Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
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- R
- 1h 59min
- Drama, Romance
- 24 Feb 1989 (USA)
- Movie
- Won 3 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 23 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Glenn Close | ... |
Marquise de Merteuil
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John Malkovich | ... |
Vicomte de Valmont
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Michelle Pfeiffer | ... |
Madame de Tourvel
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Swoosie Kurtz | ... |
Madame de Volanges
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Keanu Reeves | ... |
Chevalier Danceny
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Mildred Natwick | ... |
Madame de Rosemonde
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Uma Thurman | ... |
Cécile de Volanges
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Peter Capaldi | ... |
Azolan
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Joe Sheridan | ... |
Georges
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Valerie Gogan | ... |
Julie
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Laura Benson | ... |
Emilie
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Joanna Pavlis | ... |
Adèle
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Nicholas Hawtrey | ... |
Major-domo
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Paulo Abel Do Nascimento | ... |
Castrato
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François Lalande | ... |
Curé
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François Montagut | ... |
Belleroche
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Harry Jones | ... |
Armand
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Christian Erickson | ... |
Bailiff
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Catherine Cauwet | ... |
Opera Singer
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Shannon Finnegan | ... |
(uncredited)
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Patricia Kessler | ... |
(uncredited)
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Dan Thorens | ... |
Valet (uncredited)
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Directed by
Stephen Frears |
Written by
Christopher Hampton | ... | (play) |
Choderlos de Laclos | ... | (novel "Les liaisons dangereuses") |
Christopher Hampton | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Christopher Hampton | ... | co-producer |
Norma Heyman | ... | producer |
Hank Moonjean | ... | producer |
Music by
George Fenton |
Cinematography by
Philippe Rousselot | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Mick Audsley |
Editorial Department
Simon Cowper | ... | assistant editor |
Dan Gane | ... | editor trainee |
Françoise Roumanet | ... | assistant editor (as Francoise Roumanet) |
Annabel Ware | ... | assistant editor |
Yvan Lucas | ... | dailies timer (uncredited) |
Casting By
Howard Feuer | ||
Juliet Taylor |
Production Design by
Stuart Craig |
Art Direction by
Gavin Bocquet | ||
Gérard Viard |
Set Decoration by
Gérard James |
Costume Design by
James Acheson |
Makeup Department
Monique Huylebroeck | ... | makeup artist |
Peter Owen | ... | wig designer |
Dominique Plez | ... | makeup artist |
Malou Rossignol | ... | hair stylist |
Jean-Luc Russier | ... | supervising makeup artist |
Pierre Vadé | ... | hair stylist |
Bernard Floch | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Carol Robinson | ... | wig maker (uncredited) |
Marie-France Thibault | ... | additional hair stylist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Patrick Gordon | ... | unit production manager |
Suzanne Wiesenfeld | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jérôme George | ... | third assistant director |
Vincent Lascoumes | ... | second assistant director |
Bernard Seitz | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
Celia Barnett | ... | art department researcher |
Paul Bastide | ... | painter |
Daniel Braunschweig | ... | property master |
Jean-François Cousson | ... | props (as Jean François Cousson) |
Jean-Michel Ducourty | ... | assistant art director (as Jean Michel Ducourty) |
Genevieve Fresca | ... | drapery |
Roger Fresca | ... | drapery |
André Loisif | ... | construction foreman |
André Marchandet | ... | chief plasterer |
Eve Mavrakis | ... | art department assistant |
Félix Placenti | ... | prop buyer |
Claude Potier | ... | chief carpenter |
Claude Périnet | ... | chief painter |
Patrick Torossian | ... | props |
Catherine Werner Schmit | ... | prop buyer (as Catherine Werner) |
Steve Clark | ... | trainee: art department (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Christopher Ackland | ... | dialogue editor |
Peter Baldock | ... | assistant sound editor |
Mick Boggis | ... | assistant sound re-recording mixer |
Martin Crane | ... | assistant sound editor |
Richard Dunford | ... | dialogue editor |
Steve Hancock | ... | sound camera operator |
Peter Handford | ... | production sound mixer |
Peter Maxwell | ... | re-recording mixer |
Michel Mellier | ... | cable person |
Kant Pan | ... | sound editor |
John Stevenson | ... | boom operator |
Elaine 'Chucks' Thomas | ... | assistant dialogue editor (as Elaine Thomas) |
Elaine Thomas | ... | assistant dialogue editor (uncredited) |
Noel Wallace | ... | dubbing projectionist (uncredited) |
Stunts
Michel Carliez | ... | stunts |
Albert Goldberg | ... | stunts |
Tito Tomassini | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Stéphane Agostini | ... | electrician |
Jean-Pierre Baronsky | ... | gaffer (as Jean Pierre Baronsky) |
Philippe Barrillet | ... | electrician |
Jean-Luc Bezeau | ... | grip |
Barthelemy Bogaert | ... | assistant camera |
Bernard Brégier | ... | key grip |
Gérard Buffard | ... | grip |
Pierre Cottereau | ... | assistant camera |
Alain Dondin | ... | electrician |
Mike Fox | ... | camera operator |
Etienne George | ... | still photographer |
Jean Pierre Pujol | ... | electrician |
Gérard Rival | ... | grip |
Gérard Sionneau | ... | generator operator (as Gerard Sionneau) |
Myriam Touzé | ... | assistant camera |
Casting Department
Leo Davis | ... | casting: UK |
Françoise Menidrey | ... | casting: France |
Jacqueline Perpere | ... | extras casting |
Dennis Osborne | ... | casting associate (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Martin Adams | ... | jeweller |
Gerald Cheshire | ... | milliner |
Isabelle Coignerai | ... | costume supervisor |
Brian Collins | ... | costume maker |
Shirley Cooper | ... | jeweller |
Kay Coveney | ... | Costume Maker |
Christopher Criddle | ... | costume maker (as Chris Criddle) |
