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Release Date
Dec 21, 1988 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 28, 1997
Budget USD 14,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 59 minutes
Country USA, UK
Studio Franco London Films, Lorimar Productions, NFH Productions, Warner Brothers
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Other Titles
• Dangerous Liaisons
• Gefährliche Liebschaften (1989)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Love Triangle, Period Piece, Infidelity, Revenge, Tragedy, Erotic, Racy, Marriage, Love
Tagline: Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The Game As You've Never Seen It Played Before.
Plot: DANGEROUS LIASONS is Stephen Frears' terse adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' famous epistolary tale about the sexual machinations of two jaded eighteenth century French aristocrats. In order to get revenge on a man who jilted her, the wicked Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) persuades a former lover, the rakish Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovich), to deflower the man's virginal young fiancee (Uma Thurman). Valmont agrees, but presents the Marquise with his own challenge: if he succeeds in seducing a virtuous young wife known for her unshakable fidelity, Madame de Tourvel (Michele Pfieffer), the Marquise must grant Valmont a night in bed. The cold-blooded twosome proceed gleefully with their heartless scheme against the stunning backdrop of aristocratic France, displaying high stakes sexual gamesmanship and deceitful cunning. When the Valmont succeeds in seducing the virtuous Madame de Tourvel, the pair unexpectantly realize they have fallen in love, tragically defying the rules of the inhuman game, much to the horror of the cruel Marquise de Merteuil. Beautifully filmed with lavish period costumes, DANGEROUS LIASONS features critically acclaimed performances by its all-star cast.
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