Basic instinct / Mario Kassar present a Carolco/Le Studio Canal+ production, a Paul Verhoeven film ; produced by Alan Marshall ; written by Joe Eszterhas ; directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992. Special features: "Blonde poison" documentary on the making of the film; audio commentary with director Paul Verhoeven and director of photography Jan De Bont; audio commentary with feminist critic and noted author Camille Paglia; "Cleaning up Basic instinct" a montage comparing the TV version to the theatrical version; storyboard comparisons; theatrical trailer; original screen tests. Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn.
Summary:
Nick Curran is a boozy San Francisco police detective who finds himself drawn to the prime suspect in a murder case. She is manipulative, sexually uninhibited novelist Catherine Tramell. Catherine's latest book features a murder uncannily similar to the one Nick is investigating and as the pair engage in a mating dance of dangerous one-upmanship more murders occur, all are exactly as described in her current work about a boozy cop in love with a killer. Nick's psychiatrist and his police partner are both worried about him. Added to the mix is Catherine's jealous lesbian lover who just may be trying to kill him - but Nick is so turned on to care.
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