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Dangerous Liaisons ()

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A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.
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  • Won 3 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 23 nominations.
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Marquise de Merteuil
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Vicomte de Valmont
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Madame de Tourvel
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Madame de Volanges
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Chevalier Danceny
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Madame de Rosemonde
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Cécile de Volanges
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Georges
Valerie Gogan ...
Julie
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Emilie
Joanna Pavlis ...
Adèle
Nicholas Hawtrey ...
Major-domo
Paulo Abel Do Nascimento ...
Castrato
François Lalande ...
Curé
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Belleroche
Harry Jones ...
Armand
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Bailiff
Catherine Cauwet ...
Opera Singer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shannon Finnegan ...
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Patricia Kessler ...
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Dan Thorens ...
Valet (uncredited)

Directed by

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Stephen Frears

Written by

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Christopher Hampton ... (play)
 
Choderlos de Laclos ... (novel "Les liaisons dangereuses")
 
Christopher Hampton ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Christopher Hampton ... co-producer
Norma Heyman ... producer
Hank Moonjean ... producer

Music by

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George Fenton

Cinematography by

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Philippe Rousselot ... director of photography

Editing by

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Mick Audsley

Editorial Department

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Simon Cowper ... assistant editor
Dan Gane ... editor trainee
Françoise Roumanet ... assistant editor (as Francoise Roumanet)
Annabel Ware ... assistant editor
Yvan Lucas ... dailies timer (uncredited)

Casting By

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Howard Feuer
Juliet Taylor

Production Design by

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Stuart Craig

Art Direction by

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Gavin Bocquet
Gérard Viard

Set Decoration by

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Gérard James

Costume Design by

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James Acheson

Makeup Department

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Monique Huylebroeck ... makeup artist
Peter Owen ... wig designer
Dominique Plez ... makeup artist
Malou Rossignol ... hair stylist
Jean-Luc Russier ... supervising makeup artist
Pierre Vadé ... hair stylist
Bernard Floch ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Carol Robinson ... wig maker (uncredited)
Marie-France Thibault ... additional hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Patrick Gordon ... unit production manager
Suzanne Wiesenfeld ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jérôme George ... third assistant director
Vincent Lascoumes ... second assistant director
Bernard Seitz ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Celia Barnett ... art department researcher
Paul Bastide ... painter
Daniel Braunschweig ... property master
Jean-François Cousson ... props (as Jean François Cousson)
Jean-Michel Ducourty ... assistant art director (as Jean Michel Ducourty)
Genevieve Fresca ... drapery
Roger Fresca ... drapery
André Loisif ... construction foreman
André Marchandet ... chief plasterer
Eve Mavrakis ... art department assistant
Félix Placenti ... prop buyer
Claude Potier ... chief carpenter
Claude Périnet ... chief painter
Patrick Torossian ... props
Catherine Werner Schmit ... prop buyer (as Catherine Werner)
Steve Clark ... trainee: art department (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Christopher Ackland ... dialogue editor
Peter Baldock ... assistant sound editor
Mick Boggis ... assistant sound re-recording mixer
Martin Crane ... assistant sound editor
Richard Dunford ... dialogue editor
Steve Hancock ... sound camera operator
Peter Handford ... production sound mixer
Peter Maxwell ... re-recording mixer
Michel Mellier ... cable person
Kant Pan ... sound editor
John Stevenson ... boom operator
Elaine 'Chucks' Thomas ... assistant dialogue editor (as Elaine Thomas)
Elaine Thomas ... assistant dialogue editor (uncredited)
Noel Wallace ... dubbing projectionist (uncredited)

Stunts

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Michel Carliez ... stunts
Albert Goldberg ... stunts
Tito Tomassini ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Stéphane Agostini ... electrician
Jean-Pierre Baronsky ... gaffer (as Jean Pierre Baronsky)
Philippe Barrillet ... electrician
Jean-Luc Bezeau ... grip
Barthelemy Bogaert ... assistant camera
Bernard Brégier ... key grip
Gérard Buffard ... grip
Pierre Cottereau ... assistant camera
Alain Dondin ... electrician
Mike Fox ... camera operator
Etienne George ... still photographer
Jean Pierre Pujol ... electrician
Gérard Rival ... grip
Gérard Sionneau ... generator operator (as Gerard Sionneau)
Myriam Touzé ... assistant camera

