Branded "unproduceable", the script made the Hollywood rounds for years before being picked up by Paul Verhoeven and Joe Eszterhas.
The filmmakers wanted Madonna to play Cristal Conners and Drew Barrymore to play Nomi Malone. The name card Gaye takes off the mirror when she shows Nomi her table in the dressing room even says "Drew."
Rumor has it that director Paul Verhoeven has vowed to never work with writer Joe Eszterhas again, due to the latter's obvious misogyny.
The cover image for this movie is a remake of a famous photograph made by notorious Italian photographer Tono Stano.
Showgirls holds the Razzie Award record with 13 Nominations (with only 12 categories voted that year!) and 7 "wins. Paul Verhoeven came to the Razzie Awards ceremony and accepted his award in person, the first winner of this prize ever to do so.
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The first big-budget studio film that was given a rating of NC-17 by the MPAA. The film's budget has been estimated at $40-45 million. The film also was the first one rated NC-17 that was widely released (on 1,388 screens). But despite all the hoopla and publicity surrounding the film's release, it only grossed $20.1 million in the U.S.
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