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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
3,262 Views


l don't care

Yes, you do.|No, l don't

Let's go

Where?

You know where

She can dance, can't she?

She thinks she can

l'm gonna go dance with her

You can't do that. You're working!|T.C. will have your ass!

T.C.'s at the Riviera, playing craps

Want to dance?|l am dancing!

You want to dance with me?|Are you good?

Yeah, l'm good

l'm going to get a drink

You can dance|l don't lie

You can't

Then what am l doing?

Teasing my dick

You got potential. l could teach you

l'm not teasing it now, am l?

Watch it!

Be cool

You be cool, buddy!

Nomi!

Hey, you! Hold her!

What are you doing?

She started it!|F*** you!

Party's over

Malone

You're out of here

Your release papers

Yo, what's up?

l bailed you out!|Don't that get me a cup of coffee?

All l said was l'd teach you to dance

l don't need to be taught that

Because you're a bad-ass, saying,|''Back off, motherf***er''

You got that down

Back off, motherf***er!

Know what?|My head hurts, my dick hurts...

and you got me fired from my job!

Sh*t happens

''Sh*t happens.'' That's what l get?|F***ing wisdom?

That's it?!|Yeah, you get wisdom

You're not just a pain in my head|and my dick, you're a pain in my ass

Life sucks, you know?

''Life sucks.'' ''Sh*t happens''|Where you get this, off T-shirts?

All l want is a cup of coffee Yeah?

You got a quarter?

Buy yourself a cup

Al is pissed!|He says if you miss another night...

How did you get out?|He bailed me out

Why?

l kicked him in the nuts

He liked it?|He must have

Nomi...

Nomi, do my b*obs look bigger to you?

Carmi thinks she's pregnant again

Girl, you missed your period again?

l don't know. l don't think so

lt's like a Japanese convention out there!

Hey, Mama!

Better get your ''little weenie''|jokes ready

This thing ain't working again.|Come on!

Here we go. Come on

One more time. Try harder. Harder!

Let me try it

l want you to meet Hope

Cut it out. Hope, this is Tiffany...

Farrah, Heather, Henrietta...

My name isn't Hope|My name is Penny

They want class|They don't want to f*** a Penny

They want to f*** a Heather or a Tiffany

Or a Hope

This is a class joint

Henry!

Gentlemen, and you few ladies out there

what you've been waiting for Henrietta,|the Queen of Bazooms!

Hey, Henrietta! Pull your dress up!

Honey, you couldn't handle me|With all this fat...

you'd never even find the thing

l'd have to piss on you|to give you a clue

You need more pink

Thanks, Heather

Have you ever done a lap dance before?

You talk them into it

Fifty bucks a pop,|you do it in the back

Touch and go. They touch, they go

You can touch them|They cannot touch you

That's good

lf they come, that's okay

lf they take it out|and come all over you, call the bouncer

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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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