Basic instinct
2006
DVD
When the body of a washed-up rocker is found riddled with puncture wounds, his arms tied to his bed, suspicion immediately falls on his frequent sexual partner Catherine Tramell. In the wealthy, sexually aggressive mystery writer's most recent novel, a rock star is murdered in precisely the same way. Is the book a perfect alibi, or is she pulling a double-reverse bluff? San Francisco homicide detective Nick Curran has a violent past, an addictive nature, and a belief he can handle anyone's darkness. His on-again/off-again girlfriend, police psychologist Dr. Beth Garner, disagrees. Upon meeting Catherine, he's mesmerized--despite recognizing that she's a sinister manipulator and possibly a brutal killer--finding her irresistible. Is she guilty? Does he care?
Item Details
Edition: Ultimate, unrated director's cut edition.
Description:
- 1 videodisc (128 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby Digital 5.1
- Dolby Digital 2.0
- wide screen
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
Target Audience Note: Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.
Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.
- Special features: Commentary with Paul Verhoeven (director) and Jan De Bont (director of photography); Sharon Stone DVD introduction (15 sec.); Featurettes: A conversation with Sharon Stone (13 min.); Screen tests (9 min.); Blonde poison: the making of 'Basic instinct' (24 min.); Cleaning up 'Basic instinct' (5 min.); Storyboard comparisons (8 min.); Trailers (9 min.).
- Title from container.
- Director of photography, Jan De Bont ; editor, Frank J. Urioste ; production designer, Terence Marsh ; special makeup effects by Rob Bottin ; music composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith ; costume designer, Ellen Mirojnick.
- Michael Douglas (Detective Nick Curran), Sharon Stone (Catherine Tramell), George Dzundza (Gus), Jeanne Tripplehorn (Dr. Beth Garner), Denis Arndt (Lieutenant Walker), Leilani Sarelle (Roxy), Bruce A. Young (Andrews), Chelcie Ross (Captain Talcott), Wayne Knight (John Correli), Daniel Von Bargen (Lieutenant Nilsen), Stephen Tobolowsky (Dr. Lamott), Benjamin Mouton (Harrigan), Dorothy Malone (Hazel Dobkins).
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
- For private home use only.
- Audio track in English, with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, captions in English.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
- 19688
- 18848
- MAP180287
Control Number: 845654
UPC:
- 012236188483
- 057373172797
Subjects:
- Criminal behavior -- Fiction.
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
- Murder -- Fiction.
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
- Women novelists -- Fiction.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Arndt, Denis, actor.
- Carolco Pictures Inc., production company.
- Douglas, Michael, 1944- actor.
- Dzundza, George, actor.
- Eszterhas, Joe, screenwriter.
- Kassar, Mario, film producer.
- Knight, Wayne, actor.
- Lions Gate Home Entertainment, film distributor.
- Malone, Dorothy, actor.
- Marshall, Alan, 1938- film producer.
- Mouton, Benjamin, actor.
- Ross, Chelcie, actor.
- Stone, Sharon, 1958- actor.
- Studio Canal+, production company.
- Tobolowsky, Stephen, 1951- actor.
- Tri-Star Pictures, production company.
- Tripplehorn, Jeanne, 1963- actor.
- Verhoeven, Paul, 1938- film director.
- Von Bargen, Daniel, actor.
- Young, Bruce A., 1956- actor.