"Fatal Attraction Fatal Attraction is a 1987 American psychological erotic thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay written by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film ""Diversion"". Starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer, the film centers on a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end and becomes obsessed with him. ""Fatal Attraction"" was released on September 18, 1987 by Paramount Pictures. It received generally positive critical response and generated controversy at the time of its release. The film became a huge box office success, grossing"
"part. Close eventually heard about this and said she didn't want Ransohoff on set while she was making her scenes. Director Richard Marquand stood by her side and sent Ransohoff away. Infuriated, Ransohoff went to the studio heads trying to get Close and Marquand fired from the picture. The studio refused, stating they were pleased with their work in the film. ""Jagged Edge"" received favorable to positive reviews and grossed $40-million on a $15-million budget. In 1987, Close played the disturbed book editor Alex Forrest in ""Fatal Attraction""; this was the role that propelled her into stardom. The movie became"
"$320.1 million against a $14 million budget, becoming the highest grossing film of 1987 worldwide. At the 60th Academy Awards, it received six nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (for Close), Best Supporting Actress (for Archer), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. Dan Gallagher is a successful, happily married Manhattan lawyer whose work leads him to meet Alexandra ""Alex"" Forrest, an editor for a publishing company. While his wife, Beth, and daughter, Ellen, are out of town for the weekend, Dan has an affair with Alex. Though it was initially understood by both as just a fling, Alex"
"previews on 8 March 2014, before making its world premiere at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 25 March, for a fifteen-week run booking until 21 June 2014. Rehearsals for the show began on 29 January, with title casting including Mark Bazeley as Dan Gallagher, Kristin Davis as Beth Gallagher and Natascha McElhone playing Alex Forrest. Fatal Attraction (play) Fatal Attraction is a 2014 play adapted from his original screenplay by James Dearden. It is based on the 1987 film ""Fatal Attraction"", and it opened in London's West End at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 25 March 2014, following previews from"
"from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 78% based on reviews from 46 critics, with the site's consensus ""A potboiler in the finest sense, ""Fatal Attraction"" is a sultry, juicy thriller that's hard to look away from once it gets going."" On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 67/100 based on reviews from 16 critics. The character of Alex Forrest has been discussed by psychiatrists and film experts, and has been used as a film illustration for the condition borderline personality disorder. The character displays the behaviors of impulsivity, emotional lability, frantic efforts to avoid abandonment,"
"Publicity Director at Virgin Records. It was here that he represented the Sex Pistols, Phil Collins, Mike Oldfield and Tangerine Dream. His working life in London from 1971 – 1987 was dominated by Tony Elliott, founder, publisher and editor of Time Out magazine UK and Richard Branson, Founder at Virgin Group. Over his time with Virgin and during the early years when the company expanded into different fields, Clark worked as a Publicity Director, a Book Editor for Virgin Books, Virgin’s first Head of Creative Affairs and Head of Production for Virgin Films. Oscar winner, ""A Shocking Accident"", starring Rupert"
"Fatal Attraction, Oscar Jacques, known for playing Tom Tupper in the CBBC Series ""M.I. High"", Luke Pasqualino, known for his roles in Skins and The Musketeers; television presenter, Sarah Cawood, who grew up in Maxey; BBC Formula One presenter, Jake Humphrey; football journalist and Talksport radio presenter, Adrian Durham; and the biologist, author and broadcaster, Prof. Brian J. Ford, who attended the King's School and still lives in Eastrea near Whittlesey. Local businessman, Peter Boizot, founder of the Pizza Express restaurant chain and Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, has supported the cultural and sporting life of Peterborough and received its highest"
"a huge box-office success, the highest-grossing film worldwide of that year. The character of Alex Forrest has been considered one of Close's most iconic roles; the phrase ""bunny boiler"" has even been added to the dictionary, referring to a scene from the movie. During the re-shoot of the ending, Close suffered a concussion from one of the takes when her head smashed against a mirror. After being rushed to the hospital, she discovered, much to her horror, that she was actually a few weeks pregnant with her daughter. Close stated in an interview that, """"Fatal Attraction"" was really the first"
