Basic Instinct
by Paul Verhoeven
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Actor: Denis Arndt, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Michael Douglas, Sharon StoneDirector: Paul Verhoeven
Brand: Lions Gate
Cinematographer: Jan de Bont
Editor: Frank J. Urioste
Producer: Alan Marshall
Producer: Louis D'Esposito
Producer: Mario Kassar
Producer: William S. Beasley
Writer: Joe Eszterhas
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-12-16
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Basic Instinct
Movie Review: "Nice Girl"
Summary: 5 Stars
An excellent film that has in effect become a classic, Basic Instinct, brings to the screen a murder mystery involving a police detective and a sensual multi-millionaire writer.
The setting is San Francisco and detective Curran is investigating the gruesome murder of a man found dead in his bed after what seems to have been a passionate and steamy night. The investigation reveals a purely sexual relationship between the deceased and a striking novelist whose life seems to be intertwined with various deadly accidents and mysterious deaths. Things become rather complicated when her latest novel's hero oddly resembles detective Curran...
Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone and Jeanne Tripplehorn (both of whom are GORGEOUS!), Mitch Pileggi (X-Files), George Dzundza, and the rest of this AMAZING cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least! All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows!
The film combines a great cast, a great mystery, and some very realistic and very erotic sex scenes (for a change).
The setting, the plot, the dialogues, and the music (!) are all wonderful!
In short, Basic Instinct is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection (if you haven't done so already)!
Summary of Basic Instinct
Michael Douglas stars as Nick Curran a tough but vulnerable detective. Sharon Stone costars as Catherine Tramell a cold calculating and beautiful novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite. Catherine becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered - a crime she had described in her latest novel. Obsessed with cracking the case Nick descends into San Francisco's forbidden underground where suspicions mount bodies fall and he finds within himself an instinct more basic than survival.Special Features*:16.9 Newly remastered Widescreen5.1 Newly remastered English Dolby Surround2.0 English Dolby Digital Audio"Blonde Poison" - Documentary on the making of the film"Cleaning up Basic Instinct" - A montage comparing the TV version to the theatrical versionCommentary with feminist critic Camille PagliaPhoto GalleryDigitally MasteredStoryboard ComparisonsTheatrical TrailerInteractive MenusScene AccessProduction NotesCast and Crew InformationEnglish French and Spanish subtitlesSystem Requirements:Starring: Micael Douglas Sharon Stone George Dzundza and Jeanne Tripplehorn Directed By: Paul Verhoeven Running Length: 127 minutes color This film is presented in "Widescreen" formatFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating: R UPC: 012236124726 Manufacturer No: 12472The take-no-prisoners sex thriller from 1992 now stands as a milestone in the career of screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, but in the hands of director Paul Verhoeven Basic Instinct is an undeniably stylish and provocative study of obsession. In the role that made her a star (and showed the audience a little more skin than she intended), Sharon Stone plays the cleverly manipulative novelist Catherine Tramell who snares San Francisco detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) with her insatiable sexual appetite during the investigation of her boyfriend's murder. Tramell is the prime suspect, but the plot twists and turns until Curran is trapped in a dangerous cycle of dead ends and unsolved murders, never sure if Tramell is committing the crimes or if it is some other, unknown suspect. With a plot that keeps viewers guessing, Basic Instinct is the work of a director who is clearly in his element. --Jeff Shannon
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