Stripper (1985)

The background: A strippers' convention and a major contest. The movie focuses on a few strippers, each with her own strong motive to win.

Director:

Jerome Gary

Writer:

Charles Gaines

Stars:

Janette Boyd, Sara Costa, Kimberly Holcomb

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Janette Boyd	...	Herself
Sara Costa	...	Herself
Kimberly Holcomb	...	Danyel
Loree Menton	...	Mouse
Lisa Suarez	...	Gio
Ellen Claire McSweeney	...	Shakti Om
Jamal Rofeh	...	Himself (club owner)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Patrick Alexander	...	Firearms Instructor
Geof Bartz	...	Himself
Carol Cox
Venus DeLight	...	Herself
Laura Faye	...	Herself
Rikki Harte	...	Herself
Joy Michael	...	Herself
Rick Overton

Storyline

The background: A strippers' convention and a major contest. The movie focuses on a few strippers, each with her own strong motive to win.

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Plot Keywords:

stripper | nevada | 1980s | female nudity | stripping | 

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Taglines:

A close up look at the most sensuous part of a woman. Her soul.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 January 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stripporna

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,155, 2 February 1986, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$90,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Embassy International Pictures,Twentieth Century Fox,Visionaire Communications Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sara Costa's range firing scenes were filmed on the Alhambra Police Department's shooting range in South El Monte, CA. All scenes shot involved real, live fire, using a Smith and Wesson, Model 19, .357 Magnum revolver. The director wanted to show her firing an impressive score, so it was decided that the instructor, (Patrick Alexander) would be off camera shooting the target which would then be inserted as if it was fired by Sara. In fact she was doing very well in her firearms self defense training, and the target that was shown in the final cut was actually shot by Sara Costa.

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Soundtracks

The Girl Next Door
Written by Anthony Marinelli & Brian Banks
Performed by Joe Turano
Produced by Anthony Marinelli & Brian Banks

User Reviews

Video Store Hit

I remember when this video hit the old time Mom & Pop video stores in the mid 80s. It had a big promotion, large posters on the walls. Places that would not carry the harder sex videos carried these, or, if you were too embarrassed to go into the "back room", you could still rent this from the front. That's primarily it with this video. It was marketed that way and the box made it look like sleaze. Various strippers are shown and, as filler, we get to see the bahind the scenes of their lives. If it was JUST stripping, it wouldnt qualify as a hoity-toity "documentary" and would have been in that fabled back room. A Stripper's Convention was put together obviously by the video producers (It's a "First Annual"...c'mon ) as an excuse to have a grand stripoff at the end. It's a good look at where stripping was at back then. This was just before "Gentlemen's Clubs" became little more then steroid and silicone driven hard-body gynecology lessons. The ladies are pretty, the dancing may seem a little tame by "Showgirls" standards (which it would make a good double-feature with, call it the "Fast-Forward Film Festival").