Basic Instinct(Movie, 1992)

Name: Basic Instinct
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1992
Duration: T02:7:00
Rating: 3.4

| 2h 7min | Genres: Thriller, Mystery

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 1,694 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... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Basic Instinct

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: 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

BASIC INSTINCT Trailer [1992](Trailer, 1:30)

BASIC INSTINCT Trailer [1992] (Trailer)

BASIC INSTINCT | Official Trailer - Starring Sharon Stone | STUDIOCANAL International (Trailer)

Basic Instinct - Trailer (Trailer)

BASIC INSTINCT - Official Trailer - Starring Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas (Trailer)

Official Trailer (Trailer)

Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas in BASIC INSTINCT - Car Scene Clip (Clip)

Sharon Stone in BASIC INSTINCT - Interrogation Clip (Clip)

Club Scene from BASIC INSTINCT - Starring Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas (Clip)

BASIC INSTINCT - Nick visits Catherine - Starring Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas (Clip)

You Like Playing Games Don't You? - Clip from BASIC INSTINCT starring Michael Douglas & Sharon Stone (Clip)

BASIC INSTINCT - Car Chase Clip - Starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone (Clip)

BASIC INSTINCT | Best Scenes | STUDIOCANAL International (Clip)

Examining Basic Instinct - A Video Essay | Starring Sharon Stone & Michael Douglas (Featurette)

Kino Re-Release Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Trailer german (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.sonymoviechannel.com

Production countries: France, United States of America (USA)

Shot in: San Francisco (California)

Plays in: San Francisco (California)

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 US: 03/20/1992

Appearing Characters: Catherine Tramell

Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Daniel von Bargen, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dorothy Malone, James Rebhorn, Wayne Knight, Bruce A. Young, Chelcie Ross, Denis Arndt, Jack McGee, Leilani Sarelle, Mitch Pileggi, Benjamin Mouton, Mary Pat Gleason, Anne Lockhart, David Wells, Freda Foh Shen, Peter Appel

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Producer: Mario Kassar, Alan Marshall

Screenwriter: Joe Eszterhas

Film Editor: Frank J. Urioste

Director of Photography: Jan de Bont

Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

Performer: Jerry Goldsmith

Costume designer: Ellen Mirojnick

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"本能"

"Basic Instinct – vaiston varassa"

"Sirove strasti"

"Pamatinstinkts"

"Instinto Fatal"

"Prvinski nagon"

Keywords: jealousy, san francisco, california, dangerous, dead, bisexuality, detective, dying and death, erotic thriller, police, neo-noir, sadism, suspicion of murder, killed during sex, manipulative woman, eroticism

Budget: 49,000,000 USD

Revenue: 352,927,224 USD (= 720%)