"And thus, despite initially being a box office flop likely due to its NC-17 rating it has had an extended afterlife as a midnight movie and cult classic. Even star Elizabeth Berkley, who blamed the film for destroying her career early on, has come to embrace it, and will be participating in a 30th anniversary tour of the film being produced by Live Nation."
"As she tells the Chronicle of the film, it's "undoubtedly the movie that's the most connected with my career as a midnight movie impresario and exhibitor." And now, with the Castro Theatre reopening at last next week, Peaches Christ is returning to host another of her large-scale screenings and pre-shows, though this one won't be at midnight. It's happening at 7:30 on April 2, and it will also feature a pre-show conversation with Crysal Conners herself, Gina Gershon. (Berkley, reportedly, has declined all previous invitations.)"
Peaches Christ returns to the Castro Theatre to host a 30th-anniversary screening of Showgirls during the theatre's reopening. The screening will take place at 7:30 PM on April 2 and will include a pre-show conversation with Gina Gershon, who plays Crystal Conners. Showgirls, directed by Paul Verhoeven, premiered in 1995 and was initially a box-office flop, in part due to an NC-17 rating, but developed an extended afterlife as a midnight movie and cult classic. Elizabeth Berkley has since embraced the film and will join a Live Nation-produced 30th anniversary tour, while Berkley reportedly declined previous screening invitations.
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