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Basic Instinct

Basic Instinct

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Key Information
Directors: Paul Verhoeven
Stars: Sharon Stone
Actors: Jeanne Tripplehorn
Genre: Dramas
Subgenre: Recommended · Psychodrama · Cops · Murder · Racy · Gay/Lesbian · Deception · Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (MPAA)
Available Formats: DVD: Special Limited Edition - Unrated
UPC: 012236044307
Release Date: 1992
Running Time: 2hr 3min
Languages
Original Language: English
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD, 2hr 3min
Release Company: Artisan Entertainment (August 26, 1997)
UPC: 012236044307
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS: Widescreen; Original Director's Cut, 2hr 3min
Release Company: Artisan Entertainment (September 21, 1994)
UPC: 012236994336
Credits
Screenwriter: Joe Eszterhas
Professional Reviews
: (03/20/1992, p.C8, Janet Maslin): "...[A] red-hot, dangerously modern romance [that] will never be accused of not knowing how to get an audience's attention....[Stone is] chilling..."
Quotes from the Movie
: "Were you ever engaged in any sadomasochistic activity?"--John Correli (Wayne Knight) to Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) during interrogation
"Exactly what did you have in mind, Mr. Correli?"--Catherine

"There's no smoking in this building, Ms. Tramell."--Correli
"What're you going do? Charge me with smoking?"--Catherine
More Information
Details: This steamy thriller to end all steamy thrillers stars Michael Douglas as Nick, a boozy San Francisco police detective who finds himself drawn to the prime suspect in a murder case--manipulative, sexually uninhibited novelist Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone). Catherine's latest book features a murder uncannily similar to the one Nick is investigating, and as the pair engage in a mating dance of dangerous one-upmanship, more murders occur, all described in her current work, about a boozy cop in love with a killer. Nick's psychiatrist (Jeanne Tripplehorn), and cop partner (George Dzundza) are both worried about him, and Catherine's jealous lesbian lover (Leilani Sarelle) may be trying to kill him, but Nick is just too turned on to care. <br> <br> Director Paul Verhoeven shows an admirable lack of restraint in this ludicrously enjoyable thriller, a sort of postmodern noir with Joe Eszterhas's script coming off like Mamet by way of Penthouse. Stone and Douglas exhibit fine chemistry (and most of their bodi...
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