Valmont

DVD 2002

The vindictive widow Merteuil bets her friend debaucherous Valmont that he cannot seduce the virtuous (and married) Madame de Tourvel. If Valmont succeeds he may also bed Merteuil, but if he fails he must join a monastery. Set amongst the aristocracy in France in the 18th century.

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Aristocracy (Social class) Drama

France Drama

Love Drama

Manipulative behavior Drama

Seduction Drama

Sex Drama

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ISBN:

9780792853428
0792853423

Uniform Title:

Valmont (Motion picture : 1989)

Description:

1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
digital optical surround Dolby Digital
widescreen
NTSC
video file region 1
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Wide screen format (2.35:1)
Freely adapted from the novel: Les liaisons dangereuses / by Choderlos de Laclos
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989
Includes original theatrical trailer (2 minutes)
Director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek ; edited by Alan Heim, Nena Danevic ; music composed and arranged by Christopher Palmer ; additional scoring by John Strauss ; music conducted by Neville Marriner
Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Sian Phillips, Jeffrey Jones, Henry Thomas
In English or dubbed French; with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned

LCCN:

2022605903

Control Number:

530292

UPC:

027616879097

Other Authors:

Balk, Fairuza, actor
Bening, Annette, actor
Berri, Claude, presenter
Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-2021, screenwriter
Firth, Colin, 1960- actor
Forman, Miloš, film director
Hausman, Michael, film producer
Jones, Jeffrey, 1947- actor
Laclos, Choderlos de, 1741-1803. Liaisons dangereuses
MGM Home Entertainment Inc., publisher
Marriner, Neville, conductor
Ondříček, Miroslav, 1934-2015, director of photography
Palmer, Christopher, composer
Phillips, Siân, 1933- actor
Rassam, Paul, film producer
Renn Productions, production company
Strauss, John, composer
Thomas, Henry, 1971- actor
Tilly, Meg, actor

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