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Unfaithful
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*Unfaithful* is a 2002 American erotic thriller and drama film directed by Adrian Lyne. The cast includes Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, and Erik Per Sullivan. The screenplay was written by Alvin Sargent, William Broyles, Jr., and Claude Chabrol, with music composed by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek. Production was handled by Regency Enterprises, with Arnon Milchan serving as executive producer. The film was shot in New Jersey and set in New York City.
The movie has a runtime of 124 minutes and was distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix. It was produced with a budget of 50,000,000 and generated box office revenue of 119,137,784. The narrative follows a New York suburban couple whose marriage is disrupted when the wife engages in an adulterous affair. The film received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama.
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Film · TMDB
6.7A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
Cast
- Diane Lane as Constance Sumner
- Richard Gere as Edward Sumner
- Olivier Martinez as Paul Martel
- Erik Per Sullivan as Charlie Sumner
- Željko Ivanek as Detective Dean
- Gary Basaraba as Detective Mirojnick
Themes
- adultery
- infidelity
- new york city
- literature
- eroticism
- lover
- erotic thriller
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Adrian Lyne
- Screenplay by
- Alvin Sargent William Broyles Jr.
- Based on
- The Unfaithful Wife , by Claude Chabrol
- Produced by
- Adrian Lyne G. Mac Brown
- Starring
- Richard Gere Diane Lane Olivier Martinez Erik Per Sullivan
- Cinematography
- Peter Biziou
- Edited by
- Anne V. Coates
- Music by
- Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
- Production companies
- Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- May 10, 2002 ( 2002-05-10 ) (United States) July 8, 2002 ( 2002-07-08 ) ( Karlovy Vary )
- Running time
- 124 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $119.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- erotic film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Unfaithful Wife
- Director
- Adrian Lyne
- Screenwriter
- Claude Chabrol
- Cast member
- William Abadie
- Composer
- Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
- Producer
- Arnon Milchan
- Production company
- Regency Enterprises
- Cinematographer
- Peter Biziou
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 124
- FilmAffinity ID
- 958189
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2002-06-13
- title
- Unfaithful
- film editor
- Anne V. Coates
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Arnon Milchan
- capital cost
- 50000000
- box office
- 119137784
- costume designer
- Ellen Mirojnick
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 63/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Unfaithful is a 2002 American erotic thriller film produced and directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Alvin Sargent and William Broyles Jr., adapted from the Claude Chabrol film The Unfaithful Wife (1969). Starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, and Erik Per Sullivan, the film follows a couple (Lane and Gere) living in the suburbs of New York City whose marriage is jeopardized when the wife embarks on an affair with a stranger (Martinez) she encounters by chance.
Unfaithful was theatrically released by 20th Century Fox in the United States on May 10, 2002, and was screened at the 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on July 8, 2002. The film was a box office success, grossing $119.1 million against its $50 million production budget. Despite mixed reviews from critics, Lane received critical acclaim for her performance. Lane won the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama at the 7th Satellite Awards, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 75th Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama at the 60th Golden Globe Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role at the 9th Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress at the 8th Critics' Choice Awards. The film was Adrian Lyne’s final directorial effort for 20 years until Deep Water (2022).
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