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Burlesque (I) (2010)

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A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.

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The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming increasingly distracted by personal problems and a threat coming from a wealthy businessman's quest to buy the spot from Tess, the good fortune seems to have abandoned the club altogether. Meanwhile, the life of Ali, a small-town girl from Iowa, is about to change dramatically. Hired by Tess as a waitress at the Lounge, Ali escapes a hollow past and quickly falls in love with the art of burlesque. Backed by newfound friends amongst the theater's crew, she manages to fulfill her dreams of being on stage herself. Things take a dramatic turn though when Ali's big voice makes her become the main attraction of the revue. Written by Bobby_John

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Rated PG-13 for sexual content including several suggestive dance routines, partial nudity, language and some thematic material | See all certifications »

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24 November 2010 (USA)  »

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Burleska  »

Box Office

Budget:

$55,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£425,931 (UK) (17 December 2010)

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$39,440,655 (USA) (4 February 2011)
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Trivia

Dianna Agron shot her scenes in just one afternoon. See more »

Goofs

Towards the end, when Nikki and Ali are sitting at their tables in the dressing room. Ali looks into the mirror and see Nikki brushing her hair. Then the camera turns to Nikki who yells at a girl for touching her things. But the camera then turns back on Ali and Nikki is still brushing her hair, when she had clearly stopped. See more »

Quotes

Ali Rose: If I'm not 20 times better than "boobs for brains" over there, you don't have to pay me.
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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.37 (2010) See more »

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"Wagon Wheel Watusi"
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Almost Bob Fosse
27 November 2010 | by (Ireland) – See all my reviews

The musical numbers reminded me of "Sweet Charity" and the camera moves around the Kit Kat Klub style room like Fosse's camera did in "Cabaret" The similarities stop there. The film is a brave attempt but the writing walks a very, very thin line. Was Steve Antin trying to be funny? Some of the lines were received with loud guffaws and there is no way to know if that was the intention because, personally, I felt like cringing. Never mind. It was fun. Christina has a powerful voice but not film presence and Cher is a fearless icon but she had so little to show for it. The best performance is, without question, by Stanley Tucci. The songs work at the moment you're watching them being performed but I couldn't hum a tune now, 48 hours later, for the life of me. So, I was entertained and in the big scheme of things, I guess that's enough


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