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Basic Instinct(Movie, 1992)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 7min | Genres: Thriller, Mystery
Basic InstinctRating: 3.4/5 (with 16941,694 votes)
Basic Instinct is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. Starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Wayne Knight, the film follows San Francisco police detective Nick Curran (Douglas) as he investigates the brutal murder of a wealthy rock star. During the course of the investigation, Curran becomes entangled in a passionate and intense relationship with Catherine Tramell (Stone), an enigmatic writer and the prime suspect. The script for Basic Instinct was developed by Eszterhas in the 1980s, and it became the subject of a bidding war. Carolco Pictures secured the rights to the film and brought Verhoeven on board to direct. Stone was cast as Tramell after the role was rejected by severa... ()
Movie poster of Basic Instinct

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"Basic Instinct" is currently available on 3 providers. Basic Instinct can be streamed free of charge on VIDEOBUSTER.de (as part of a subscription), can be rented on Amazon Instant Video, Apple / iTunes Store and VIDEOBUSTER.de (SD/HD/4K) and Basic Instinct can also be purchased at Amazon Instant Video, Apple / iTunes Store and VIDEOBUSTER.de (as download from the website or as Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: German
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Amazon Instant Video
Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 2h 3min
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Apple / iTunes Store
Duration: 2h 3min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Basic Instinct

Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score

About Basic Instinct

A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.

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Trailer for Basic Instinct + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Additional Information

Official websites:
Production countries: France, United States of America (USA)
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Official Basic Instinct Parody" (find it on Amazon)
Made by: Canal Plus
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 36 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Icelandic (IS), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 05/21/1992 (World premiere: 03/20/1992)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"本能"
"Basic Instinct – vaiston varassa"
"Sirove strasti"
"Pamatinstinkts"
"Instinto Fatal"
"Prvinski nagon"

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