012236114215

1992

1992-03-20

127

2h 7min

Nominated for 2 Oscars, 5 wins & 23 nominations total

Paul Verhoeven

Joe Eszterhas

Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza

William S. Beasley, Louis D'Esposito, Mario Kassar, Alan Marshall

Jerry Goldsmith

Jan de Bont

Frank J. Urioste

Howard Feuer

Terence Marsh

Ellen Mirojnick

Audrey L. Anzures, Rob Bottin, Catherine Childers, Laura De'Atley, David Forrest, Virginia G. Hadfield, Paul LeBlanc, Vincent Prentice

William S. Beasley, Cliff T.E. Roseman, Michael R. Sloan

M. James Arnett, Louis D'Esposito, Eric Jewett, Nina K. Noble, Annie Spiegelman, Michael Viglietta, Joel Chernoff, Charlie Picerni

Dick Anderson, Kristin Argue, Sharon Barnebey, Roy Barnes, Mark Bates, Stephen Myles Berger, James Bergmann, Mark Billerman, Jonathan Bobbitt, Chris Chichotka, Randy L. Childs, Jennifer Clinard, Richard W. Clot, Raymond F. Cooper, Rosemary De Cicco, B.J. Fredrickson, Dick Girod, William Girod, Ruby Guidara, Augustin Hernandez Jr., Stephen Hessel, Karen Higgins, Daniel Kelly, Gary F. Kieldrup, Steven Kissick, Anne Kuljian, Mary Ellen Leonard, David Lowery, Gregory Lynch Jr., Sean R. MacCaul, Brad Martinez, Stacey S. McIntosh, Augustine Mendez Jr., Barbara Mesney, Ervin Miller, Ray Mondoux, Joseph Musso, George L. Oldham, Paul Olson, Dennis J. Parrish, Hope M. Parrish, Thomas Power, Randall Prochaska, Melinda Ritz, Bert Rodriguez, Gary E. Roloff, Mark Seay, Wayne Shepherd, Craig T. Shordon, Michelle Souza, Rob Stevens, Brian Swanson, Louis Terry, Keith Urban, Richard Wheeler, Matthew Whitting, Lyndell Wolff, John L. Wood Jr., Aaron Zajac, J. Michael Davis, Michael Meier, Jeffrey Whitman, Doug E. Williams

David A. Arnold, Ron Bartlett, Dean Beville, John Brilhante, Carlos Delarios, Susan Dudeck, John Dunn, Donald Flick, Judee Flick, Stephen Hunter Flick, Barbara Gandolfo-Frady, Nerses Gezalyan, Douglas Greenfield, Scott Hecker, Edward J. Hernandez, Mauriece Jacks Jr., Ken Johnson, Doug Kent, Michael J. Kohut, Nicholas Korda, Dan O'Connell, Thomas J. O'Connell, Greg Orloff, Donald Ortiz, Sonny Pettijohn, John Pospisil, Eric Potter, Charleen Richards, Aaron Rochin, Geoffrey G. Rubay, Fred Runner, Norman B. Schwartz, Dan Sharp, Michael R. Sloan, Alicia Stevenson, Nelson Stoll, Marvin Walowitz, Rosemarie Wheeler

John Frazier, Bruce Y. Kuroyama, Steve Riley, Jim Schwalm, Harold Selig, Roland Blancaflor, Becky Ochoa

Henry Alvarez, Rob Bottin, James Clark, William Cruse, Fernando Favila, Gunnar Ferdinandsen, Wayne Fitzgerald, Peter Kuran, Art Pimentel, Margaret Prentice, Vincent Prentice, Tom Prosser, Sam Sainz, Russell Shinkle, Dawn Shirlock, Loren Soman, Wayne Strong, Pam Vick, Todd Weslow, Al Magliochetti

M. James Arnett, Seth Arnett, Sandy Berumen, Janet Brady, Rocky Capella, Steven Chambers, Janeen Damian, Mike De Luna, Justin De Rosa, Gary Epper, Jon H. Epstein, Donna Evans, Marian Green, Tommy J. Huff, Maria R. Kelly, Janet Lee Orcutt, Manny Perry, Randy Peters, Charlie Picerni, Michael Runyard, Mark Le Mon

Steve Adcock, Miles Anderson, Paul Avery, Robert J. Babin, Hans Bjerno, Eric Blum, J.R. Chew, Dave Childers, Michael J. Coo, Joseph Emanuele, Don Estes, Michael Ferris, Kelly Flood, Scot Gaal, Joseph Graham, Jeffrey Greeley, Christopher Hager, Frank Helbig, Don L. Henderson, Fran Hughes, Chris Kievman, Steve Koster, Leslie J. Kovacs, William Leslie, Mark A. Lewis, John Malvino, Kim Marks, J. Steven Matzinger, Stan McClain, Larry McConkey, Benny McNulty, Ralph Nelson, Peter Newfield, David Noble, Mark Otewalt, Joe Carl Parsons, Bill Pelkey, Bradford Ralston, E. Christopher Reed, Calmar Roberts, Kenny Schneider, Michael J. Schwartz, Michael Scott, Frank Strzalkowski, Kevin Thompson, Paul Threlkeld, Randy Troyanek, I.J. Van Perre, Jorgen Wedseltoft, Julian Whatley, Sam Whedon, Robert A. Williamson, Steven J. Mikolas, Stephen Sfetku

