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Showgirls

This article is about the 1995 film. For female stage performers, see Showgirl. For other uses, see Showgirl (disambiguation).

Showgirls
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Verhoeven
Written byJoe Eszterhas
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJost Vacano
Edited by
Music byDavid A. Stewart
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 22, 1995 (1995-09-22) (United States)
  • January 10, 1996 (1996-01-10) (France)
Running time
131 minutes[4]
CountriesUnited States[3]
France[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40–45 million[5][6]
Box office$37.8 million[7]

Showgirls is a 1995 erotic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven from a script written by Joe Eszterhas and starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins, and Gina Ravera.

Produced on a then-sizable budget of around $45 million, significant controversy and hype surrounding the film's amounts of sex and nudity preceded its theatrical release. In the United States, the film was rated NC-17 for "nudity and erotic sexuality throughout, some graphic language, and sexual violence." Showgirls was the first (and to date only) NC-17-rated film to be given a wide release in mainstream theaters.[5] Distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) dispatched several hundred staffers to theaters across North America playing Showgirls to ensure that patrons would not sneak into the theater from other films, and to make sure film-goers were over the age of 17. Audience restriction due to the NC-17 rating, coupled with poor reviews, resulted in the film becoming a box-office bomb, grossing just $37.8 million against a budget of $45 million.

Despite a negative theatrical and critical consensus, Showgirls enjoyed success on the home video market, generating more than $100 million from video rentals, allowing the film to turn a profit[8][9] and became one of MGM's top-20 all-time bestsellers.[10] For its video premiere, Verhoeven prepared an R-rated cut for rental outlets that would not carry NC-17 films. This edited version runs 3 minutes shorter (128 minutes) and deletes some of the more graphic footage. Showgirls was universally panned upon release and is consistently ranked as one of the worst films ever made. Despite this, Showgirls has become regarded as a cult film and has been subject to critical re-evaluation, with some notable directors and critics considering it a serious satire worthy of praise.[11]

  1. ^ a b Williams, Michael (October 5, 1995). "Chargeurs engages in risque pic business". Variety. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "Showgirls (1995)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
  3. ^ a b "Film #68: Showgirls". Lumiere. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Showgirls (18)". BBFC. December 20, 1995. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Weinraub, Bernard (July 21, 1995). "First Major Film With an NC-17 Rating Is Embraced by the Studio". The New York Times. Retrieved May 21, 2008. "Showgirls" cost $40 million to $45 million
  6. ^ "Showgirls (1995)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  7. ^ "Showgirls (1995)". The Numbers. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  8. ^ Wiser, Paige (July 27, 2004). "The beauty of 'Showgirls'". Chicago Sun-Times.
  9. ^ Wood, Jennifer (September 22, 2015). "Showgirls': Paul Verhoeven on the Greatest Stripper Movie Ever Made". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  10. ^ "MGM's official page for Showgirls DVD". April 28, 2007. Archived from the original on April 28, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  11. ^ "Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, 1995) - La Cinémathèque française". www.cinematheque.fr. Retrieved March 25, 2022.

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