Showgirls Page #5

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
3,294 Views


You want a knuckle sandwich?

Can l have mine anally, please?

Come on, you guys! Jesus!

Let's go! Let's line it up!

What you looking at, b*tch?

Okay, let's go. Move it! Go, go, go!

Oh, my God

Are you okay, Annie?

lt's my leg

Tell me when it hurts

lt's her knee

lt isn't broken, is it?

Daryl, what happened?

My foot went out from under me

This is what happened

l wonder how those got up here?

Probably came off a costume

We'll get you to the hospital

Sh*t, no!

Jesus. Poor Annie. Tough break

Let us through here

See you later

l'm the producer

l hired you! You do what l say

She was my understudy.|l have a say, too

Yeah, but guess who makes the decision

lt's broken, kids

Sh*t. That will be three months

At least

Bad karma, huh?

Nomi, your mother's waiting for you

My mother?

For your sake, l hope she's not

lf a light sleeper sleeps with|a light on

Can a hard sleeper sleep with|a hard on?

What do you call a tiger?|A big p*ssy that eats people

Henry!

l can get sh*t on,|but l don't like getting spit on

Hi, Al

You look like sh*t

She looks better than a 10-inch dick|and you know it

So...do you like it here?

What, you think she misses you?

Yeah, why not?

We miss her

She misses us like that lump on my twat|l had taken off last week

Jesus, Henry

We saw the show

You were good

Thank you, Al

Real good

You take care, kid

Must be weird,|not having anyone come on you

Nomi. Hey, you want a ride?

l got one

Wait!

Ever been in one of these?

No

l always wanted one

lt's some car, huh?|lt doesn't suck

Where are we headed? Give me directions

To your place

Do you like Cristal?

l like a lot of different champagnes

But l always drink champagne

What's Andrew Carver like?

Are you nervous? Don't be

l'm not

l liked it when you came

l liked your eyes

Stay with me

l'll drive you back in the morning

lt is morning

Please?

l have a taxi coming

Send it back

Cristal needs a new understudy

There's an audition at noon.|You want to try?

Would you have told me|if l hadn't come here?

lt was your idea to come here, not mine

l want to see you again

We'll see how it goes

What, the audition?

Ten-fifty

Hello!

l hate you

Who was he?|Zack

Oh, my God

Did you tie him up?

Oh, sh*t

l forgot to untie him

Are you high?

Maybe a little

l can't go to sleep. l have an audition|at noon. Where are the Sugar Snaps?

ln the cupboard. Nomi...

don't get sucked into it

Look what l found!

Okay, whatever, Nomes

Julie

She's not hot enough.|She has it down

You can teach it.|She doesn't have Cristal's heat

None of them have Cristal's heat

l do love you, Gay

Nomi has heat

Does she know?

Yes, she does

ln a totally different way

Come on! She's going to take the lead?

This a hotel show!|lt's not the Cheetah!

lt doesn't matter|l haven't missed a show in 8 years

You're not getting any younger

Eat me

Want to see it again with just Nomi?|No

l do. Set it up, Marty

This is bullshit

lt's about your dick

Nicky, Julie, thank you!

What do we know about her?

Nothing. l doubt her|Social Security number's right

Find out.|What?

Everything

You f***ed her, didn't you?

Are you pissed off|because you're jealous?

Or because l beat you to the punch?

You f*** him for the spot|or because you wanted to?

l say you did it for the spot

ls that what you did, Cristal?

You don't want to piss me off,|now that we're friends

No, you shouldn't get pissed off

lt makes you look older

You got it

l do?

Marty and Gay will work with you

Phil will have some glossies taken.|You did good

l'll call you for dinner, lobster

Did you ever hear Caesar sing?|You'll love it

What?

Congratulations.|l see you have many talents

l thought she did good

A Private Dance By James Smith|The Crave Club

l didn't know about the audition|until afterwards

Do you like my nails?

They're not as nice as yours

Maybe l'll help you with yours sometime

lf you want

lsn't that nice of you, darling?

What are friends for?

On second thought...

maybe you shouldn't do mine

l'm getting too old for that whory look

l'll think about it

Close the door on your way out

Hey, bring on the real dancers!

Boo!

You suck!

Get off the stage!

Enough of this stuff!

Let's dance!

l loved it! lt was good

What are you doing here, slumming?

Heather!

Were we good?

Great

She dances like a truck!

l do not! Do you want something to drink?

Yeah. Get me a beer, b*tch

Look what l got

lt's beautiful

l stole it from my grandmother

You did not! You got it at a pawnshop

We're getting married

You love her?

l don't know. She's having a baby

And this?

We ain't any good. You heard them.|''Get off the stage!''

What will you do?

Work in a grocery store|Her mother owns it

We'll get a discount on baby food

See ya

Sh*t happens, you know? Life sucks.|l'm a student of T-shirts!

Hey, Nicky

Dear Ms. Malone,

We regret we are unable to|offer you...understudy

You can't go in there!

What's going on?

What's going on?!

Hey, cool it.|Cool it?!

When you sent me this?!

She threatened to walk!|She got her lawyers into it!

So what?!

So, she's a star! You're not worth it

Sorry, Nomi. l tried. F***!

Basically, my G-string snapped. There|l was, dancing butt naked for 5 mins

l mean, my poor partner!

l thought about it, darling

Think you could do my nails now?

Okay

Maybe some other time

Come on...slave girl

We've got five minutes. Go!

Go, you guys! Run, run!

Let me through!

Sh*t!

Cristal, can you hear me?

Somebody get Marty!

What happened?|l don't know

Somebody get an ambulance!

Who was behind her?

l was

What happened?

l don't know. She just went down

She slipped. l saw it

Nomi wasn't even close to her

Tough break, huh?

What's wrong?

Nothing

Thanks. Keep me informed

She has a concussion.|That'll be all right

But she has a compound fracture|of the hip

Those take forever to heal

We have to shut down

Not a chance. The show goes on

The Stardust is never dark.|lt has never been

lt never will be. Not while l am alive

Who was her understudy?

We had a girl who...

What's funny?

Cristal Connors is a star, Sam!|You can't just replace her

We could bring someone in|while she's out

She could be out for a year

Like who?

Janet Jackson. Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul? ln my show?

We're not paying|those kind of salaries

ln that case, Mr. Karlman,|we do what we do in Vegas

We gamble

Ladies and gentlemen...

the Stardust proudly presents|Miss Nomi Malone

We could have hired anyone

Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul

Nomi Malone is|what Las Vegas is all about

She's dazzling, she's exciting...

...and very, very sexy.|Thank you, Zack

How did you feel about|the show tonight?

l hope l can be as good as the show

You are, my dear. You are the show

Good one. Over here, Nomi

One more, Nomi! Please, please

Hey, you ready to party?

Where?|The Paradiso. l rented the bungalows

For what?|For you

Hurry. l got a limo waiting

l don't have anything to wear!|Yes, you do

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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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