kids are in the house, or people that may be offended.
Published 1 month ago by George Kasprick
3.0 out of 5 stars Showgirls
The movie was ok. Not good for children at all. The acting is ok. Not one of my favorite movies
Published 1 month ago by katina velez
1.0 out of 5 stars A Major Disappointment
Showgirls is not sexy. It shows how the Vegas showgirls are exploited by the men who run the casinos as they fight with other would-be showgirls for a job. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Zarathustra
5.0 out of 5 stars nice movie
I love this movie!! shipped fast. Nothing more I can say really besides this movie was really good. Nice buy.
Published 1 month ago by Kay
5.0 out of 5 stars ShowGirls Movie
Showgirls is an awesome movie for adults 18 and older but it's not for children,it's not like Saved By The Bell. Read more
Published 1 month ago by dhicks
3.0 out of 5 stars Showgirls - Not as Bad as the Feedback
Yeah, sure the film is bad, but it has some redeeming moments. Naomi really put a lot of effort into this flick, and she convinced me she had the stuff to be a real showgirl if she... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Randal J. Batty
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