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Basic Instinct [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
 
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Basic Instinct [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

DVD ~ Michael Douglas
4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Actors: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Denis Arndt
  • Directors: Paul Verhoeven
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Live/Artisan
  • DVD Release Date: 10 Sep 2001
  • Run Time: 128 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • DVD Features:
  • ASIN: B00008V2WD
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 138,650 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
With more than a decade of cinema in Basic Instinct's wake it's fascinating to look back at just how influential Paul Verhoeven's "erotic thriller" has been. The director's endless fight with censorship and unwillingness to kowtow to social mores meant his movies became notorious for graphically depicting sex and violence while pushing contemporary boundaries of taste. This whodunit about a bisexual femme fatale (Sharon Stone in a career-best performance) caused an enormous furore on its release; but after years of generally inferior imitations there's not much in it that seems quite so shocking now. It's perhaps best appreciated in retrospect more for its Hitchcockian style than the steamy sex.

On the DVD: one of the most welcome elements of the disc is an acknowledgement of the film's own influences--from Hitchcock's Vertigo to Verhoeven's own The Fourth Man. The print is far superior to the previous release, looking magnificent in 1:78.1. Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-nominated score sounds terrific in either 5