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Dangerous Liaisons

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R,2hrs 0min

Genre:

Drama

Released:

January 1, 1988

Director:

Stephen Frears

Distributor:

Warner Home Video

Starring:

Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer ...more

Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis

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	Brendon Hanley, AMG Review In the 1980s, director Stephen Frears made such diverse films as My Beautiful Laundrette, Walter and Prick Up Your Ears, but it's safe to say that Dangerous Liaisons was his most ambitious achievement. Frears was working with his first large Hollywood budget; the results were both a critical and box-office success. Liaisons is based on an 18th-century novel by way of a Christopher Hampton play, and ... Full Review

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	Glenn Close Marquise De Merteuil John Malkovich Vicomte De Valmont Michelle Pfeiffer Madame De Tourvel Swoosie Kurtz Madame De Volanges

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