Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release: 12/21/1988(USA)
Release Date: 10/29/1997
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 120 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

Adapted for stage and screen several times over the past century, French author Francois Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel Les Liasons Dangeureuses was the basis for this Academy Award-winning Stephen Frears film. The plot is motivated by a cruel wager between the beautiful but debauched Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) and her misogynistic former lover, the Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovitch). The Marquise challenges Valmont to seduce the virginal Cecile de Volanges (Uma Thurman) before the girl can be wed. Valmont offers a more difficult counter-challenge: He bets the Marquise that he will be able to bed the very moral and very married Madame de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer). In the course of carrying out his plan, Valmont is stricken with a sudden case of honor and remorse, while the Marquise becomes all the more vicious.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Glenn Close - Marquise De Merteuil
John Malkovich - Vicomte De Valmont
Michelle Pfeiffer - Madame De Tourvel
Swoosie Kurtz - Madame De Volanges
Keanu Reeves - Chevalier Danceny
Uma Thurman - Cecile De Volanges
Mildred Natwick - Madame De Rosemonde

Production:
Stephen Frears - Director
Norma Heyman Hank Moonjean - Producer
Christopher Hampton Norman Heyman Hank Moonjean - Co Producer
George Fenton - Composer
Mick Audsley - Editor
Christopher Hampton - Screen Writer
Gerard James - Set Designer
Gavin Bocquet - Art Director
Gerard Viard - Art Director
Howard Feuer - Casting
Juliet Taylor - Casting
Philippe Rousselot - Cinematographer
James Acheson - Costume Designer
Bernard Seitz - First Assistant Director
Dominique Plez - Makeup
Christopher Hampton - Play Author
Gavin Bocquet - Production Designer
Stuart Craig - Production Designer
Peter Handford - Sound/Sound Designer
Choderlos de Laclos - Book Author

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1988 American Society of Cinematographers

1988 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie

1989 British Academy of Film and Television

1988 National Board of Review

1989 French Academy of Cinema