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Dangerous Liaisons

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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
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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
Featured Cast
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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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