Striptease (1996) 4.3
A stripper and single mother gets dragged into a dangerous situation after a congressman takes a fancy to her. Director:Andrew Bergman |
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Striptease (1996) 4.3
A stripper and single mother gets dragged into a dangerous situation after a congressman takes a fancy to her. Director:Andrew Bergman |
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Demi Moore | ... | ||
Burt Reynolds | ... | ||
Armand Assante | ... | ||
Ving Rhames | ... | ||
Robert Patrick | ... | ||
Paul Guilfoyle | ... |
Malcolm Moldovsky
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Jerry Grayson | ... |
Orly
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Rumer Willis | ... |
Angela Grant
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Robert Stanton | ... |
Erb Crandal
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William Hill | ... |
Jerry Killian
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Stuart Pankin | ... |
Alan Mordecai
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Dina Spybey-Waters | ... |
Monique, Jr.
(as Dina Spybey)
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PaSean Wilson | ... |
Sabrina Hepburn
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Pandora Peaks | ... | ||
Barbara Alyn Woods | ... |
Lorelei
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Erin Grant loses care and custody of her daughter when she's divorced from her husband Darrell, a small-time thief. Struggling for money, she is a dancer at a nightclub, where one night Congressman Dilbeck (in disguise) attacks another member of the audience. A spectator, who recognizes Dilbeck and is fond of Erin, offers to get back her daughter by blackmailing Dilbeck. Things do not work out as planned, though. Written by Thomas Meyer <i03a@zfn.uni-bremen.de>
It may not have mirrored the book, but it has its own charm. I haven't read the book, so maybe that's why I can judge the movie on its own merits.
Ving Rhames is terrific-- honestly, has he ever had a clunker of a performance? Demi is luscious (the dance scenes, and the cute scene where she's getting dressed/dancing after a shower), and Burt Reynolds is hilarious. I really loved the congressman character meeting the right wing group slathered in vaseline. "Fresh, hot, lint!" indeed! Give it a whirl... it ain't Citizen Kane, but it ain't Battlefield Earth either.