Casting Department

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Leo Davis ... casting: UK
Françoise Menidrey ... casting: France
Jacqueline Perpere ... extras casting
Dennis Osborne ... casting associate (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Martin Adams ... jeweller
Gerald Cheshire ... milliner
Isabelle Coignerai ... costume supervisor
Brian Collins ... costume maker
Shirley Cooper ... jeweller
Kay Coveney ... Costume Maker
Christopher Criddle ... costume maker (as Chris Criddle)
Andree Demarez ... costumer
Nathalie Doux ... costumer
Magot Forster ... costume maker
Frank Gardiner ... assistant costume designer
Sylvia Grainger ... dress decoration
Annie Hadley ... costume maker
Janette Haslam ... costume maker
Carole Hersee ... costume maker
Alan Hopkins ... dress decoration
Vanessa Hopkins ... dress decoration
Danielle Laffargue ... costumer
Lorraine McKee ... milliner
Cecile Moreau ... dyer
Day Murch ... costume maker
Gwen Russell ... costume maker
Phyllis Thorald ... embroidery

Location Management

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Pierre Gralhon ... location manager
Olivier Lhoste ... location manager
Jean Michel Penkhoss ... assistant location manager

Music Department

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Michael Connell ... music editor
Keith Grant ... music recording engineer
Jackie Krost ... music supervisor
Mark Berrow ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Gerry O'Riordan ... assistant music engineer (uncredited)
Jonathan Williams ... musician: cello (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Penny Eyles ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Alain Domínguez ... transportation captain

Additional Crew

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John Beharrell ... accountant
Denise Breton ... unit publicist
Sophie Drouin ... production accountant
Cathy Dutheil ... production secretary (as Catherine Hall)
William Hobbs ... duel coordinator
Richard Liebegott ... assistant: Hank Moonjean
Mark R. Lindsay ... sales representative (as Mark Lindsay)
Colette Martin ... accountant
Pat Newcomb ... financial representative (as Patrick Newcomb)
Caspian Owen ... assistant: Patrick Newcomb
Pierre Romans ... opera stager
Julian Rothenstein ... title designer
Eliza Thompson ... assistant: George Fenton
Tor Van Moyland ... assistant: Norma Heyman
Blanche Wiesenfeld ... production coordinator
Michel Carliez ... duel double (uncredited)
Albert Goldberg ... duel double (uncredited)
Melissa Smith ... sales and marketing coordinator (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In 18th century France, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont play a dangerous game of seduction. Valmont is someone who measures success by the number of his conquests and Merteuil challenges him to seduce the soon to be married Cecile de Volanges and provide proof in writing of his success. His reward for doing so will be to spend the night with Merteuil. He has little difficulty seducing Cecile but what he really wants is to seduce Madame de Tourvel. When Merteuil learns that he has actually fallen in love with her, she refuses to let him claim his reward for seducing Cecile. Death soon follows. Written by garykmcd

Plot Keywords
Taglines Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The Game As You've Never Seen It Played Before. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Les liaisons dangereuses (France)
  • Gefährliche Liebschaften (Germany)
  • Las amistades peligrosas (Spain)
  • Les amistats perilloses (Spain, Catalan title)
  • 危险关系 (China, Mandarin title)
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  • 119 min
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Budget $14,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Michelle Pfeiffer was offered the role of the Marquise de Merteuil in Valmont (1989), but she chose to play Mme. de Tourvel in this film instead. See more »
Goofs When Madame de Tourvel is about to surrender to Valmont, a tear comes out of her right eye; in the next shot, her eye is still dry. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Beaches/We Think the World of You/Dangerous Liaisons/The January Man/36 Fillette (1989). See more »
Soundtracks La Cetra Op. 9, Concerto No. 9 See more »
Quotes Marquise de Merteuil: When I came out into society, I was fifteen. I already knew that the role I was condemned to, namely to keep quiet and do what I was told, gave me the perfect opportunity to listen and observe. Not to what people told me, which naturally was of no interest, but to whatever it was they were trying to hide. I practiced detachment. I learned how to look cheerful while, under the table, I stuck a fork into the back of my hand. I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists to learn how to appear, philosophers to find out what to think, and novelists to see what I could get away with. And in the end, I distilled everything to one wonderfully simple principle: win or die.
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