Striptease (1996)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Andrew Bergman

Writers (WGA):

Carl Hiaasen (book)
Andrew Bergman (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 June 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Some People Get Into Trouble No Matter What They WEAR.

Plot:

A stripper and single mother gets dragged into a dangerous situation after a congressman takes a fancy to her.

Plot Keywords:

Custody | Stripper | Female Nudity | Political | Black Brassiere

Awards:

6 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Demi Moore	...	Erin Grant
Burt Reynolds	...	Congressman David Dilbeck
Armand Assante	...	Lt. Al Garcia
Ving Rhames	...	Shad
Robert Patrick	...	Darrell Grant
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Malcolm Moldovsky
Jerry Grayson	...	Orly
Rumer Willis	...	Angela Grant
Robert Stanton	...	Erb Crandal
William Hill	...	Jerry Killian
Stuart Pankin	...	Alan Mordecai
Dina Waters	...	Monique, Jr. (as Dina Spybey)
PaSean Wilson	...	Sabrina Hepburn
Pandora Peaks	...	Urbanna Sprawl
Barbara Alyn Woods	...	Lorelei

MPAA:

Rated R for nudity, erotic dancing and language.

Runtime:

115 min | USA:117 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Sweden:11 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (also unrated version) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (also unrated version) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) (also unrated version) | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 (w) | Iceland:16 | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R (original rating) | USA:Unrated (video rating) (special edition)

Filming Locations:

Clewiston, Florida, USA

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Trivia:

The set for the strip club interior was constructed in a ballroom dance studio in a strip mall in Ft. Lauderdale.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Erin's daughter is playing games backstage, the close-ups of the games are not the same games she is playing.

Quotes:

Congressman David Dilbeck: [practicing in front of a mirror] Hello, Erin. My name is Congressman Dilbeck. You are... you're a beauty.
[Erin enters the salon behind him; Dilbeck turns and stares]
Erin Grant: Good evening. I'm Erin Grant.
[Dilbeck nods dumbly]
Erin Grant: [little laugh] And you must be...
Congressman David Dilbeck: [stuttering] Con... Comback Dilbeck. Uh, uh, Con-Congressman, uh, Dildo.
[laughs nervously]
Congressman David Dilbeck: I am... Congressman David Dilbeck. And welcome, welcome.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mad About You: Outbreak (#5.7)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Frustrated

Hiaasen should slap somebody

for those of you who don't know (and I'm sure there's a lot of you) Strip Tease was actually a book written by Carl Hiaasen, and a damn good book at that. Brilliant characters, an intriguing storyline, hilarious incidents, sex, violence, the works...

I gave the movie a 5 because Robert Patrick and Burt Reynolds were absolutely hysterical and on-point (I'm sure THEY actually READ the book), but aside from those two gems this movie was a disgrace.

What happened to the plot?!? What happened to like half the story?!? What happened to my self respect?!? Why change the ending?!? The story was enthralling and thoroughly enjoyable when I read the book, the movie (breasts considered) not so much..

There's a gratuitous 3 minute topless dancing scene, followed by 3 minutes of Demi and the little girl crying and being superdramatic. CHOOSE which audience you're marketing this movie towards! Women won't respect a nonsense T&A fest and men don't want to see a bunch of sappy overdramatics when the movie was advertised like a softcore porno flick.

The fact that a BOOK about strippers was exponentially better than the movie.. that's saying something.

- Anonymous Disgrunted Hiaasen Fan