TS: SHOWGIRLS vs. ROAD HOUSE

I still haven't seen Roadhouse all the way through.

JH: I thought you'd be bigger.
PS: Yeah, I get that a lot.

Once sat next to a man on an international flight who watched Showgirls on his in-seat video screen and never recognized her.

that's my answer.

Casuistry is insane, but how insane?

"but... I CAN'T!!!"

and then everyone in the plane gets into quoting the film...

"stewardess, do you have any extra pillows?"
"you can FUCK me when you LOVE me."

LOL, my workplace blocked that link, as well they probably should

Is there a rundown somewhere online of the specific digital manipulation?

You got me. Might have to look around for it! Anyway I preordered this of course. Forgot to mention that last year I saw an Alamo Drafthouse one-off showing of this -- an actual FILM print, and one that was from outside the US as well. Made for a different experience, and I think a couple of changes in dialogue too but I wasn't sure...

I didn't get to see it in the theater in its original run, so it would not surprise me in the slightest if there's an even harder NC-17 version out there that's been quietly swept under the rug (until now).

Honestly the thing that leapt out to me was that I thought other celebrities than Paula Abdul etc were mentioned at one point, in that that spiel comes up a couple of times. But it didn't happen in all cases, which was even weirder!

Janet Jackson def mentioned in every version I’ve seen

I’m incredibly tempted by this but not sure about the looks I would get from my family…

watching Road House for the first time. WOW this is a weird movie!

are there really bouncers who are so legendary people that work in bars know them in other states?

also why does Ben Gazarra drive so intentionally poorly

This is part of the mystery and wonder that is that film.

it's so delightfully bonkers. knife fights every night at the bar!!! bankruptcy-level destruction every night! Jeff Healey as the house band!

a bar named after taking a gigantic dump!

this movie's a repository of quality baritone speaking voices, cotdamn

"JC Penney is coming here because of me!"

damn Sam Elliott started to say "cunt" then stopped himself

Denise honey Jeff can't see you gyrating

careful, Dalton, that's a Narn soldier!

I like how Sidekicks is the VSU sandwiched between Roadhouse and Showgirls in the VS release schedule

are there any fucking police in this town. like they say Jasper paid em off but I haven't even SEEN ONE

also why does Ben Gazarra drive so intentionally poorly

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bizarro gazzara

Okay, the details of what's extra on the Vinegar Syndrome Showgirls release have been announced -- importing some old faves like David Schmader's commentary plus a whole lotta other things:

3-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray x2
4K UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range
Newly restored by Vinegar Syndrome from an existing director approved 4K studio master
Includes original 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo soundtrack options
"The Greatest Movie Ever Made" - commentary track with writer David Schmader
"More Vegas Than Vegas" - an interview with director Paul Verhoeven
"You Gotta Gamble if You’re Gonna Win" - interview with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas
"All that Glitters: Filming Showgirls" - interview with cinematographer Jost Vacano & Performance Lighting Designer Peter Morse
"The Rhythm of Chaos" - interview with co-editors Mark Helfrich & Mark Goldblatt
"Born to Dance" - interview with actress Rena Riffel
"Free Lap Dance with Every Large Popcorn: The Cult of Showgirls" - interview with Midnight Mass Podcast hosts Peaches Christ & Michael Varrati
Special ‘Behind-the-scenes’ Featurette
A Showgirls Diary
Lap Dance Tutorial Featuring the World-Famous Girls of Scores
Original trailer
40-page perfect bound book with essays by Elizabeth Purchell, Abbey Bender and Adam Nayman
Reversible sleeve artwork

Oh yeah the link:

https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/showgirls

Region A? I was sure this was going to be Region Free.

that's a bummer....

You must conform to us like all good Americans, aka everyone in the world despite your so-called 'nations.' (I might have this wrong.)

Trailer for the roadhouse remake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKC4RL--jkc

I hate to admit it, but...that looks good and I will watch it.

See now I'm trying to imagine an exploding boat chase on the lake in the original, which is really the only thing it lacks.

is Jake nude in it

Why did I know this news would bring you here. Anyway about these road houses in the Keys.

Does Bonamassa play the Jeff Healey part?

Also: Here's to hoping that Amazon/MGM also greenlights a similar reboot of Taffin.

