Body of Evidence (1993)

Director:

Uli Edel

Writer (WGA):

Brad Mirman (written by)

Release Date:

15 January 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

An act of love, or an act of murder?

Plot:

A woman is accused of killing a man to inherit his millions by having sex with him.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Cocaine | Sex | False Accusation | Lightning

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Madonna	...	Rebecca Carlson
Michael Forest	...	Andrew Marsh
Joe Mantegna	...	Robert Garrett
Charles Hallahan	...	Dr. McCurdy
Mark Rolston	...	Detective Reese
Richard Riehle	...	Detective Griffin
D. Scot Douglas	...	Printman
Mario DePriest	...	Technician
John DeLay	...	2nd Technician
Ross Huffman-Kerr	...	Photographer
Anne Archer	...	Joanne Braslow
Willem Dafoe	...	Frank Dulaney
Mark C. Vincent	...	Male Reporter
Frank Roberts	...	Minister
Julianne Moore	...	Sharon Dulaney

Also Known As:

Body of Evidence (Canada: English title)
Deadly Evidence

Runtime:

99 min | Australia:101 min | Spain:101 min | UK:101 min | USA:101 min (unrated version) | Argentina:102 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Brazil:18 | Singapore:R21 | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 | France:-16 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (cut) | USA:Unrated (DVD/VHS release) (uncut version) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Olympia, Washington, USA

Company:

De Laurentiis

Trivia:

John Wilson's "The Official Razzie Movie Guide." lists this film as one of "The Ten Best Bad Films ever made."

Goofs:

Factual errors: Dulaney has the medical examiner's statement stricken from the record, then proceeds to ask him about it under cross-examination.

Quotes:

Michael Dulaney: Dad, can you really screw someone to death?
Frank Dulaney: No. Of course not. Besides you don't need to worry about that. Do you?
Michael Dulaney: [chuckling] No.
Frank Dulaney: Because you are one good-looking guy.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Passion Theme

Don't see the TV version

Not that there is a TV version.

We could also call this `Madonna on top' or `Madonna in charge' or maybe `She can show you the power you can have from the prone position.' The one thing about Madonna, other than having no shame (and I admire her for that) is that she can crawl and not feel the slightest bit reduced.

She's not especially bad in this mediocre thriller, nor especially good. The script is ridiculous and the treatment without a hint of nuance or subtlety. William Dafoe and Joe Mantegna seemed to be acting on rote and Anne Archer was a wash. The problem is the movie is so obviously fake that it's like watching bad TV. There's no point other than kinky sex. I'm not sure why Madonna agreed to do this. I can't believe she needed the money, nor can I believe she didn't care about her reputation as a performing artist. I think her appearance here exposes her weakness: simply put, she has bad taste because this could not in any way further her career.

On the plus side I saw the unrated version and she was very sexy.