Basic Instinct (1992)
A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.
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Detective Nick Curran -
Catherine Tramell -
Gus Moran -
Dr. Beth Garner -
Lieutenant Walker -
Roxy Hardy -
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Captain Talcott -
Hazel Dobkins -
John Correli -
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Dr. Lamott -
Harrigan -
Sheriff -
Johnny Boz
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Director:
Paul VerhoevenWriter:
Joe EszterhasAll Cast & Crew
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Final film of Dorothy Malone.
Quotes
Gus:
Who was this fuckin' guy?
Nick:
Rock and roll, Gus. Johnny Boz.
Gus:
Never heard of him.
Nick:
Before your time, cowboy.
Goofs
When wheels on the black Lotus are different when it crashes through the barricade.
Alternate Versions
The European release is much more explicit than the American release (which had to be submitted seven times to the MPAA in order to avoid an NC-17 rating). The European version is available unrated on video in the US. The US version uses alternate, less explicit takes of several scenes to tone down the sex content.
- The murder of Johnny Boz in the opening scene is more graphic; we see the killer stabbing him in his neck, stabbing him repeatedly in the chest, in the face and we see the ice-pick passing through his nose.
- The scene where Nick rapes Beth is severely cut in the US version (we see ripping off her underwear and forcing her over the couch, then there's a cut to the two of them lying in bed). In the uncut version Nick pulls down his pants, penetrates Beth from behind and he apparently has an orgasm.
- The scene where Nick and Catherine make love after going to the disco is longer much more explicit in the uncut version (Nick is seen burying his face between her legs).
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Movin' on UpWritten by Jeff Barry and Ja'net DuBois (as Janet DuBois)
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Genres
Drama | Mystery | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
20 March 1992Language
English
Country of Origin
USA, FranceFilming Locations
Carmel, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$49,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$15,129,385 22 March 1992
Gross USA:
$117,727,224
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$352,927,224
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