Judith Bouley, Aslihan Coker, Jakki Fink, Mariann H.W. Lee

Michael Becker, Michael Dennison, Nancy Foreman, Deborah Hopper, Anthony J. Scarano

John Bickford, Derek Brechin, Noori Dehnahi, Douglas Kunin, Teressa Longo, Bob Putynkowski, Marianne Urioste

Jim Baldwin, Scott Beatty, Paul Gerhardt, Susan Griffin, Michael Hamm, Montgomery Hom, Amanda Lawford, Ellen Lent, Laurie Noll, Gail Stempler, Peter K. Wolff

David Arch, John Barclay, Bruce Botnick, Bart Brown, Lois Carruth, Alexander Courage, Chris Dean, Robin Glenn, Jerry Goldsmith, Kenneth Hall, Suzanne Hayden, Tom Hayden, Skaila Kanga, Perry Montague-Mason, Harry Shannon, Allen Walley, Derek Watkins, National Philharmonic Orchestra

Trudy Ramirez, Gary Goldman

Homer Albin, John Anderson, Harry Bode, Daniel B. Briggs, Randy Burke, Art Casey, Charles Conn, Mike Davis, Tim Dickerson, Martin Dindia, Tom Dragna, Michael Gribnau, David Harman, Jay Haymaker, Joe 'Stinky' Killian, John Loveless, Dennis Marchant, James Marett, E. Steve McLaughlin, Matt Meza, Mark Moller, Carter Nichols, Al Nickel, Rick Scheil, Troy Tomerlin, Candace Wells, George Williams Jr., Bryce Guy Williams, Prentis Woods, Vincent J. Ybiernas, Anthony Muto Jr.

Frans J. Afman, Robin Allen, Tim August, Michael Barnes, Sandy Berumen, Peggy Biocini, Nicole Boxer, Richard Brodsky, Bart Brown, Allen Burry, Corey Burton, Lois Carruth, Frank Cunha, Jim Davidson, Peter DePalma, Christopher Desmond, Bernard Dethiers, Craig Dietrich, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Chris Edmond, Lynn Ehrensperger, Donna Evans, Nancy Evans, Wayne Fitzgerald, Heide Foley, John Fordham, Keith Forster, Ashlyn Gere, Jeremy Green, Nettie Heffner, Shing Ho, Sam Hoffman, Cindy M. Ichikawa, Catherine Isakson, Christine A. Johnston, Mario Kassar, Mike Kaufman, Bill Landrum, Jacqui Landrum, Jean Larette, Jeff Ledbetter, Kate Levine, Catherine Marie McDonald, Karin Mercurio, Lucille M. Michael, Ruben Padilla, Courtney Pakiz, Alan D. Purwin, Kelly Richards Ralston, Randolph R. Rhodes, Scott Robinson, Ron Roggé, Joel Rosenberg, Michael Runyard, David Schwartz, Greg Smith, Robert Stewart, Lauren Beth Strogoff, Mark S. Temple, Andrew Thacher, Scott Tobin, Angel Trujillo, Jaime Trujillo, Joan Wellman, Randy West, Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc, Craig Comstock, Gabe de Kelaita, Kara Grall, Mitchell Nyberg, Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc

Robin Eickman, Dennis Schardt, Warren White

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Carolco Pictures, Canal+

USA, France

English

R

7

199522

41

Basic Instinct is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. The film follows San Francisco police detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas), who is investigating the brutal murder of a wealthy rock star. During the investigation, Curran becomes involved in a torrid and intense relationship with the prime suspect, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), an enigmatic writer.

Eszterhas developed the script in the 1980s. It became a subject of a bidding war until Carolco Pictures acquired the rights to the film. From there, Verhoeven signed on to direct and Douglas and Stone joined the project, after many actresses were considered for the role of Tramell. Before its release, Basic Instinct generated controversy due to its overt sexuality and violence, including a rape scene. Gay rights activists criticized the film s depiction of homosexual relationships and the portrayal of a bisexual woman as a murderous psychopath. In one scene, Stone s vulva was filmed as she crossed her legs, which she claimed was done without her knowledge, a claim denied by the director.

Basic Instinct premiered in Los Angeles on March 18, 1992, and was released in the United States by TriStar Pictures on March 20, 1992. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances of its cast, original score, and editing, but criticized its writing and character development. Despite these reviews and public protest, Basic Instinct was a box office success, grossing $352 million worldwide, making it the fourth highest-grossing film of 1992 behind Disney s Aladdin, The Bodyguard, and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Several versions of the film have been released on videocassette, DVD, and Blu-ray including a director s cut with extended footage previously unseen in North American cinemas.

The film was later recognized for its groundbreaking depictions of sexuality in mainstream Hollywood cinema, and was described by one scholar as a neo-film noir masterpiece that plays with, and transgresses, the narrative rules of film noir. A sequel released 14 years later, Basic Instinct 2, also starred Stone and was made without Verhoeven s involvement; the sequel received negative reviews and was relatively unsuccessful.

$49,000,000 (estimated)

$15,129,385

$117,727,224

$352,927,224

A seductive suspect & a cop who can't resist her.

Erotic thriller,manipulation,female psychopath,mind game,narcissistic personality disorder