Striptease (1996)

When a Miami mom loses her job as a secretary, her lowlife ex-husband is awarded custody of their young daughter. Taking a job as a stripper to raise enough money for a court appeal, she unwittingly attracts the obsessive and insistent attentions of a crazed, slavering U.S. Congressman. Adapted from the comic novel by Carl Hiaasen. The uncut version contains footage not seen theatrically in North America.

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Based on Carl Hiaasen's satirical novel, Striptease tells the story of Erin (Demi Moore), who has just gotten a divorce from Darrell (Robert Patrick), the sleazy ex-con she foolishly married. However, the judge's memories of Darrell's days as a football hero win him custody of their daughter, and Erin, concerned for her child's safety, is determined to fight the decision. Erin has just lost her position as a secretary for the FBI, so, to cover her legal bills, she takes a job as an exotic dancer at a strip club called the Eager Beaver. While she has no experience taking off her clothes in front of an audience, Er...
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in soon makes friends with the fellow dancers and finds a protector in the club's burly but good-hearted bouncer, Shad (Ving Rhames). She also makes a few fans among the regulars at the club, most notably David Dillbeck (Burt Reynolds), a drunken lout with a bottomless appetite for sleaze -- who also happens to be a conservative congressman with ties to right-wing religious groups. One of Erin's admirers snaps a photo of her with the congressman when a brawl breaks out at the club, and he suggests that it would make fine blackmail material. However, when the man with the photo turns up dead, Erin discovers that Dillbeck's people play a bit rougher than she expected. The home video version of Striptease contains two minutes of footage that was clipped from the theatrical release in order to win the film an R rating.
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Erin Grant is haar baan kwijt en de voogdij over haar dochter. Om het geld voor de proceskosten bij elkaar te krijgen, gaat Erin dansen in een louche club genaamd de Eager Beaver. Erin's striptease is zo opwindend dat een fan, die ook congreslid is, er alles aan wil doen om haar te bezitten, hij gaat zelfs op de vuist voor haar. Als foto's hiervan opduiken, staat Erin sterker in de strijd om haar dochter terug te krijgen. Maar ze moet ook nog eens rekening houden met de aanhoudende bedreigingen van haar idiote, pillenslikkende ex-man en de politieke handlangers van het congres-lid die vastbesloten zijn hem te bes...
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chermen tegen schandalen die catastrofaal zijn voor zijn carrière.
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