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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   1,955 votes
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Director:
Michael Radford
Writers:
Michael Radford (screenplay) and
David Linter (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
11 October 2001 (Israel) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery more
Tagline:
five souls exposed more
Plot:
A non-glamorous portrayal of the lives of people who make their living at a strip club. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Daryl Hannah's Stripper Pole Workout
 (From WENN. 18 February 2002)

Darryl Hannah Takes Pole Position
 (From WENN. 22 October 2001)

User Comments:
Bittersweet and Melancholic more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Charlotte Ayanna ... Jessie

Kristin Bauer ... Nico

W. Earl Brown ... Bobby

Daryl Hannah ... Angel

Chris Hogan ... Dennis

Sheila Kelley ... Stormy

Elias Koteas ... Sully
Vladimir Mashkov ... Sacha

Sandra Oh ... Jasmine

Rodney Rowland ... Charlie

Jennifer Tilly ... Jo

Robert Wisdom ... Eddie
David Amos ... Dave
Carolyne Aycaguer ... Sophie
R.C. Bates ... Jimmy (as RC Bates)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive sexual content/nudity, language, some drug content and brief violence.
Runtime:
123 min | Argentina:126 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:18A | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | France:U | Singapore:R21 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R | Finland:K-15 | Canada:A (Ontario)

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Trivia:
'Sheila Kelley' originally conceived the idea for this film. It was supposed to be a story about incest between her character and the character played by Elias Koteas. Once the other actresses started improvising, it became more of an ensemble piece. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: They say that the guitar they buy from the music store a Gibson Les Paul, but it isn't. more
Quotes:
Angel: [Whistling and waving] Officer? Officer, could... could you help me with... I... Could you help take a picture of my... I want to take a picture of myself in front of this billboard.
Officer Pete Foster: Is that you?
Angel: Yeah.
Officer Pete Foster: Really.
Angel: I'm a lot smaller in person.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Strip Notes (2001) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Angel more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Bittersweet and Melancholic, 16 March 2002
8/10
Author: J'Ennui from Los Angeles

This movie is an outstanding example of "method" filmmaking -- in EVERY aspect: not only the actors, but the director, writers (which include the actors), and the crew all worked in this style, playing on instinct, on their gut reactions.

The performances are varied and uniformly excellent. The characters are intriguing and sometimes funny, though mostly sad. The actors all came up with their characters, did a lot of research and improvising, and the director supervised it all and brought it together (rather like a Mike Leigh film). The camera work is fine, as well, along with the sound, which incorporates a lot of overlapping dialog (rather like an Altman film).

Rent the DVD if you can and watch the documentary by Darryl Hannah, and listen to the TWO commentary tracks by some of the actors and by the director. It's all fascinating.

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