- Actors: Ronnie Bierman, Sylvia de Leur, Piet Römer, Jules Hamel, Bernard Droog
- Directors: Paul Verhoeven
- Format: Anamorphic, Colour, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language Dutch
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
- DVD Release Date: 23 Oct 2001
- Run Time: 89 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: 6305972869
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 217,258 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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A bawdy, though sympathetic look at the lives of two Amsterdam prostitutes, 1971’s Business is Business was the film debut of Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, who would later graduate to the Hollywood mainstream with films like Total Recall and Basic Instinct.
Starring Ronnie Biermann as Greet, a worldly wise prostitute who, in between gratifying the often bizarre needs and fantasies of her bourgeois clients, is decently protective of her neighbour and friend in the trade, the busty, younger Nell of whose relationship with an abusive leech (Bernard Droog) she disapproves. Finally, she decides they must both break out of their decreasingly fulfilling lives and seek out matrimonial stability.
An amiable if slightly aimless movie, based on the writings of Albert Moll, Business is Business probably seemed like an authentic depiction of the Amsterdam demi-monde in its day. Today, its kinky peccadilloes look rather quaint in comparison with, say, Nick Broomfield’s Fetishes. The breezily kitsch soundtrack is redolent of a more innocent age overall. However, both Biermann and Sylvia De Leur forcefully resist any of the dollybird clichés of the era in their strong characters.--David Stubbs
On the DVD: Business is Business on disc can be viewed with or without English subtitles. Extras are disappointing with only a Verhoeven, Biermann and De Leur filmography and film notes from David Parkinson, along with a few World cinema trailers and the film’s original trailer. The image resolution is average for a 1971 film and the Dolby digital soundtrack enhances the grunts and groans.--Nikki Disney
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Probably the funniest paul verhoeven film there is. Basically it's about two ladies of the evening getting through life doing the zaniest things to earn a living. The two girls look after eachother throughout the film getting themselves out of various comedic scrapes, whislt upsetting people of all classes. eventually being lonely of a love in their lives they set to finding a hubsand which makes a happy ending for the "dimmer" girl of the two.
I have seen this film about 4 times now and still laugh all the way through it. The film is in spoken dutch with subtitles but it does not seem to be a put off or by any means, or lose any fun in the translation.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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7 Jan 2004
Format:DVD
Great early directorial debut of Paul Verhoeven has a very interesting and provocative premise even by today's standards with a witty sense of humor. Ending is really on the money. Sad and very believable. Love the wacky soundtrack.
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