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Basic Instinct
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- Released
- 01/04/2003
- DVD Region
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2 (UK, Western Europe, Japan)
Also plays on multi-region DVD players
What region is right for me? - Film and TV Genre
- General, Thriller
Description
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. 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 bodies), and there's some lovely Bay Area scenery courtesy of cinematographer Jan de Bont (who went on to direct films such as SPEED and TWISTER). Wayne Knight (Newman from SEINFELD) and Mitch Pileggi (Skinner from THE X-FILES) are precinct heads who question Catherine in the infamous leg-crossing scene.
Plot Synopsis
Detective Nick Curran investigates the death of a man found axed and tied to a bed. As his investigation gets under way he becomes involved with one of the chief suspects, writer Catherine Tramell.
Product Details
- Actors
- Sharon Stone
- Michael Douglas
- Jeanne Tripplehorn
- George Dzundza
- Dennis Arndt
- Leilani Sarelle
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
- Year of release
- 1992
- Aspect Ratio
- 2.35:1
- 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
- 2.35 Wide Screen
- Audio Format
- DTS 5.1 - English/German
- DTS 5.1 English
- DTS/Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
- English - Dolby Surround
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- Disc Features
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
- Audio Commentary
- Cleaning Up Basic Instinct And Comparison Of The TV Version To The Theatrical Version
- Featurette
- Making Of Documentary
- Photo Gallery
- Storyboard Comparisons
- Theatrical Teaser
- Theatrical Trailer
- Subtitle Language
- Dutch
- English
- German
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Turkish
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Film Rating (Australia)
- R18+
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Film Rating (UK)
- 18
- Run Time (minutes)
- 120
- Language
- English
- Colour System
- PAL
- Cast & Crew
- Jan De Bont (Director of Photography)
- Jan DeBont (Director of Photography)
- Joe Eszterhas (Screenwriter)
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