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Dangerous Liaisons

7.2

Released December 21, 1988Runtime 1h 59min

Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Lorimar Film Entertainment

NFH Films

Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $14,000,000
Revenue: $34,670,720
Profit/Loss: $20,670,720

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

Glenn CloseMarquise Isabelle de Merteuil

John MalkovichVicomte Sébastien de Valmont

Michelle PfeifferMadame Marie de Tourvel

Uma ThurmanCécile de Volanges

Swoosie KurtzMadame de Volanges

Keanu ReevesLe Chevalier Raphael Danceny

Mildred NatwickMadame de Rosemonde

Peter CapaldiAzolan

Joe SheridanGeorges

Valerie GoganJulie

Laura BensonEmilie

Joanna PavlisAdèle

Nicholas HawtreyMajor-domo

Paulo Abel Do NascimentoCastrato

François LalandeCuré

François MontagutBelleroche

Harry JonesArmand

Christian EricksonBailiff

Catherine CauwetOpera Singer

Crew

Stephen FrearsDirector

Bernard SeitzFirst Assistant Director

Vincent LascoumesSecond Assistant Director

Penny EylesScript Supervisor

Christopher HamptonScreenplay

Christopher HamptonTheatre Play

Choderlos de LaclosNovel

Hank MoonjeanProducer

Norma HeymanProducer

Jacqueline PerpereExtras Casting

Leo DavisCasting Director

Patrick GordonUnit Production Manager

Olivier LhosteLocation Manager

Catherine HallProduction Secretary

Françoise MenidreyCasting Director

Pierre GralhonLocation Manager

Sophie DrouinProduction Accountant

Blanche WeisenfeldProduction Coordinator

Jean Michel PenkhossAssistant Location Manager

Stuart CraigArt Direction

George FentonOriginal Music Composer

James AchesonCostume Design

Philippe RousselotDirector of Photography

Gérard JamesArt Direction

André LoisifConstruction Foreman

Pierre CottereauAssistant Camera

Barthelemy BogaertAssistant Camera

Annabel WareAssistant Editor

Myriam TouzéAssistant Camera

Peter MaxwellSound Re-Recording Mixer

Françoise RoumanetAssistant Editor

Simon CowperAssistant Editor

Mike FoxCamera Operator

Mick AudsleyEditor

Gérard RivalGrip

Jackie KrostMusic Supervisor

Alain DomínguezTransportation Captain

Isabelle CoigneraiCostume Supervisor

Danielle LaffargueCostumer

Gavin BocquetArt Direction

Peter HandfordProduction Sound Mixer

Andree DemarezCostumer

Michel CarliezStunts

Albert GoldbergStunts

Étienne GeorgeStill Photographer

Malou RossignolHairstylist

Bernard BrégierKey Grip

Daniel BraunschweigProperty Master

Paul BastideDecorator

Peter OwenWig Designer

Jean-Luc BezeauGrip

Jean-Michel DucourtyAssistant Art Director

Gérard JamesSet Decoration

Paul BastidePainter

Gérard ViardArt Direction

John StevensonBoom Operator

Frank GardinerAssistant Costume Designer

Gérard BuffardGrip

Jean-Pierre BaronskyGaffer

Monique HuylebroeckMakeup Artist

Nathalie DouxCostumer

Kant PanSound Editor

Michel MellierCableman

Dominique PlezMakeup Artist

Pierre VadéHairstylist

Christopher AcklandDialogue Editor

Martin CraneAssistant Sound Editor

Michael ConnellMusic Editor

Denise BretonUnit Publicist

Rick DunfordDialogue Editor

Peter BaldockAssistant Sound Editor

Jean-Luc RussierMakeup Supervisor

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Reviews

"Dangerous Liaisons" is unquestionably one of the most captivating films to come along in quite some time. It is a visually stunning film and it makes extremely good use of some exceptional locations and interiors and the excruciatingly uncomfortable looking and cumbersome costumes are exquisitely ...