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Joe Eszterhas

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Has repeatedly made public statements blasting the "talent" of Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino has not only acknowledged said statements, but has gone on to praise Eszterhas and his infamous 1995 film Showgirls. See more trivia »

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József Eszterhás
in Csakanydoroszlo, Hungary
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2006 Children of Glory (screenplay / story)
 
2006 Basic Instinct 2 (characters)
 
1997 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (written by)
 
1997 Telling Lies in America (written by)
 
1995 Jade (written by)
 
1995 Showgirls (written by)
 
1993 Sliver (screenplay)
 
1993 Nowhere to Run (screenplay / story)
 
1992 Basic Instinct (written by)
 
1989 Music Box (written by)
 
1989 Checking Out (written by)
 
1988 Betrayed (written by)
 
1987 Hearts of Fire (screenplay)
 
1987 Big Shots (written by)
 
1985 Jagged Edge (written by)
 
1983 Flashdance (screenplay)
 
1978 F.I.S.T (screenplay / story)
 
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1997 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (producer - uncredited)
 
1995 Jade (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1993 Sliver (executive producer)
 
1989 Music Box (executive producer)
 
1988 Betrayed (executive producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1997 One Night Stand (idea)
 
1997 Telling Lies in America (presenter)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2011 Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven (very special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2006 Tabac, retenez votre souffle! (TV documentary)
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2000 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Joe Eszterhas (2000) … Himself
 
1998 Jackie Chan: My Story (video documentary)
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1997 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
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1995 The Making of 'Showgirls' (TV documentary short)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Book, "American Rhapsody." See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 2 Interviews  | 6 Articles  | See more »

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Sliver] I'll never do another adaptation. I did this ending and we tested it and the audiences hated it. So I wrote three alternate endings. They shot two of them exactly at a time my personal life was exploding and I left the set. I hate the ending of that movie. They should have stuck to the original ending which was daring and provocative... See more »

Trivia:

Has repeatedly made public statements blasting the "talent" of Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino has not only acknowledged said statements, but has gone on to praise Eszterhas and his infamous 1995 film Showgirls. See more »

Trademark:

Characters named after baseball players See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius