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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0012236124726
Format: Closed-captioned, Subtitled, Special Edition, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Running Time: 127 minutes
Sales Rank: 12545
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: March 20, 1992
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Michael Douglas stars as Nick Curran a tough but vulnerable detective. Sharon Stone costars as Catherine Tramell a cold calculating and beautiful novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite. Catherine becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered - a crime she had described in her latest novel. Obsessed with cracking the case Nick descends into San Francisco's forbidden underground where suspicions mount bodies fall and he finds within himself an instinct more basic than survival.Special Features*:16.9 Newly remastered Widescreen5.1 Newly remastered English Dolby Surround2.0 English Dolby Digital Audio'Blonde Poison' - Documentary on the making of the film'Cleaning up Basic Instinct' - A montage comparing the TV version to the theatrical versionCommentary with feminist critic Camille PagliaPhoto GalleryDigitally MasteredStoryboard ComparisonsTheatrical TrailerInteractive MenusScene AccessProduction NotesCast and Crew InformationEnglish French and Spanish subtitlesSystem Requirements:Starring: Micael Douglas Sharon Stone George Dzundza and Jeanne Tripplehorn Directed By: Paul Verhoeven Running Length: 127 minutes color This film is presented in 'Widescreen' formatFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating: R UPC: 012236124726 Manufacturer No: 12472
Amazon.com:
The take-no-prisoners sex thriller from 1992 now stands as a milestone in the career of screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, but in the hands of director Paul Verhoeven Basic Instinct is an undeniably stylish and provocative study of obsession. In the role that made her a star (and showed the audience a little more skin than she intended), Sharon Stone plays the cleverly manipulative novelist Catherine Tramell who snares San Francisco detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) with her insatiable sexual appetite during the investigation of her boyfriend's murder. Tramell is the prime suspect, but the plot twists and turns until Curran is trapped in a dangerous cycle of dead ends and unsolved murders, never sure if Tramell is committing the crimes or if it is some other, unknown suspect. With a plot that keeps viewers guessing, Basic Instinct is the work of a director who is clearly in his element. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Apart from All the Rest -- Sharon Saves Movie......
Ho Hum. Another Michael Douglas film whereby the puzzle's the thing, and your quest to have them reveal the answer creates more confusion for your brain cells. Not to say this isn't entertaining.
Michael is a detective who has been excessive in his self destruction (booze and cigarettes) and the department is keeping an annoying prying eye on him. Investigating a murder, he comes across the not caring one bit out of the mainstream Sharon Stone. She lives life on the edge, and he becomes more ... Read More
Rating:  - One of my all time favorites.
Amazing movie from start to finish.
It starts with a bang (literally) and ends with one, once again literally.
My pathetic humor aside, excellent movie, Great acting, great story, great twists and turns. I remember the public outrage when this came out.
How funny, it seems almost tame by todays standards, or lack there of.
My only gripe.
Couldn't they have found a better leading man than Douglas?
Who wants to look at his saggy old man body?
That minor conplaint ... Read More
Rating: - The directors cut Generates Heat!
For the few extra minutes of footage, and the bonus features (to see Stone's real audition is worth it alone, it had to be her) this is worth it. The movie is still engaging after all these years, it's a mighty fine erotic thriller. The Directors Cut generates even more heat! Whew...
Rating: - One of my favorites growing up
Paul Verhoeven has created a masterwork from Joe Eszterhas' controversial script. Several sex scenes become a leitmotif, as the participants appear to pummel, rather than love, one another with their nether parts. But the most rugged and the most erotic scene occurs between Detective Nick Curran, Michael Douglas, and his colleague, Beth Garner, portrayed by Jeanne Tripplehorn. He throws her against a wall and then against the back of a chesterfield. That is only the foreplay. In this film sex is violence, ... Read More
Rating: - Very Good BD Transfer
The PQ is very good for a 1990's release but I believe could have been better. The visuals is worth the money I paid.
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