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Year: 2010
USA: Sony Pictures Releasing / Screen Gems
UK: Sony Pictures Releasing
Cast: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet,
Julianne Hough, Alan Cumming, Peter Gallagher, Kristen Bell, Stanley
Tucci, Dianna Agron, David Walton, Glynn Turman, Chelsea Traille,
Terrence Jenkins
Director: Steven Antin
Country: USA
USA: 116 mins
UK: 119 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for sexual content including several
suggestive dance routines, partial nudity, language and some
thematic material
UK Certificate: 12A contains one use of strong language and
moderate innuendo
USA Release Date: 24 November 2010
UK Release Date: 17 December 2010
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Synopsis
"It takes a legend...to make a star."
In writer/director Steven Antin’s finger-snapping, eye-popping and
atmospheric musical BURLESQUE, a time-honored tale of showbiz
aspirations fulfilled – and the hallmarks of a classic form of
live entertainment – get a dazzling, fun movie makeover.
For Ali (Christina Aguilera), a small-town girl with a big voice,
there had to be somewhere her dreams could be fulfilled, rather than
remain an empty goal.
Enter the world of burlesque.
Leaving behind hardship and an uncertain future for the
entertainment capital Los Angeles, Ali stumbles upon The Burlesque
Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired
musical revue. Talking herself into a cocktail waitress job from
Tess (Cher), the club’s glamorous and forthright proprietor,
headliner and starmaker, Ali becomes a wide-eyed sponge to The
Burlesque’s captivating acts. The outrageous costumes and bold
choreography hold the young ingénue enraptured.
That stage is where Ali was meant to be, so she vows to herself
she’ll be on it someday.
But first she has to navigate the theater’s many interpersonal
relationships, for better or for worse. She builds a friendship with
a featured dancer (Julianne Hough), finds an enemy in a troubled,
jealous performer (Kristen Bell), and wins the affection of Jack
(Cam Gigandet), a handsome bartender and musician who takes Ali in
as a temporary roommate to help her get her financial footing.
Eventually, with the help of a sharp-witted yet sensitive stage
manager (Stanley Tucci) and the club’s gender-bending host (Alan
Cumming), Ali makes her way from the bar to the stage. Her
spectacular voice and showmanship returns The Burlesque Lounge to
its former glory, giving hope to Tess that she won’t have to
entertain the demands of her ex-husband (Peter Gallagher) that she
sell the place to a charismatic entrepreneur (Eric Dane) with an
enticing proposal.
As Ali’s star rises, it becomes thrillingly clear that the
Burlesque Lounge lives to titillate, fascinate and make dreams come
true. But are its days – and colorful, sexy, music-filled nights
-- numbered?
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