"its American distributor, and cut for U.S. release, it became a huge hit abroad in its unedited version. Lyne's fourth film was the blockbuster ""Fatal Attraction"", which generated over $320 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 1987. The story of a happily married lawyer (Michael Douglas) who tries to break off an affair with an attractive single woman (Glenn Close), only to have her become obsessed with him and endanger his family, the film struck a chord with audiences. Deemed ""the zeitgeist hit of the decade"" by ""TIME Magazine"", ""Fatal Attraction"" earned six Academy Award nominations including Best"
"the positively reviewed off-Broadway play ""Fatal Attraction, a Greek Tragedy"", a parody of the seminal 1987 film ""Fatal Attraction"" directed by Timothy Haskell. Feldman played the lead character, named Michael Douglas. Feldman appeared in the theatrical release ""My Date with Drew"" and was the voice of ""Sprx-77"" in the Toon Disney/ABC Family series ""Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!"". In 2007, Feldman and Corey Haim began a scripted reality television show entitled ""The Two Coreys"" on the A&E Network. Haim and Feldman began taping on December 4, 2006. The show premiered on July 29, 2007. In the winter of 2007,"
"popularity for the hit movie ""Fatal Attraction"", starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close. Capitalizing on the movie's theme about an adulterous affair that ends in violence, People magazine included a summary of the Taylor-Mehaffey relationship in an October 26, 1987 cover article about the movie's real life implications. Entitled ""The Dark Side of Love,"" the ""People"" article probed the universal themes of ""Fatal Attraction"" in an effort to demonstrate how ""Real Life Stories Show Why This Season's Hottest Movie Is Hitting Home."" The Oprah Winfrey Show invited Taylor to appear on a similarly themed presentation as an interview subject for"
"Actor, while the film's editors, Jim Miller and Paul Rubell, were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Max Durocher (Jamie Foxx), a meticulous Los Angeles cab driver, is working to earn enough to start his own limousine business. One of the evening's fares is U.S. Justice Department prosecutor Annie Farrell (Jada Pinkett Smith). On the drive to her office, they strike up a conversation and Annie gives Max her business card. Max's next fare is Vincent (Tom Cruise), impressed by Max's skill at navigating L.A., Vincent offers Max $600 to drive him for the night at multiple"
"he and his family, in their Ford woodie station wagon, head northward to his next duty station, and they encounter not only racial discrimination but also frustration and disappointment while seeking a room in a motel or ""auto court"". Alex starts working, writing press releases in the public-relations (PR) office of the Coast Guard in Manhattan. While off duty he starts writing proposed articles and submitting them to magazines, but he receives only rejection slips. Cdr. Robert Munroe (Andy Griffith), the officer in charge of the PR office, a Southerner with 30 years of experience in journalism, dismisses Alex's early"
"Hookup of 1987: Michael Douglas and Glenn Close from ""Fatal Attraction"" Biggest Boob of 1987: the people of Italy electing former porn star Ilona Staller into Parliament Hot Moms of 1987: Anne Schedeen (""ALF""), Katey Sagal (""Married... with Children""), Mel Harris (""Thirtysomething"") Pop culture Term of 1987: Skank Guilty/Not Guilty of 1987: Tammy Faye Bakker for wearing too much makeup End Credit video is LeVert's ""Casanova"" Movies of 1988: ""Rain Man"", ""Caddyshack II"", ""Elvira, Mistress of the Dark"" Teen Idols of 1988: The Two Coreys, Michael Hutchence (INXS), Jason Bateman Best On-screen Hookup of 1988: Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, and"
"Fonda, Richard Widmark, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quinn, Gene Hackman, Burt Lancaster, Robert Stack, Robert Mitchum and Telly Savalas were also considered for the role. Character actor Martin Balsam played managing editor Howard Simons. According to Bradlee, Simons felt that he and his role were fatally shortchanged in the script and that he never got over his resentment. Bradlee teased ""The Post"" publisher Katharine Graham about who would play her in the film. “Names like Katharine Hepburn, Lauren Bacall and Patricia Neal were tossed out—by us—to make her feel good,” Bradlee said. “And names like Edna May Oliver or Marie Dressler,"
