{"id":869,"date":"2024-09-06T16:45:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/?p=869"},"modified":"2025-07-02T19:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:31:10","slug":"the-last-showgirl-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/the-last-showgirl-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LAST SHOWGIRL (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n

The Last Showgirl (2024) <\/em>is as much a mother-daughter story as it is a story of a woman chasing her dreams. Canadian actor, Pamela Anderson (Shelly), delivers a performance of a lifetime as an aging showgirl and mother to Billie Lourd (Hannah) whose worlds collide when the brilliant lights of Las Vegas no longer burn for her.<\/p>\n

Shot on 16mm film, Gia Coppola directs a star-studded cast exploring some of the struggles that determination can bring from women working in entertainment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The onscreen result is palpable.<\/p>\n

\n

\u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2606<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Note:
\nThe Last Showgirl (2024) <\/em>celebrated its world premiere during TIFF 2024 (September 5th \u2013 15th, 2024). Roadside Attractions will release the film January 10th, 2025 following a one week Oscar-qualifying run in Los Angeles, USA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"
\nActor Pamela Anderson (Shelly) and director Gia Coppola at the world premiere of The Last Showgirl (2024) <\/em>during the 49th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada (September 5th \u2013 15th, 2024).
\nPhoto Credit: Bev Belanger <\/em>for\u00a0SERIAL SEAN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"
\nActor Jamie Lee Curtis (Annette) at the world premiere of The Last Showgirl (2024) <\/em>during the 49th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada (September 5th \u2013 15th, 2024).
\nPhoto Credit: Bev Belanger <\/em>for\u00a0SERIAL SEAN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"
\nActor Dave Bautista (Eddie) at the world premiere of The Last Showgirl (2024) <\/em>during the 49th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada (September 5th \u2013 15th, 2024).
\nPhoto Credit: Bev Belanger <\/em>for\u00a0SERIAL SEAN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"
\nActor Kiernan Shipka (Jody) at the world premiere of The Last Showgirl (2024) <\/em>during the 49th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada (September 5th \u2013 15th, 2024).
\nPhoto Credit: Bev Belanger <\/em>for\u00a0SERIAL SEAN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"
\nActor Brenda Song (Marianne) at the world premiere of The Last Showgirl (2024) <\/em>during the 49th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada (September 5th \u2013 15th, 2024).
\nPhoto Credit: Bev Belanger <\/em>for SERIAL SEAN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Header Image:
\nThe Last Showgirl (2024) <\/em>film still courtesy of Roadside Attractions
\n<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Last Showgirl (2024) is as much a mother-daughter story as it is a story of a woman chasing her dreams. Canadian actor, Pamela Anderson (Shelly), delivers a performance of a lifetime as an aging showgirl and mother to Billie Lourd (Hannah) whose worlds collide when the brilliant lights of Las Vegas no longer burn for her. Shot on 16mm … <\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,5,9],"tags":[205,206,207,208,209,210,211,22,47,183,187,192,193,203,204],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing","category-film-tv","category-events","tag-pamelaanderson","tag-jamieleecurtis","tag-davebautista","tag-billielourd","tag-kiernanshipka","tag-brendasong","tag-womeninfilm","tag-film","tag-drama","tag-tiff24","tag-tiff2024","tag-tiffmii24","tag-tiffmii2024","tag-thelastshowgirl","tag-giacoppola"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1137,"href":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/1137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}