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Basic Instinct

Feature film, 1992, 125 min.

Hitchcock's echo resounds throughout Verhoeven's controversial erotic thriller about a detective investigating the gruesome assassination of a pop star. The trail leads to the victim's girlfriend, a mysterious writer who describes the murder in detail in her novel. Spellbound by the case and by the manipulative temptress, the officer gets entangled in a wild sexual relationship and threatens to fall into a dangerous trap. The box-office hit caused quite an uproar in the United States, because the story was allegedly sexist, brutal and homophobic.

won prizes

  • US - Oscar nomination (2)
  • US - Golden Globe nomination (2)
  • FR - Cannes Film Festival Golden Palme selection

other prizes

  • US - Los Angeles Saturn Award (2)
  • US - New York MTV Movie Award (2)
  • US - Razzie Award

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