Released:
 Genre: Drama
 Tagline: "Five souls exposed"

 Written by: Michael Radford / David Linter
 Directed by: Michael Radford
 Co-Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Joanna Gleason, Jay Patterson

 Synopsis
An up-close and personal look, on stage and backstage, at five ecdysiasts who dance at the Blue Iguana in L.A. Stormy is melancholy and distant; a man from her past has come to town and wants to see her. Jasmine writes poetry and may have met someone - Dennis, who organizes readings at a coffee house. Angel, a ditzy stoner, wants a foster child; a Russian hitman is smitten by her. Jessie is new in town, a vulnerable adolescent who tries to act grown up. Jo is brassy, in-your-face, and pregnant. Eddie runs the place with help from Bobby. A big weekend is coming up, so he's hired Nico to headline. The women look for reassurance; some find it in each other.

 Trivia
• Sheila Kelley originally conceived the idea for this film. It was supposed to be a story about incest between her character and the character played by Elias Koteas. Once the other actresses started improvising, it became more of an ensemble piece.
• Partly filmed in an actual strip club called the Valley Ball Cabaret in Van Nuys, California (although the stage with the bar was a set).
• The poem Jasmine (Sandra Oh) reads near the end of the film was part of an actual poem written by Canadian poet Evelyn Lau. Sandra Oh once portrayed Lau on Canadian TV.

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