| Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Glenn Close |
Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
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| John Malkovich |
Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
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| Michelle Pfeiffer |
Madame Marie de Tourvel
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| Swoosie Kurtz |
Madame de Volanges
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| Keanu Reeves |
Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny
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| Mildred Natwick |
Madame de Rosemonde
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| Uma Thurman |
Cécile de Volanges
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| Peter Capaldi |
Azolan
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| Joe Sheridan |
Georges
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| Valerie Gogan |
Julie
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| Francois Montagut |
Belleroche
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Romance |
| Director |
Stephen Frears |
| Producer |
Norma Heyman; Hank Moonjean |
| Writer |
Christopher Hampton; Choderlos de Laclos |
| Studio |
Warner Brothers; WARNER HOME VIDEO |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
1 hr 59 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| A sumptuously mounted and photographed celebration of artful wickedness, betrayal, and sexual intrigue among depraved 18th-century French aristocrats, Dangerous Liaisons (based on Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses) is seductively decadent fun. The villainous heroes are the Marquise De Merteuil (Glenn Close) and the Vicomte De Valmont (John Malkovich), who have cultivated their mutual cynicism into a highly developed and exquisitely mannered form of (in-)human expression. Former lovers, they now fancy themselves rather like demigods whose mutual desires have evolved beyond the crudeness of sex or emotion. They ritualistically act out their twisted affections by engaging in elaborate conspiracies to destroy the lives of their less calculating acquaintances, daring each other to ever-more-dastardly acts of manipulation and betrayal. Why? Just because they can; it's their perverted way of getting get their kicks in a dead-end, pre-Revolutionary culture. Among their voluptuous and virtuous prey are fair-haired angels played by Michelle Pfeiffer and Uma Thurman, who have never looked more ripe for ravishing. When the Vicomte finds himself beset by bewilderingly genuine emotions for one of his victims, the Marquise considers it the ultimate betrayal and plots her heartless revenge. Dangerous Liaisons is a high-mannered revel for the actors, who also include Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick, and Keanu Reeves. --Jim Emerson |
| Personal Details |
| My Rating |
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| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
1466 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
12/31/02 |
| Purchase Price |
$7.00 |
| Store |
Best Buy |
| Owner |
JC |
| Links |
Amazon US
IMDB
All Movie Guide
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| Folder |
012 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
| UPC |
085391187226 |
| Chapters |
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| Release Date |
5/1/01 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Dolby Widescreen |
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