Basic instinct

DVD 2006

When the body of a washed-up rocker is found riddled with puncture wounds, his arms tied to his bed, suspicion immediately falls on his frequent sexual partner Catherine Tramell. In the wealthy, sexually aggressive mystery writer's most recent novel, a rock star is murdered in precisely the same way. Is the book a perfect alibi, or is she pulling a double-reverse bluff? San Francisco homicide detective Nick Curran has a violent past, an addictive...

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Criminal behavior Fiction

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Edition:

Ultimate, unrated director's cut edition

Description:

1 videodisc (128 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dolby Digital 2.0
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992
Special features: Commentary with Paul Verhoeven (director) and Jan De Bont (director of photography); Sharon Stone DVD introduction (15 sec.); Featurettes: A conversation with Sharon Stone (13 min.); Screen tests (9 min.); Blonde poison: the making of 'Basic instinct' (24 min.); Cleaning up 'Basic instinct' (5 min.); Storyboard comparisons (8 min.); Trailers (9 min.)
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Director of photography, Jan De Bont ; editor, Frank J. Urioste ; production designer, Terence Marsh ; special makeup effects by Rob Bottin ; music composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith ; costume designer, Ellen Mirojnick
Michael Douglas (Detective Nick Curran), Sharon Stone (Catherine Tramell), George Dzundza (Gus), Jeanne Tripplehorn (Dr. Beth Garner), Denis Arndt (Lieutenant Walker), Leilani Sarelle (Roxy), Bruce A. Young (Andrews), Chelcie Ross (Captain Talcott), Wayne Knight (John Correli), Daniel Von Bargen (Lieutenant Nilsen), Stephen Tobolowsky (Dr. Lamott), Benjamin Mouton (Harrigan), Dorothy Malone (Hazel Dobkins)
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
For private home use only
Audio track in English, with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, captions in English

Control Number:

845654

UPC:

012236188483
057373172797

Other Authors:

Arndt, Denis, actor
Carolco Pictures Inc., production company
Douglas, Michael, 1944- actor
Dzundza, George, actor
Eszterhas, Joe, screenwriter
Kassar, Mario, film producer
Knight, Wayne, actor
Lions Gate Home Entertainment, film distributor
Malone, Dorothy, actor
Marshall, Alan, 1938- film producer
Mouton, Benjamin, actor
Ross, Chelcie, actor
Stone, Sharon, 1958- actor
Studio Canal+, production company
Tobolowsky, Stephen, 1951- actor
Tri-Star Pictures, production company
Tripplehorn, Jeanne, 1963- actor
Verhoeven, Paul, 1938- film director
Von Bargen, Daniel, actor
Young, Bruce A., 1956- actor

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