| | | On the Other Side of Drinks, Dinner and a One Night Stand, Lies a Terrifying Love Story.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby, Digital Audio, English, Dolby Digital (5.1)
Stylish and sexy, Fatal Attraction took audiences to terrifying new heights with its thrilling story of a casual encounter gone terribly awry.This box-office smash was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (Adrian Lyne--Indecent Proposal, Flashdance). Michael Douglas plays Dan Gallagher, a New York attorney who has a tryst with seductive Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) while his wife (Anne Archer) is away. Dan later shrugs off the affair as a mistake and considers it over. But Alex won't be ignored. Not now, not tomorrow, not ever...even if it means destroying Dan's family to keep him.
"Two absolutely riveting performances...an unforgettable cinema experience." Angie Errigo, Empire
"...a spectacularly well-made thriller." Hal Hinson, The Washington Post
"...lures us in with an artful blend of stately pacing and caressing close-ups and brooding silences." Rick Groen, The Globe and Mail
"People just can't stop talking about this movie." Time Magazine
"The screws are tightened expertly in this suspenseful meller about a flipped-out femme who makes life hell for the married man who scorns her." Variety
Editor's Note
While his wife (Anne Archer) and daughter are out of town, successful attorney Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) has a one-night stand with Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), the publishing executive he has just met. He has no idea what he's getting into. Immediately after the encounter, Dan wants to put the experience behind him, but Alex refuses to let go of their relationship. Driven to madness by his rejection, she turns to violently harassing both Dan and his family. This terrifying morality play, which takes the consequences of infidelity to new heights of horror, became one of 1987's biggest box-office successes. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress--Glenn Close, Best Supporting Actress--Anne Archer, Best (Adapted) Screenplay.
Plot Summary
A happily married New York City lawyer engages in a one-night stand while his wife and child are visiting his in-laws. When he tries to end the affair, she refuses, and initial harassment (phone calls in the middle of the night) escalates until she has terrorized the entire family. Soon the lawyer realizes it's either him or her... and he sets the stage for a final showdown.
| Features | Alternate Ending With Introduction By Director Adrian Lyne | | Audio Commentary By Director Adrian Lyne | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, Dolby Digital Stereo | | Audio: French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Bonus CD | | Dubbed: French | | Featurettes: Forever Fatal - Remembering Fatal Attraction - Exclusive Cast & Crew Interviews, Social Attraction - A Look At The Cultural Phenomenon Of Fatal Attraction, & Visual Attraction - A Behind-The-Scenes Production Featurette | | Interactive Menus | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Rehearsal Footage | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 8/5/2008 |
| Running Time: 119 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1987 | | Catalog ID: 137944 | | UPC: 00097361379449 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
British Academy Awards (1989) |  | Michael Kahn, Peter E. Berger, Winner, Best Editing | |
Golden Globe (1988) | | | Adrian Lyne, Nominee, Best Director - Motion Picture | |
Oscar (1988) | | | Adrian Lyne, Nominee, Best Director | |
Golden Globe (1988) | | | Anne Archer, Nominee, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | |
Oscar (1988) | | | Anne Archer, Nominee, Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
Golden Globe (1988) | | | Fatal Attraction, Nominee, Best Motion Picture - Drama | |
People's Choice (1988) | | Fatal Attraction, Winner, Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture | |
Oscar (1988) | | | Glenn Close, Nominee, Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
Golden Globe (1988) | | | Glenn Close, Nominee, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | |
Oscar (1988) | | | James Dearden, Nominee, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | | | Michael Kahn, Peter E. Berger, Nominee, Best Film Editing | | | Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing, Nominee, Best Picture |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...An ingeniously teasing style....Sure to spark a lot of cocktail party chatter..." 09/18/1987 p.C10Variety
"...The screws are tightened expertly in this suspenseful meller....Glenn Close throws herself into the physical abandon of the early reels with surprising relish, and becomes genuinely frightening..." 09/16/1987 Los Angeles Times
"...Glenn Close is infernally brilliant....Lyne's direction here is the tightest and most effective of his career..." 09/18/1987 p.C1 Premiere
3 stars out of 4 -- "[An] iconic 80s movie....Close gives a career performance..." 06/08/2009 Apollo Movie Guide 9 of 10
Overflowing with artistic flair and piercing sexuality, director Adrian Lyne's Fatal Attraction is a psychological horror film that dwells on reality instead of fantasy. It's a film that broaches the subject of relationships and casual sex with precise candour and eerie truth. Since its theatrical release in 1987, Fatal Attraction has become a pop-culture reference synonymous with psychologically disturbed dating partners and the phenomenon of "stalking". What makes it such a hard-hitting film is the reality that most relationships end on a sour note, and chances are that you or someone you know has come across people like the ones in this movie. It's the kind of film people talk about after they watch it, and its themes have been infamously copied in numerous cinematic interpretations since, including, Mr. Vincent, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, The Crush and even Scream, while the story actually stems from Clint Eastwood's Play Misty For Me and co-writer James Dearden's original British short film...Douglas is effective as Dan. His character is not a decent man, but that's what makes the role work. The fact that we despise him most of the time for treating his wonderful wife so horribly is a sign of great acting as Douglas envelops all that is callous and despicable about his role...Lyne (9 1/2 Weeks, Indecent Proposal, Unfaithful) pulls this film off in grand fashion, utilizing great style and flair, as his ability to draw tension from the slightest noise or image is an attribute well-suited for this film. Also, the refined soundtrack by Maurice Jarre adds just the right amount of audible musing without becoming overbearing...While this film is worthy of praise and criticism, its power is undeniable, and its message is timeless. Fatal Attraction is only as profound as its first impressions, but if you look close enough, you might just realize that life is enough to scare anyone. - Patrick Byrne
Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
"Fatal Attraction" is a spellbinding psychological thriller that could have been a great movie if the filmmakers had not thrown character and plausibility to the winds in the last minutes to give us their version of a grown-up "Friday the 13th."...Because the good things in the movie - including the performances - are so very good, it's a shame that the film's potential for greatness was so blatantly compromised. The movie is so right for so long that you can almost feel the moment when the script goes click and sells out...The early and middle passages of the movie are handled with convincing psychological realism; James Dearden's dialogue sounds absolutely right, especially the way he allows the Close character to bait her hook with honeyed come-ons and then set it with jealousy, possessiveness and finally guilt (after she says, inevitably, that she is pregnant). With the exception of the silly sex scenes, "Fatal Attraction" never steps wrong until its third act - and then it steps very wrong..."Fatal Attraction" was produced by Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing, and it seems to repeat a pattern for them. In 1984 they made "Firstborn," with Teri Garr as a divorced mother who falls in love with Peter Weller as a man who is very wrong for her family. The first two-thirds of that film also are psychologically sound and dramatically fascinating, and then it degenerates into a canned formula of violence and an idiotic chase scene. Now they throw away the ending of "Fatal Attraction."...What's the matter here? Do they lack the courage to follow their convictions through to the end? They seem to have a knack for finding thoughtful, sensitive screenplays about interesting adults and then adding gruesome Hollywood horror formulas to them. "Fatal Attraction" clearly had the potential to be an Oscar contender. I walked out feeling cheated and betrayed. - Roger Ebert
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