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Fatal Attraction
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Fatal Attraction is a 1987 American erotic thriller and drama film directed by Adrian Lyne. The screenplay was written by James Dearden, with music composed by Maurice Jarre. The cast includes Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, and Ellen Foley. Produced by Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing, the film was distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was filmed in New York City, which also serves as the narrative location.
The film has a runtime of 119 minutes and is rated R. It received a Metascore of 67 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 74%. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 6.9 based on 111,693 votes. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress. It also received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films award.
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Film · TMDB
6.8A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Cast
- Michael Douglas as Dan Gallagher
- Glenn Close as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
- Anne Archer as Beth Gallagher
- Ellen Hamilton Latzen as Ellen Gallagher
- Stuart Pankin as Jimmy
- Ellen Foley as Hildy
Themes
- new york city
- sexual obsession
- marriage crisis
- obsession
- married couple
- deceived wife
- one-night stand
- stalker
- stalking
- lawyer
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
109,013 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 6 Oscars. 10 wins & 24 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Adrian Lyne
- Screenplay by
- James Dearden
- Based on
- Diversion , by James Dearden
- Produced by
- Stanley R. Jaffe Sherry Lansing
- Starring
- Michael Douglas Glenn Close Anne Archer
- Cinematography
- Howard Atherton
- Edited by
- Michael Kahn Peter E. Berger
- Music by
- Maurice Jarre
- Production company
- Jaffe/Lansing Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- September 18, 1987 ( 1987-09-18 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 119 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $14 million
- Box office
- $320–344 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Fatal Attraction is a 1987 American psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film Diversion. It follows Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), an attorney who cheats on his wife Beth (Anne Archer) with a colleague, Alex Forrest (Glenn Close). When Dan ends the affair, Alex begins stalking him and his family.
Fatal Attraction was released in the United States on September 18, 1987 by Paramount Pictures. It grossed between $320 million and $344 million worldwide on a $14 million production budget, and was the second highest-grossing film of the year in the United States. It received acclaim, with particular praise for its direction, editing, screenplay, and performances. It received six nominations at the 60th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Lyne, Best Adapted Screenplay for Dearden, Best Actress for Close, and Best Supporting Actress for Archer. Considered a pop culture phenomenon in the years since its release, the film is also credited for triggering the erotic thriller boom of the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.
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