Lukas Gage and Billy Magnussen in the same movie, I feel like they must go out for the same roles a lot

I like Jake, but I suspect, just as Adam Sandler chooses projects based on where he wants to vacation, Jake always has something lined up that will pay for a personal trainer.

lol

noted piece of shit Conor McGregor being in this kills a lot of the appeal.

Not if we get to see him getting the shit kicked out of him

Yeah, his equivalent in the original movie gets his throat torn out by Patrick Swayze, so that's worth seeing at least.

Swayze was nude in the original (but not in the throat-ripping-out scene)

Conor McGregor, really? Whose dumb idea was that?

They thought he'd be perfect for the role bc of the sexual assault allegations, random sucker punching of random people who offend him, anti-immigration comments, etc?

They sold it to him as a documentary

See Conor part of method acting as we have to beat the shit out of you for real

(*is)

Mystified by this sudden convergence of reactionary politics and Hollywood action movies

Fun fact: Doug Liman's dad served as the chief counsel for both the New York state commission for the Attica Prison riot and the investigation of the Iran-Contra Affair.

Mystified by this sudden convergence of reactionary politics and Hollywood action movies

Forget this reboot, I want a documentary on the backstory:

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/road-house-remake-drama-verbal-abuse-distribution-plans-jake-gyllenhaal-1235909744/

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Double Deuce, Double Vinyl: Mondo Uncovers Lost Jeff Healey Band Songs from 'Road House'

Mondo is about to make the night come falling from the sky with a new vinyl set of rare and unreleased songs from The Jeff Healey Band recorded for the 1989 cult classic Road House, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.

This unforgettable action film starred Patrick Swayze as a James Dalton, an unusually renowned bouncer (with a degree in philosophy from New York University!) who travels from the Big Apple to Jasper, Missouri to keep a rowdy club called the Double Deuce under control. While there, he runs afoul of an unscrupulous businessman (Ben Gazzara) with a stranglehold on the town's honest workers. An eclectic cast is rounded out by Kelly Lynch as the town's doctor, Sam Elliott as Swayze's impossibly virile mentor and even small turns from Keith David, pro wrestler Terry Funk and John Doe of the L.A. punk outfit X. An enduring film in the late Swayze's filmography, a Road House remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal was released on Prime Video earlier this year.

Healey, a blind blues guitarist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, had burst onto the scene a year before Road House hit theaters with his eponymous Jeff Healey Band. See the Light, featuring bassist Joe Rockman and drummer Tom Stephen (plus a small array of guest stars including keyboardist Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), was a smash on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border, and the tender ballad "Angel Eyes" became a Top 5 hit in America. But that tune was an anomaly: Healey and his band could rip, and did so as the de facto house band in the Double Deuce. (Healey also had a few scenes with Swayze when not playing.)

The original Road House soundtrack album was a various artists affair featuring four new recordings from Healey, two from Swayze (who'd scored a smash with "She's Like the Wind" off the soundtrack to his star turn in Dirty Dancing (1987)) and some catalog cuts from Little Feat, Otis Redding and others. Healey and his band played mostly covers throughout the film, from John Hiatt's "Confidence Man" (which opened See the Light) and Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" to Cream's "White Room," Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood" and even a scintillating read on Bob Dylan's Empire Burlesque cut "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" which played over the closing credits.

Now, all those recordings for the film (and more!) will be released on Road House: The Lost Soundtrack. Produced in cooperation with Healey's estate (he died of cancer in 2008, at the too-young age of 41), this double vinyl set not only features a dozen tracks from the film, but another seven covers not featured in the film! Roger Costa, an archivist and co-administrator of Healey's estate, helped restore the audio and crafted an oral history/liner notes on the guitarist's work on the film in the accompanying eight-page liner notes, which also feature photos by Peter Sorel and additional unseen images. Mo Shafeek, Mondo's former creative director (who's since gone on to co-found the vinyl reissue label Mutant), designed the package and layout.

LP 1
On the Road Again *
Confidence Man
Long Tall Sally *
One Foot on the Gravel *
Hear That Guitar Ring *
Knock on Wood *
I'm Tore Down
Roadhouse Blues
Traveling Band *
White Room *

LP 2
Hoochie Coochie Man
When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky
Killing Floor **
I Just Want to Make Love to You **
Red House **
Around and Around **
Foxey Lady **
Back in the U.S.A. **
Angel **

* previously unreleased - used in film
** previously unreleased - not used in film

Patrick Swayze as a James Dalton

As opposed to another James Dalton?