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Starring: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer
"Fatal attraction" has become a household term for love turned to murderous obsession, thanks to the success of Adrian Lyne's 1987 movie. Dan (Michael Douglas) is a family man whose one-night affair with Alex (Glenn Close) turns into a nightmare when she insists on continuing the relationship, claiming to be carrying his baby. Alex systematically terrorizes Dan, even temporarily kidnapping his daughter, in her attempts to win back his affection. Douglas' besieged family man guiltily tries to preserve his marriage and family from the consequences of his own indiscretion. Close's performance as the love-struck psycho-siren remains her signature role: She conveys the buried feminist message of the film in her challenge to Dan to take responsibility for his sexual behavior. Though many critics acknowlegded the film's striking similarities to Clint Eastwood's 1971 film Play Misty for Me, Fatal Attraction spawned numerous other movies about middle-class families besieged by a lone psychotic intent on infiltrating and destroying the fabric of the family unit, including The Stepfather (1987), Pacific Heights (1990), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), and Fear (1996). ~ Laura Abraham, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
9/18/87
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
121 mins.
Locations
- New York City, New York, USA
- Westchester, New York, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$153,978,736
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 1987 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1987 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 1987 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1987 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1987 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Drama award at the 1987 People's Choice Awards [Festival/Award Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1987 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1987 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 1987 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 1987 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1987 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
Distributor
- Paramount
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures
