Striptease (film)

Striptease
A nude woman sits down and looks straight at the camera. Beside her is the tagline "Some people get into trouble no matter what they wear." while the film's title and credits are below her.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndrew Bergman
Screenplay byAndrew Bergman
Based onStrip Tease
by Carl Hiaasen
Produced by
  • Andrew Bergman
  • Mike Lobell
Starring
CinematographyStephen Goldblatt
Edited byAnne V. Coates
Music byHoward Shore
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • June 23, 1996 (1996-06-23) (premiere)
  • June 28, 1996 (1996-06-28) (United States)
Running time
117 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50 million[2]
Box office$113.3 million[3]

Striptease is a 1996 American black comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Andrew Bergman,[4] and starring Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, Robert Patrick and Burt Reynolds. Based on Carl Hiaasen's 1993 best-selling novel of the same name, the film centers on an FBI secretary-turned-stripper who becomes involved in both a child-custody dispute and corrupt politics.

Moore was paid a then-unprecedented $12.5 million to star in Striptease, making her the highest-paid film actress up to that time.[5] Released theatrically on June 28, 1996, by Columbia Pictures and produced by Castle Rock Entertainment, the film grossed $113 million worldwide against its $50 million budget. However, it was panned by critics, won six Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Picture, and has come to be evaluated as one of the worst movies ever made.[6][7][8] The debacle of the film marked a downturn in Moore's career.[8]

  1. ^ "Striptease (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 18, 1996. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  2. ^ "Striptease (1996) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Deming, Mark. "Striptease". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  5. ^ "Data Stream". Next Generation. No. 24. Imagine Media. December 1996. p. 30.
  6. ^ Franklin, Daniel P. (2006). Politics and Film: The Political Culture of Film in the United States. Rowman and Littlefield. p. 203. ISBN 978-0742538092.
  7. ^ Queenan, Joe (1999). Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon: Joe Queenan's America. Hyperion Books. p. 50. ISBN 978-0786884087.
  8. ^ a b Schwartz, Terri (December 7, 2009). "Kristen Stewart's 'Welcome to the Rileys' Role Is Only The Latest Fictional Stripper in Hollywood". MTV. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.