Showgirls 21st Anniversary Interactive Screening

Overview

In 1995, the man who brought audiences RoboCop and Total Recall made the Pretty Woman meets Flashdance mashup no one was screaming out for. Filmmaker Paul Verhoeven won a Razzie Award for worst director for his racy efforts — and the movie took home six others from a record 13 nominations, including worst picture and worst screen couple (for any combination of two people or two body parts).

Indeed, saying that Showgirls was pretty poorly received upon its release is quite the understatement, but thankfully, that's not the end of the film's story. In the two decades since, plenty of love has been thrown its way. Now, depending on who you talk to, it is considered a cult camp effort, a misunderstood satire and a prime example of the "so bad it's good" phenomenon.

To celebrate the feature's 21st anniversary, Kristian Fletcher and New Farm Cinemas are giving Brisbane cinephiles the chance to come to their own conclusions — and to revisit a flick they mightn't have seen on the big screen. Yes, audience participation is welcome. Yes, there'll be showgirls roaming around the cinema before the screening. Yes, the event promises to be as wild as the film.