SHOWGIRLS

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• Release Year: 1995
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: All alone in the world, Nomi Malone, making her way to Las Vegas, is determined to make a name as a dancer while putting her unspoken past behind her. Her tough, streetwise veneer is not as infallible as she would like, she, as she arrives in Vegas, becoming more cautious in the way she approaches strangers who seem willing to help her purely out of the goodness of their heart. Her talent and connections in combination are only able to get her a job at the Cheetah Club, a strip joint. Her first true friend in Vegas, Molly Abrams, works as the costumer for Goddess, the topless production at the Stardust. It is through Molly that Nomi catches the eye of Goddess' headliner, Cristal Connors. Nomi has a love/hate feeling toward Cristal: she doesn't much like her but wants to become her. Being at the Stardust, Nomi also catches the eye of Cristal's boyfriend, Zack Carey, Stardust's entertainment director. Through these contacts, Nomi is presented opportunity after opportunity to be part of the Stardust/Goddess family. She has to decide how far she will go to achieve her dream. James Smith, a struggling dancer/choreographer who works whatever odd jobs he can get and who is also attracted to Nomi largely for her natural albeit very raw talent, doesn't see Nomi's chosen path as the one she should pursue as he considers Goddess illegitimate: while the Cheetah is what it appears on the surface, Goddess is the Cheetah hiding behind its big name. Through it all, Nomi will discover the good, the bad and the very bad about Vegas life, especially among the rich and beautiful.
• Cast: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins, Gina Ravera, Lin Tucci, Greg Travis, Al Ruscio, Patrick Bristow, William Shockley, Michelle Johnston, Dewey Weber, Rena Riffel, Melissa Williams, Ungela Brockman, Melinda Songer, Lance Davis, Jack McGee, Jim Ishida, Bobbie Phillips, Danté McCarthy, Caroline Key Johnson, Joan Foley, Terry Beeman, Kevin Alexander Stea, Lisa Boyle, Alexander Folk, Matt Battaglia, Teo, Melanie Van Betten, Alexander Zale, Irene Olga López, Julie Pop, Pamela Anderson, Jacob Witkin, Jana Walker, Christina Robinette, Jim Wise, Michael Shure, Geoff Callan, Rick Marotta, Paul Bates, Michael Cooke, Jean Barrett, Gary Devaney, Gene Ellison-Jones, Fernando Celis, Bob Dunn, Ashley Nation, Cory Melander, Sean Breen, Elizabeth Kennedy, Katherine Manning, Warren Reno, Ken Enomoto, Y. Hero Abe, Rodney Ueno, Kathleen McTeague, Kristen Knittle, Sage Peart, Michael Washington, Sebastian La Cause, Debbie Ables, Lindsley Allen, Bryan Anthony, Christopher D. Childers, Tyce Diorio, Eric L. Ellis, Carrie Ann Inaba, Deena Grassia, John Jacquet Jr., Laurie Kanyok, Caitlin McLean, Suzi McDonald, Lisa Ratzin, Salvatore Vassallo, Kim Wolfe, Jamy Woodbury, Jason Yribar, Judette Warren, Lonetta Pugh, María Díaz, Madison Clark, Bethany Chesser, Kelly St. Romaine, Danielle Burgio, Micki Duran, Michelle Elkin, Neisha Folkes-LeMelle, Andrea Moen, Nancy O'Meara, Sandra Plazinic, Laurie Sposit, Tonya Tovias, Michelle Zeitlin, Chris Tedesco, Larry Washington, Patrick Seymour, Paul Verhoeven, Joe Eszterhas
• Director: Paul Verhoeven
• Runtime: 2:11
• Media Format: Movie