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In 1995, when his scripts for both Jade and Showgirls were nominated for Worst Screenplay, The Razzie Awards re-named the category in his "Dis-Honor" -- It was henceforth called "The Joe Eszterhas Dis-Honorarial Worst Screenplay Award." Eszterhas then went on to "win" his "own" Award for both Showgirls and 1998's An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn. See more trivia »
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Filmography

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2006 Children of Glory (screenplay / story)
 
2006 Basic Instinct 2 (characters)
 
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)
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
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)
Himself
 
2000 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
Joe Eszterhas (2000) … Himself
 
1998 Jackie Chan: My Story (video documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Making of 'Showgirls' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 

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Basic Instinct 2 -- After re-locating from San Francisco to London, best-selling crime novelist Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) once again finds herself on the wrong side of the law.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Book, "F I S T," a novel. See more »

Publicity Listings:

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

Official Sites:

Joe's Blog | Official Site | See more »
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Personal Quote:

Screenwriters are supposed to be neither seen nor heard. I certainly violated that rule. Among others. See more »

Trivia:

In 1995, when his scripts for both Jade and Showgirls were nominated for Worst Screenplay, The Razzie Awards re-named the category in his "Dis-Honor" -- It was henceforth called "The Joe Eszterhas Dis-Honorarial Worst Screenplay Award." Eszterhas then went on to "win" his "own" Award for both Showgirls and 1998's An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn. See more »

Trademark:

Characters named after baseball players See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius