No official poster or trailer yet for The Last Showgirl (2024) but it screened at TIFF and has garnered some praise, early awards talk and comparisons to Mickey Rourke’s The Wrestler and Brendan Fraser’s The Whale.
>Synopsis: A seasoned showgirl (Pamela Anderson) must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run.
Also stars: Jamie Lee Curtis as a foul-mouthed waitress. Dave Bautista as a manager. Brenda Song as Pamela’s showgirl friend. Billie Lourd (Carrie Fisher’s daughter) and Jason Schwartzman round out the cast. Apparently Pamela’s veteran showgirl character feels herself getting pushed out by the younger starlets. All she has to fall back on are a small handful of loyal friends who are the only family left for her.
Reportedly shot in 18 days and I’m getting a sense it’s going for a Sean Baker vibe. Could audiences be more interested in seeing this over Megalopolis? Maybe seeing Pamela Anderson in a serious dramatic turn, and addressing the realities of aging in a superficial profession could make this an indie WOM darling?
Su_Impact on
That would be such a 2024 twist and I’m all for it.
2 Comments
No official poster or trailer yet for The Last Showgirl (2024) but it screened at TIFF and has garnered some praise, early awards talk and comparisons to Mickey Rourke’s The Wrestler and Brendan Fraser’s The Whale.
>Synopsis: A seasoned showgirl (Pamela Anderson) must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run.
Also stars: Jamie Lee Curtis as a foul-mouthed waitress. Dave Bautista as a manager. Brenda Song as Pamela’s showgirl friend. Billie Lourd (Carrie Fisher’s daughter) and Jason Schwartzman round out the cast. Apparently Pamela’s veteran showgirl character feels herself getting pushed out by the younger starlets. All she has to fall back on are a small handful of loyal friends who are the only family left for her.
Reportedly shot in 18 days and I’m getting a sense it’s going for a Sean Baker vibe. Could audiences be more interested in seeing this over Megalopolis? Maybe seeing Pamela Anderson in a serious dramatic turn, and addressing the realities of aging in a superficial profession could make this an indie WOM darling?
That would be such a 2024 twist and I’m all for it.