Showgirls Page #4

Synopsis: Nomi Malone, a mysterious young girl with the ambition to dance embarks on a journey to Las Vegas to become a showgirl in a high-class hotel show. There she meets Molly, a seamstress at the Stardust Hotel and the two quickly become good friends. She gets a job as a lap dancer at the seedy Cheetah Club but after a chance meeting with Cristal Connors, the star of Goddess, the current show at the hotel where Molly works, Nomi manages to secure an audition for a spot on the chorus line.However she soon realises that fame comes with a price as her friendships, her morals and her soul are put to the test as she works her way up the ladder and eventually becomes the star of the show, stealing Cristal's part. She begins to wonder if all of her work was for nothing and if she can reclaim her life back before it is too late.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Paul Verhoeven
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  10 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.7
Metacritic:
16
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
NC-17
Year:
1995
128 min
3,347 Views


l'm a slut?|You f***ed that pizza place kid!

You f***ed the meter reader!

B*tch!|You're f***ing dead!

Jesus, Annie, get off her!

Julie! Calm down! Stop it!

Now settle down! lt's done!

Showtime

Move! You got four counts of eight!

Nomi, wait. Your wig

You're fine. Let's move up, you guys!

There's sh*t on the stage

They always sh*t. lt's that garlic

Where? Top left

Upstage left, monkey sh*t. Let's go!

Want some blow?

Last chance for ice

Let's go!

Go, go, go, go!

l love you

Come on, you guys, keep it moving!|Run, Nomi!

Nomi, wait!

Two beats. One, two...go!

Sh*t

Ladies and gentlemen, the|Stardust presents Miss Cristal Connors

You got two mins. Put on your red wig|l'll get your costume

Good luck. Love, Zack Carey

Nomi. Slip this on

Did l do okay?|You did fine

Your leg extension needs work. Someone|will work with you. Be here at noon

Put this on. You're done

l didn't fall.|You nearly fell

Hey, yo!

Can l talk to you a minute?

Come on, please?

Talk

Alone?

l'll get the car.|Be right there

Who sent you the flowers?

None of your business

Okay. l just wanted to say...

You and me ain't got no ties

l have a problem with p*ssy

l always have, and l always will

But l meant what l said

l don't care about your problems.|l did write it for you

But l did tell her l would teach her,|and l did f*** her

Who you f*** is your business|l won't make it mine

lt's not like l'm seeing any money|for writing that number

l may as well touch a little p*ssy

You got nothing to say

No

Thanks for the flowers!

Tony said you did great!

l never got flowers before

l'm sure you'll get lots of them

He gave them to you?

Yeah, he did

What is he? A pimp?

Only people with pimp cars are pimps

He's the entertainment director

That's what l said. He's a pimp!

Let's go!

Good luck with your number

Hello?

Anybody here?

Back here

What are you doing here?

What am l doing here?

Doing some of the finest cocaine|in the world. Want some?

lt's great for the muscles

l told Marty|l'd work on turns with you...

but l'm feeling a little inside-out

Cut the sh*t

Okay

We got off on the wrong foot

Want to start dancing all over again?

Why?

Why not?

Want to go eat at Spago?

Where is it?

Just down from Ver-sayce

Versace

Ahh, right. Versace

Enjoy

What is all this stuff?

l'll order for you

l'll have brown rice and vegetables

Do you like brown rice and vegetables?

You do?

Sort of

Really?

lt's worse than dog food

lt is

l've had dog food

You have?

A long time ago

Doggy chow

l used to love Doggy Chow

l used to love Doggy Chow, too

l got a headache from champagne

This isn't champagne

This is holy water

l named myself after this holy water

Chrissie Lou Connors had|dingy brown hair and little tits

lt's amazing what paint|and a surgeon can do

You have great tits

They're beautiful

Thank you

l like nice tits

l always have. What about you?

l like having nice tits

How do you like having them?

What do you mean?

You know what l mean

l like having them in a nice dress...

or a tight top

You like to show them off

l didn't like showing them|at the Cheetah

Why not?

l liked looking at them there.|Everybody did

lt made me feel like a hooker

You are a whore, darling

l'm not!

