Holy Smoke
He had only one thing on his mind... but so did she!
While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru.Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway.But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.
- Director
- Jane Campion
- Worldwide
- $2M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Holy Smoke returned 0.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Sep 4, 1999
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Hindi
- Country
- Australia, United States of America
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