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Release Date:
21 December 1988 (USA)
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Tagline:
Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The Game As You've Never Seen It Played Before.
Plot:
Rich and bored aristocrats in Rococo France play high-stakes games of passion and betrayal. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars.
Another 12 wins
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14 nominations
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(78 articles)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Glenn Close | ... | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil |
 | John Malkovich | ... | Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont |
 | Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | Madame de Tourvel |
 | Swoosie Kurtz | ... | Madame de Volanges |
 | Keanu Reeves | ... | Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny |
 | Mildred Natwick | ... | Madame de Rosemonde |
 | Uma Thurman | ... | Cécile de Volanges |
| Peter Capaldi | ... | Azolan |
| Joe Sheridan | ... | Georges |
| Valerie Gogan | ... | Julie |
| Laura Benson | ... | Emilie |
| Joanna Pavlis | ... | Adèle |
| Nicholas Hawtrey | ... | Major-domo |
| Paulo Abel Do Nascimento | ... | Castrato |
| François Lalande | ... | Curé |
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119 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:14 (original rating) |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
France:Unrated |
Australia:M |
Argentina:18 |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
Peru:18 |
Singapore:M18 |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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The young Drew Barrymore was tested for and came close to getting the role of Cécile.
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Continuity: In one scene (in Mme de Rosemonde's garden), Valmont sits behind Mme de Tourvel and asks "Why are you so angry with me?" The camera then cuts to a close-up of Michelle Pfeiffer's face, and John Malkovich is sitting much closer behind her.
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Quotes:
Madame de Rosemonde:
[referring to the Vicomte de Valmont] What is true of most men is doubly so of him.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: The Great Stink (#7.5)" (2006)
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Soundtrack:
Concerto BWV 1065
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This movie is so incredibly well done, and all three lead characters are at their peak career performances. It is clever, funny, and tragic all rolled together, and one that you will be thinking about long after the movie is over. Of the three main characters, Michelle Pfeiffer has the least stretching to do as an actor, but her character calls for a demure, soft-spoken individual. John Malkovitch and Glenn Close are both deliciously malicious and carry the film well. Keanu Reeves is better suited for an action film - he appears wooden - but does a decent job, anyway. Lastly, Uma is refreshing and captivating, and plays opposite John Malkovitch without losing her identity. All in all, masterful, and visually and intellectually stimulating to watch. Still to this day it holds its' own in a world where action is the name of the game.