In a 2013 interview, Paul Verhoeven explained his motives for doing the movie. He did not like Joe Eszterhas's initial script, and passed on the project in favor of doing "Crusade", based on a screenplay by Walon Green and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. However, that project fell through when Carolco Pictures could not afford to finance both "Crusade" and Cutthroat Island (1995). Since $10 million had already been spent on "Crusade", and Eszterhas already received $4 million for his Showgirls screenplay, Verhoeven felt morally obligated to do Showgirls as a personal favor to Mario Kassar to save Carolco from bankruptcy. Eszterhas' screenplay was extensively re-written with All About Eve (1950) as the main source of inspiration. Verhoeven intended it to be an over-the-top morality tale, populated with only amoral characters (except for the character of Molly (Gina Ravera), with Las Vegas as a metaphor for hypocrisy and extortion. However, the satirical intentions were not picked up by the critics, who regarded the movie as a simplistic portrayal of American culture, and the box office failure of both this movie and 'Cutthroat Island' made the bankruptcy of Carolco inevitable.
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Basic Instinct 1992
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Basic Instinct features sexy, erotic, sexual, suspenseful and twists and turns style.
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Lap Dancing 1995
Angie is having no luck auditioning for movies. She thinks about going back home but her roommate Claudia convinces her to try working at the quotgentlemans clubquot with her in order to gain more life experience. Angie hopes to be able ...
Lap Dancing features sexual, serious, erotic, realistic and sexy
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When Will I Be Loved 2004
Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.
When Will I Be Loved features sexy, melancholic, talky, stylized and sexual style.
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Friend of the Family 1995
A free-spirited natural beauty teaches an entire family to reconnect with their own sexuality. Elke is invited to stay with the Stillman family in their luxurious home in Malibu. The outward appearances of a happy and successful family soon dissolve ...
Friend of the Family features erotic, realistic, semi serious, sexy and sexual style.
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Lets Talk About Sex 1994
Four women filmmakers examine sexuality in this anthology. Segment 1 is entitled quotLets Talk About Sexquot and is the story of an aspiring actress whose day job is as a phone-sex operator. Tiring of listening to callers fantasies ...
Lets Talk About Sex features erotic, realistic, serious, sexy and sexual style.
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Emmanuelle IV 1984
In order to escape from her former lover Marc Sylvia goes to Brazil where Dr. Santamo transforms her into the beautiful Emmanuelle...
Emmanuelle IV features erotic, sexy, realistic, serious and sexual style.
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Striptease 1996
Bounced from her job Erin Grant needs money if shes to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But eventually she must confront the naked truth to take on the system shell have to take it all off. Erin strips to ...
Striptease features sexy, erotic, touching, sexual and intense style.
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P-Valley 2020
An unapologetic look at the lives of strip-club dancers working down in the Dirty Delta.
P-Valley features sentimental, captivating, erotic, visually appealing and suspenseful style.
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The Ages of Lulu 1990
The Ages of Lulu is a gruelling sensual odyssey from Spanish director Bigas Luna made immediately prior to his popular trilogy Jamn jamn 1992 Golden Balls 1993 and The Tit and the Moon 1994. Starting as the somewhat queasy story of the ...
The Ages of Lulu features erotic, sexy, emotional, sensual and eros style.
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Caligula 1979
The perversion behind imperial Rome the epic story of Romes mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel bizarre reign are revealed right here His unholy sexual passion for his sister his marriage to Romes most infamous prostitute his ...
Caligula features erotic, sexual, disturbing, controversial and art house style.
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Paprika 1991
A young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. quotPaprikaquot is the name given to her by the madam.
Paprika features erotic, sensual, sexy, romantic and cult classic style.
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Allyson Is Watching 1997
Innocent sexy Allyson leaves her boyfriend Peter to go to acting classes in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles she rents a room in an apartment building from the grumpy Mr. Merry next to the resident working girl Bridget. During the day Allyson struggles ...
Allyson Is Watching features sexy, tense, erotic, serious and realistic style.
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Foxfire 1996
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.
Foxfire features teen, touching, realistic, sincere and spectacular style.
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