Sliver (1993)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Writers (WGA):

Ira Levin (novel)
Joe Eszterhas (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 May 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

You like to watch...don't you

Plot:

Sliver Heights has everything a girl could want. Panoramic views of the city, a fully functional gym...

Plot Keywords:

Building | Apartment | Apartment Building | Killer | Landlord

Awards:

1 win & 9 nominations

Cast

Sharon Stone	...	Carly Norris
William Baldwin	...	Zeke Hawkins
Tom Berenger	...	Jack Landsford
Polly Walker	...	Vida Warren
Colleen Camp	...	Judy Marks
Amanda Foreman	...	Samantha Moore
Martin Landau	...	Alex Parsons
CCH Pounder	...	Lt. Victoria Hendrix
Nina Foch	...	Evelyn McEvoy
Keene Curtis	...	Gus Hale
Nicholas Pryor	...	Peter Farrell
Anne Betancourt	...	Jackie Kinsella
Tony Peck	...	Martin Kinsella
Frantz Turner	...	Doorman #1
Dr. Melvyn Kinder	...	Dr. Palme

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Italy:VM14 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Canada:18A (Ontario) (re-rating) (2006) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (also unrated version) | Canada:R (Ontario) (original rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Singapore:R21 | Philippines:R-18 (re-rating) | Philippines:X (original rating) | Peru:18 | Norway:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Joe Eszterhas' script got changed during the shot by the producers. Eszterhas also says that he hates the movie.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When crossing the street, a cab stops, honks, and driver says "why are you walking here?" as a nod to "Midnight Cowboy."

Quotes:

Carly Norris: You've been spending too much time with your vibrator.
Judy Marks: I certainly have - I've been getting a plastic yeast infection!

Movie Connections:

Features "The Joan Rivers Show" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Skinflowers

Had potential

Stone moves into an apartment building, has weird neighbors, spooky things start happening left and right, "perv" Baldwin watches her through surveillance cameras etc.

Sliver had potential. While it's not a total time waster it is very disappointing. Director Noyce doesn't seem to know exactly what kind of film he's making here, always promising something that never comes. Rumour has it that the film was drastically cut and re shot and the end result here is not satisfying, though I don't know what was originally planned, but it must have been better. It has it's moments, certain scenes work very well and suspense is easily built but not sustained. As said, the ending is ridiculous and really hurts the film.

Stone is simply a goddess and delivers a good performance but William Baldwin is utterly intolerable, why this man was given leading roles in big budget Hollywood films I will never know. The always reliable Tom Berenger isn't given much to do and his role is a rather thankless one, underwritten and somewhat degrading. Sadly his career went downhill from here on.