"Ian Somerhalder as Paul, and Kip Pardue as Victor. The Rules of Attraction The Rules of Attraction is a satirical black comedy novel by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1987. The novel focuses on a handful of rowdy and often sexually promiscuous, spoiled bohemian college students at a liberal arts college in 1980s New Hampshire, primarily focusing on three of them who find themselves in a love triangle. The novel is written in first person narrative, and the story is told from the points of view of various characters. The book was adapted into a film of the same name"
"that ran in ""The Hollywood Reporter"" and in several newspapers promoting the film for ten days prior to its theatrical opening. Stanley Ford (Jack Lemmon) is a successful newspaper cartoonist enjoying the comforts of a well-to-do and happy bachelorhood in his urban New York City townhouse, including his loyal and attentive valet, Charles Firbank (Terry-Thomas). Stanley's comic strip, ""Bash Brannigan"", is a secret-agent thriller characterized by a high level of realism: No matter how outrageous the plot, Stanley will not allow Brannigan to do anything physically impossible or use gadgets that don't exist. He hires actors and sets up elaborate"
"Attraction"" (1987), starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close. His many TV credits include ""The Practice"", ""The Good Wife"", ""Law & Order"", ""The Sopranos"", ""Ryan's Hope"" and the 2001 A&E movie ""The Big Heist"", in which he portrayed mob boss Paul Castellano. Coppola, no relation to film director Francis Ford Coppola, played a nursing home resident in a Chevy commercial that aired during 2011's Super Bowl and a hot dog vendor in a Ball Park Franks spot starring Michael Jordan. Coppola, a 38-year resident of Leonia, with no relation to film director Francis Ford Coppola, also had many stage roles. He"
"Jon Hamm as Jeb Masters, a phone sex employee for the elderly, who's having relationship trouble; Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Steve Olson, a lottery winner who asks Fiona for help with his trust issues; Lauren Graham as Grace Tiverton, an odd neighbour of Fiona's; Craig Ferguson as Ewan Clarke, Austen's brother and manager of Angus' trust; Allison Janney as Judith Frick, an all girls school headmistress, who seeks out Fiona for advice on her first sexual encounter; Calista Flockhart as April Keating, Kip's law clerk that is in love with him; Dax Shepard as Abel Jans/Mark, a NSA worker that"
"Paramount before achieving success with the box-office smash ""Fatal Attraction"" in 1987, for which Jaffe and Lansing received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture the following year. In 1992, she was offered the chairmanship of Paramount Pictures' Motion Picture Group. During her tenure at Paramount, the studio enjoyed its longest and most successful string of releases since the '30s. Under Lansing, the studio produced such blockbuster hits as ""Forrest Gump"", ""Braveheart"", and what was, at the time, history's highest-grossing film – ""Titanic"" (the latter two with Fox). Six of the ten highest grossing Paramount films were released during her tenure"
"including Frank Capra (on several films, including ""The Donovan Affair""), Lowell Sherman (on ""The Royal Bed""), William Seiter (on several films, including ""Way Back Home""), Edward Cline (on ""Cracked Nuts""), George Cukor (""A Bill of Divorcement""), Dorothy Arzner (the first female member of the DGA, on ""Christopher Strong""), Anthony Mann (""Strangers in the Night""), George Archainbaud (""Girls of the Big House""), Fritz Lang (""House by the River""), Arthur Roberts (editor) Arthur Roberts July 17, 1890 – February 5, 1961), also known as Arthur E. Roberts, was an American film editor who edited over 100 films during his almost 30 year"
"Grace's friend and socialite assistant, to pull them apart. She tells them that violence is never the answer, ""but sometimes it is,"" then chops Val behind the neck, rendering Val unconscious. Karen tells Grace to go get Vince, who was out of the room, while she gets ""rid"" of Val's body. ""Fagel Attraction"" was written by Jenji Kohan and directed by series producer James Burrows. The episode's title is a reference to the 1987 film ""Fatal Attraction"" which starred actor Michael Douglas. In March 2002, it was announced that Michael Douglas would guest star on the show, playing a gay"
"Maxwell, and she is the research assistant to all three of the rotating lead characters.) In the film, Jeff Dillon writes for ""Fame"" magazine, a publication of Janus Enterprises, and Glenn Howard (George Macready) is just the managing editor. In the subsequent series, Dillon writes for ""People"" magazine, a division of Howard Publications, and Glenn Howard (Gene Barry) is head of the whole company. The telefilm also features Jill St. John, Jack Klugman, and Robert Duvall. An investigative reporter looks into the murder of a call girl. His investigation unearths her diary, which has the names of many prominent people"
