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Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
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Release Date:
21 December 1988 (USA)
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Tagline:
Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The Game As You've Never Seen It Played Before.
Plot:
Rich and bored aristocrats in Rococo France play high-stakes games of passion and betrayal. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars.
Another 12 wins
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14 nominations
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(78 articles)
Isabelle Huppert in Focus
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(From indieWIRE. 24 November 2009, 3:09 AM, PST)
Beautiful, Fabulous and Evil: 10 Favorite Female Villains!
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You can see why France had its revolution.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Glenn Close | ... | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil |
 | John Malkovich | ... | Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont |
 | Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | Madame de Tourvel |
 | Swoosie Kurtz | ... | Madame de Volanges |
 | Keanu Reeves | ... | Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny |
 | Mildred Natwick | ... | Madame de Rosemonde |
 | Uma Thurman | ... | Cécile de Volanges |
| Peter Capaldi | ... | Azolan |
| Joe Sheridan | ... | Georges |
| Valerie Gogan | ... | Julie |
| Laura Benson | ... | Emilie |
| Joanna Pavlis | ... | Adèle |
| Nicholas Hawtrey | ... | Major-domo |
| Paulo Abel Do Nascimento | ... | Castrato |
| François Lalande | ... | Curé |
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Runtime:
119 min
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Colour (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:14 (original rating) |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
France:Unrated |
Australia:M |
Argentina:18 |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
Peru:18 |
Singapore:M18 |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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The original Broadway production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Christopher Hampton opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on August 30, 1987, ran for 149 performances and was nominated for the 1987 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play.
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Continuity: In one scene (in Mme de Rosemonde's garden), Valmont sits behind Mme de Tourvel and asks "Why are you so angry with me?" The camera then cuts to a close-up of Michelle Pfeiffer's face, and John Malkovich is sitting much closer behind her.
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Marquise de Merteuil:
Adopt a less marital tone of voice.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Practice: Dangerous Liaisons (#6.8)" (2001)
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Soundtrack:
Organ Concerto No. 13 in F.
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Stephen Frears directs a top-notch movie adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' novel about several manipulative Rococo-era French aristocrats. Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil (Glenn Close) is a seductively evil character who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Vicomte Sebastien de Valmont (John Malkovich) knows how to trick the peasants into thinking that he's a good guy, despite his vampiric intentions. Madame Marie de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny (Keanu Reeves) may be only products of this vile society, but they are practically helpless to do anything about it. Maybe it's a little strange to see Keanu Reeves in a movie like this, but he makes the best of his role. All in all, "Dangerous Liaisons" is a movie that you can't afford to miss. Perfect.