Andree Demarez | ... | costumer |
Nathalie Doux | ... | costumer |
Magot Forster | ... | costume maker |
Frank Gardiner | ... | assistant costume designer |
Sylvia Grainger | ... | dress decoration |
Annie Hadley | ... | costume maker |
Janette Haslam | ... | costume maker |
Carole Hersee | ... | costume maker |
Alan Hopkins | ... | dress decoration |
Vanessa Hopkins | ... | dress decoration |
Danielle Laffargue | ... | costumer |
Lorraine McKee | ... | milliner |
Cecile Moreau | ... | dyer |
Day Murch | ... | costume maker |
Gwen Russell | ... | costume maker |
Phyllis Thorald | ... | embroidery |
Location Management
Pierre Gralhon | ... | location manager |
Olivier Lhoste | ... | location manager |
Jean Michel Penkhoss | ... | assistant location manager |
Music Department
Michael Connell | ... | music editor |
Keith Grant | ... | music recording engineer |
Jackie Krost | ... | music supervisor |
Mark Berrow | ... | musician: violin (uncredited) |
Gerry O'Riordan | ... | assistant music engineer (uncredited) |
Jonathan Williams | ... | musician: cello (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Penny Eyles | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Alain Domínguez | ... | transportation captain |
Additional Crew
John Beharrell | ... | accountant |
Denise Breton | ... | unit publicist |
Sophie Drouin | ... | production accountant |
Cathy Dutheil | ... | production secretary (as Catherine Hall) |
William Hobbs | ... | duel coordinator |
Richard Liebegott | ... | assistant: Hank Moonjean |
Mark R. Lindsay | ... | sales representative (as Mark Lindsay) |
Colette Martin | ... | accountant |
Pat Newcomb | ... | financial representative (as Patrick Newcomb) |
Pierre Romans | ... | opera stager |
Julian Rothenstein | ... | title designer |
Eliza Thompson | ... | assistant: George Fenton |
Caspian Tredwell-Owen | ... | assistant: Patrick Newcomb (as Caspian Owen) |
Tor Van Moyland | ... | assistant: Norma Heyman |
Blanche Wiesenfeld | ... | production coordinator |
Michel Carliez | ... | duel double (uncredited) |
Albert Goldberg | ... | duel double (uncredited) |
Melissa Smith | ... | sales and marketing coordinator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1988) (United States) (theatrical)
- Roadshow Films (1989) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1989) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1989) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1989) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1989) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1989) (France) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1989) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1989) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1989) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Musiikki Fazer (1989) (Finland) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1989) (Australia) (video)
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1990) (India) (theatrical)
- Audio Visual Enterprises (1990) (Greece) (VHS)
- Varus Video (Russia) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1990) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Canal+ (1991) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Warner Home Video (1993) (United States) (VHS)
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1994) (United States) (tv) (broadcast premiere)
- Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1995) (Finland) (tv)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1997) (Finland) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (1997) (United States) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (1998) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1998) (Finland) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (1998) (Germany) (DVD)
- Warner Home Vídeo (1998) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Sandrew Metronome Distribution (Finland) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2001) (United States) (VHS)
- FST5 (2008) (Finland) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2012) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Iris (2016) (Italy) (tv)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Cosprop (costume makers)
- Funn (hosiery supplier)
- Sapex Scripts (post-production script services)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
In 18th century France, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont play a dangerous game of seduction. Valmont is someone who measures success by the number of his conquests and Merteuil challenges him to seduce the soon to be married Cecile de Volanges and provide proof in writing of his success. His reward for doing so will be to spend the night with Merteuil. He has little difficulty seducing Cecile but what he really wants is to seduce Madame de Tourvel. When Merteuil learns that he has actually fallen in love with her, she refuses to let him claim his reward for seducing Cecile. Death soon follows. Written by garykmcd |
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Taglines | Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The Game As You've Never Seen It Played Before. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $14,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | When the novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos was first published in 1782, it was considered so scandalous that when Queen Marie Antoinette commissioned a copy for her personal library, she had to have it bound in a blank cover so that no one would recognize the author's name or title. See more » |
Goofs | When Madame de Tourvel is about to surrender to Valmont, a tear comes out of her right eye; in the next shot, her eye is still dry. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Beaches/We Think the World of You/Dangerous Liaisons/The January Man/36 Fillette (1989). See more » |
Soundtracks | La Cetra Op. 9, Concerto No. 9 See more » |
Quotes |
Marquise de Merteuil:
When I came out into society, I was fifteen. I already knew that the role I was condemned to, namely to keep quiet and do what I was told, gave me the perfect opportunity to listen and observe. Not to what people told me, which naturally was of no interest, but to whatever it was they were trying to hide. I practiced detachment. I learned how to look cheerful while, under the table, I stuck a fork into the back of my hand. I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists to learn how to appear, philosophers to find out what to think, and novelists to see what I could get away with. And in the end, I distilled everything to one wonderfully simple principle: win or die. See more » |