We all are

We take the cash, we cash the check,|we show them what they want to see

Maybe you're a whore, but l'm not

You and me...

we're exactly alike

l'll never be like you

Miss Connors! Sorry to bother you|Would you sign this for me?

Happy to. What's your name?

Frank. l'm from Galveston

l'm from Del Rio myself, Frank

l told you she was from Texas.|Whoo-ee, look at that!

Could l have one like that?

You want a girl to use up|all her lipstick on you?

Want to dance?|Right now?

lt's now or never.|That's what Elvis said

You know the best advice l ever got?

You're up there onstage,|hoping on a spot

lf someone gets in your way,|step on them

lf you're the only one left|standing there, they hire you

That's about it.|Thank you and good night

Elvis has left the building

You see, darling...

you are a whore

B*tch!

Guess we're done

Nicky, can l talk to you for a second?

Mommy, can we see the monkeys?|Not now

Please. They're so cute.|They have to work

What are they doing?

l want to see the monkeys!|Not now

Why not?

Get these f***ing kids out of here

You said the F'' word!|She said the ''F'' word''

She said the F'' word!''

Shut the f*** up!

lt's okay. lt's okay

Nomi, a boat convention's coming|into town next week

They need two girls. Nicky's doing it

You interested? lt pays $1,000

A thousand dollars? To do what?

Represent the hotel. You wear your|costume, smile, they take your picture

A thousand dollars?

Great. Cristal here recommended you

Thanks

My pleasure, darling.|Just looking out for you

Cristal, about the magazine layout...?|Later

Don't do it

lt's $1,000. Why not?

Molly, l need you!

l'm coming.|l know girls who did it and they...

Molly, l'm waiting

They didn't like it

Did you do it before?

Did you like it?

Did l like it? Sure, l liked it

Let's thank these 2 beautiful girls from|Goddess'', a new smash at the Stardust''

Sh*t

How's it going?|Fine

Tough gig, huh?

Very

This is my good friend,|Mr. Okida, from Bangkok

He's one of our very, very high rollers

Ladies, we want to take you to dinner|after the show

Have some lobster, hear Caesar sing

You ever heard Caesar sing?|The guy's great. You'll love him

Caesar sing?

Then we'll go back to my place|and we'll sing

Just the four of us

How about it?

We sing

Yeah, we'll sing a lot of songs

Okay

Good deal

Okay. Good deal

Not me

Be nice.|Let go of me!

You got $1,000 for this

Yeah, for this! This!

Oh, forget it

Just forget it! No harm done!|No damage!

Christ!

Zack?

l want to talk to you

Let's go upstairs

Have a nice day, darling?

No

l'm sorry to hear that

Jesus

l'm sorry.|Some people just don't get it

l'm on the stage. Get me Phil

Thank you

Stay

The drop is up 33% on those machines

lt will make your bottom line about 250

l got an MBA for this

That's what this business is now|cost analyzing slot machines

What's an MBA?

Zack, you in here?

Excuse me

Hey! What's going on?

You do anything like this again,|you're fired

Nothing happened.|Something did!

She jumped to conclusions

lt happens again,|you'll jump to your conclusion

Without your golden parachute

You owe her an apology

Nomi, l'm sorry. l apologize

Yeah, fine. Okay

Get out

An MBA is a college degree.|lt's mostly worthless in the real world

You go for it, don't you?

Yeah, l try to

Showtime

That's for sure

Phil, you dumb f***, get back up here

l know, l know

Thank you for looking out for me.|You were so nice to recommend me to Phil

What are friends for?

Right

You were right about the convention

Sweet baby!

Do that again, l'll break your fingers!

Not my fault|you don't have a gay partner

F*** you

He wants everyone to see|how hetero he is

Molly, bring that flashlight|so l can see how big it is

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Joe Eszterhas

József A. "Joe" Eszterhas (; Hungarian: [ˈjoːʒɛf ˈɛstɛrhaːʃ]; born November 23, 1944) is a Hungarian-American writer. He wrote the screenplays for the films Flashdance, Jagged Edge, Basic Instinct and Showgirls. He has also written several books, including an autobiography entitled Hollywood Animal, American Rhapsody and Crossbearer: A Memoir of Faith. more…

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