Showgirls is a 1995 erotic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas.
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11 Facts About Showgirls
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Distributor United Artists 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.
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Showgirls's has been arrested several times for drug possession, prostitution, and assault with a deadly weapon.
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Showgirls's gets Carver alone in his hotel room and beats him severely.
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Roger Ebert, following a relatively lukewarm review, wrote that Showgirls received "some bad reviews, but it wasn't completely terrible".
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Term "Showgirls-bad" has been adopted by film critics and fans to refer to films considered guilty pleasures, or "so-bad-they're-good".
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Showgirls has been compared to the 1950 film All About Eve as a remake, update, or rip-off of that film.
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For Jonathan Rosenbaum, "Showgirls has to be one of the most vitriolic allegories about Hollywood and selling out ever made".
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On December 26, 1995, Showgirls was released on VHS in two versions: A director's R-rated version for rental outlets, and an NC-17-rated version.
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On September 22, 2020, Showgirls was made available for streaming on HBO Max, since Warner Bros.
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