Showgirls

Los Angeles: Carolco, 1994. Draft script for the 1995 film.

One of the most hotly contested films of the 1990s. Largely panned at the time of its release, it has since gained enormous cult status, and has even been reevaluated by critics and filmmakers such as Jonathan Rosenbaum, Jim Hoberman, Jim Jarmusch, and Jacques Rivette, who defend the film as a serious satire, something actor Kyle MacLachlan dismisses, describing the film as "...horrible. Horrible!" and noting that "it just gets worse" as it progresses. John Waters may have described it best: "'Showgirls' is funny, stupid, dirty, and filled with cinematic cliches; in other words, perfect."

Shot on location in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Silver generic Carolco wrappers. Title page present, dated June 1994, with credit for screenwriter Joe Eszterhas. 136 leaves, with last page of text numbered 135. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.

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