Exclusive: Get ready to don your Versace (pronounced Ver-sayce) and dine on brown rice and vegetables because Jeffrey McHale’s Showgirls documentary You Don’t Nomi is coming. Rlje Films, which is part of AMC Networks, has acquired the U.S. You Don’t Nomi and is set to release the film in theaters and VOD in June 2020.
You Don’t Nomi marks the feature directorial debut of McHale. The film, which switched hands from Nacelle, explores the complicated afterlife of Paul Verhoeven’s campy and glitzy Showgirls. The docu, named after the film’s heroine played by Elizabeth Berkley, sheds light on the salacious movie that many consider a flop and how it rose from the ashes and became a cult phenomenon. The film features Adam Nayman (Vice Guide to Film), April Kidwell and Peaches Christ (Milk) as well as archive interview footage with the cast and crew of Showgirls.
You Don’t Nomi marks the feature directorial debut of McHale. The film, which switched hands from Nacelle, explores the complicated afterlife of Paul Verhoeven’s campy and glitzy Showgirls. The docu, named after the film’s heroine played by Elizabeth Berkley, sheds light on the salacious movie that many consider a flop and how it rose from the ashes and became a cult phenomenon. The film features Adam Nayman (Vice Guide to Film), April Kidwell and Peaches Christ (Milk) as well as archive interview footage with the cast and crew of Showgirls.
- 4/14/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Nacelle Company announced today that they have acquired the North American rights to the campy glitz and glamour of the Showgirls documentary You Don’t Nomi directed by Jeffrey McHale.
The docu, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, puts the spotlight on the Paul Verhoeven-directed 1995 cult classic. It made brown rice and vegetables a staple in everyone’s diet and had everyone pronouncing Versace as “Versayce”. Over time, the film starring Elizabeth Berkley as aspiring Vegas showgirl Nomi Malone garnered a loyal community of fans that absolutely adore this Nc-17 rated movie that was subject to derision when it was released.
You Don’t Nomi examines Showgirls and Verhoeven with a renewed sense of appreciation for what documentary filmmaker McHale believes is a misunderstood masterpiece. Guided by a chorus of film critics and fervent devotees, McHale’s reassessment of Showgirls takes...
The docu, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, puts the spotlight on the Paul Verhoeven-directed 1995 cult classic. It made brown rice and vegetables a staple in everyone’s diet and had everyone pronouncing Versace as “Versayce”. Over time, the film starring Elizabeth Berkley as aspiring Vegas showgirl Nomi Malone garnered a loyal community of fans that absolutely adore this Nc-17 rated movie that was subject to derision when it was released.
You Don’t Nomi examines Showgirls and Verhoeven with a renewed sense of appreciation for what documentary filmmaker McHale believes is a misunderstood masterpiece. Guided by a chorus of film critics and fervent devotees, McHale’s reassessment of Showgirls takes...
- 6/4/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Xyz Films has come aboard as an executive producer and co-financier with Grade 5 Films on You Don’t Nomi, the Jeffrey McHale documentary about the Showgirls movie phenomenon that will have its world premiere in the Midnight section of the Tribeca Film Festival next month. The move, which ramps up Xyz’s documentary initiative, will see the company rep global rights on the pic, one of three Xyz docs (and six films overall) in the fest’s lineup.
McHale’s pic centers on the odd arc of Paul Verhoeven’s 1995 Nc-17 look at Vegas dancers, at the time met with near-unanimous derision by critics and audiences. But the film has inspired an ever-growing fan community and debate over its quality, artistic intent and messages about sex and gender. The docu explores Showgirls‘ legacy and broader implications. It’s also the feature debut of McHale, whose original trailer mashup of...
McHale’s pic centers on the odd arc of Paul Verhoeven’s 1995 Nc-17 look at Vegas dancers, at the time met with near-unanimous derision by critics and audiences. But the film has inspired an ever-growing fan community and debate over its quality, artistic intent and messages about sex and gender. The docu explores Showgirls‘ legacy and broader implications. It’s also the feature debut of McHale, whose original trailer mashup of...
- 4/2/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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