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Basic Instinct (VHS, 1994, Widescreen; Original Director's Cut) 
Basic Instinct (VHS, 1994, Widescreen; Original Director's Cut)

 
Basic Instinct (VHS, 1994, Widescreen; Original Director's Cut)

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Rating: Rated R
Release Date: Sep 1994
Format: VHS
Additional Info: Widescreen; Original Director's Cut
UPC: 012236994336
Product ID: EPID3193113
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 T...
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Movie 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.

Credits
Cast:George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leilani Sarelle, Mitch Pileggi, Wayne Knight

Details
Edition:Widescreen; Original Director's Cut

Notes
Special Edition Director's Cut:

Controversial Footage Cut from the Original Release
Candid Conversation with Director Paul Verhoeven
Interviews
   Michael Douglas - Star
   Sharon Stone - Star
Trailer
   Theatrical (Unrated)

Editorial Reviews
"...One charged-up erotic thriller - gory, lurid, brutally funny..."
Rolling Stone - p.89-90 - Peter Travers (04/16/1992)

"...[A] red-hot, dangerously modern romance [that] will never be accused of not knowing how to get an audience's attention....[Stone is] chilling..."
New York Times - p.C8 - Janet Maslin (03/20/1992)

"...Visually, it's edgy and impressive..."
Entertainment Weekly - p.50-2 - Owen Gleiberman (03/20/1992)

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