Fatal Attraction (1987)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writers:

James Dearden (earlier screenplay)
James Dearden (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 septiembre 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Frase comercial:

On the other side of drinks, dinner and a one night stand, lies a terrifying love story.

Plot:

A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

Plot Keywords:

Erotic | Crimes Of Passion | Yuppie | Stalking | Tense

Awards:

Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 14 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Made me squirm

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 28	5:30 PM	AMC
Tue. July 29	1:30 AM	AMC

Cast

Michael Douglas	...	Dan Gallagher
Glenn Close	...	Alex Forrest
Anne Archer	...	Beth Gallagher
Ellen Hamilton Latzen	...	Ellen Gallagher
Stuart Pankin	...	Jimmy
Ellen Foley	...	Hildy
Fred Gwynne	...	Arthur
Meg Mundy	...	Joan Rogerson
Tom Brennan	...	Howard Rogerson
Lois Smith	...	Martha
Mike Nussbaum	...	Bob Drimmer
J.J. Johnston	...	O'Rourke
Michael Arkin	...	Lieutenant
Sam Coppola	...	Fuselli (as Sam J. Coppola)
Eunice Prewitt	...	Receptionist

También conocida como:

Affairs of the Heart (USA) (original script title)
Diversion (USA) (working title)
Atracción fatal (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

119 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Iceland:16 | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Malaysia:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

400 East 14th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

Glenn Close's terrifying performance as Alex Forrest was ranked #7 on AFI's 100 years...100 heroes and villains list.

Goofs:

Continuity: There is a large amount of blood on left side of Dan's face when Alex removes her hands, then a far less amount when they cut back to his face after the shot of her hands.

Quotes:

Alex Forrest: You play fair with me, I'll play fair with you.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "South Park: Chef Aid (#2.14)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

PARTIE IN G

Made me squirm

Although I found myself checking the elapsed time during this movie to get some idea of when it would end, the final scenes made me squirm with sympathetic fright for the characters.

Roger Ebert says the filmmakers ruined a perfectly good psychological thriller by attaching a "Friday the 13th" ending. The IMDb Trivia page says the movie originally had a different ending in which Glenn Close's character commits suicide and Michael Douglas' character is arrested for her murder. Ebert and most serious film lovers would likely have preferred that ending. But making profitable movies sometimes means making them unpalatable for highbrow students of film.

Nevertheless, the "flawed" film resonated with women. I have vague memories of female friends and acquaintances in the late '80s seeing "Fatal Attraction" as an example of what SHOULD happen to any man who cheats on his wife. The movie found a place in our culture for a while, and the title was a euphemism for similar happenings in real life.

One wonders how much this movie had to do with the near universal creation of "stalker laws" in the 1990s.