"(1996). Of the male icons, Michael Douglas is the most recognizable, having starred in the studio pictures ""Fatal Attraction"" (1987), ""Basic Instinct"" (1992), and ""Disclosure"" (1994). Andrew Stevens was more active in DTV films, starring in ""Night Eyes"" (1990), ""Body Chemistry 3: Point of Seduction"" (1994), and ""Scorned"" (1994), as well as writing, producing, and directing other DTV erotic thrillers. Doug Jeffery starred or was featured in many mid-1990s erotic thrillers, including ""The Other Man"" (1994), ""Animal Instincts 2"" (1994), ""Indecent Behavior 3"" (1995), ""Killing for Love"" (1995), ""Irresistible Impulse"" (1996), and ""Mischievous"" (1996). In just five years Martin Hewitt"
"Michelle Gellar, Macaulay Culkin, Seth MacFarlane, Sasha Barrese, Clare Grant, Michael Ian Black, Katee Sackhoff, Christian Slater, Fred Tatasciore, Dave Sheridan, Michelle Trachtenberg, Abraham Benrubi, Eden Espinosa, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Parnell, Skeet Ulrich, Tamara Garfield, Olivia Munn, Alan Tudyk, Lea Thompson, Sean Astin, Donald Faison, Katy Mixon, Andy Richter, Marc Summers, Amy Smart, Rove McManus, Adrianne Palicki, Pete Wentz, Kevin Bacon, Gary Coleman (final role before his death), Kyle Chandler, Elijah Wood, J.K. Simmons, Harland Williams, Amy Brenneman, Emma Stone, Diablo Cody, Kristen Bell, Nathan Fillion, Jennifer Field, Stuart Townsend, Bryan Cranston, Megan Fox, Brian Austin Green, Sam Kwasman, Josh"
"Fatal Instinct Fatal Instinct is a 1993 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner. It parodies the erotic thriller movie genre, which at the time had reached its commercial peak. The film stars Armand Assante as a lawyer and cop named Ned Ravine who has an affair with a woman named Lola Cain played by Sean Young. Kate Nelligan stars as Ned Ravine's wife and Sherilyn Fenn stars as Laura Lingonberry, Ravine's secretary. The film's title is a combination of ""Fatal Attraction"" and ""Basic Instinct"", both of which starred Michael Douglas. Ned Ravine, who is both a police officer and"
"(John Elmer McKeen), Ingersoll Rand (Herbert L. Henkel), General Motors (Alfred P. Sloan), Sears (Arthur C. Martinez), The New York Times (Spencer Trask), Stanley Black & Decker (John Trani), American International Group (Harvey Golub), American Express (Edward P. Gilligan), Qwest (Joseph Nacchio), Chase Bank (Walter V. Shipley), CBS (Laurence Alan Tisch), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.), Citigroup (Robert I. Lipp), Morgan Stanley (Robert A. Kindler), Marvel Entertainment (John Turitzin), ConocoPhillips (John Carrig), Deloitte (Barry Salzberg), Sony Pictures Entertainment (Peter Guber), GQ (Steven Florio), Viacom (Thomas E. Dooley), Liberty Media (John C. Malone), Verizon (Lawrence Babbio Jr.) and Chemtura"
"Appointment with Death (film) Appointment with Death is a 1988 British mystery film made by Golan-Globus Productions and produced and directed by Michael Winner. It is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel ""Appointment with Death"" featuring the detective Hercule Poirot. The screenplay was by Peter Buckman, Anthony Shaffer and Michael Winner. The film stars Peter Ustinov as Poirot, along with Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Jenny Seagrove and David Soul. Gielgud and Bacall had previously co-starred in another big-screen Poirot adaptation, 1974's ""Murder on the Orient Express"". Emily Boynton, stepmother to the three Boynton"
"Fatal Attraction (play) Fatal Attraction is a 2014 play adapted from his original screenplay by James Dearden. It is based on the 1987 film ""Fatal Attraction"", and it opened in London's West End at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 25 March 2014, following previews from 8 March. ""Fatal Attraction"" is a thriller written by James Dearden adapted from his original screenplay of the 1987 film ""Fatal Attraction"". The production is directed by Sir Trevor Nunn and produced by Robert Fox and Patrick Ryecart. Officially confirmed on 19 September 2013, with tickets going on sale the following day the play began"
"Point of Seduction"" (1994), ""Illicit Dreams"" (1994), and ""Scorned"" (1994). Provocateur and former pornographer Gregory Dark (credited variously as Gregory Brown, Alexander Hippolyte, and Gregory Hippolyte) left the porn industry in the mid 1980s for more fertile artistic grounds in the erotic thriller genre. Dark joined Andrew Garroni and Walter Gernert as the in-house director for Axis Films International, a company formed to produce films that could duplicate the success of Mundhra's noirish ""Night Eyes"". Dark’s ""Carnal Crimes"" (1991), his first film with Axis, created a strong noir-romance subgenre for the erotic thriller, placing a female protagonist at the center"
"and Cooper then began to plan their own film adaptation of the novel, to star Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones as Alex and his gang of droogs. Through Si Litvinoff, Southern optioned the book for the bargain price of $1,000 (against a final price of $10,000) and Lieberson and David Puttnam set up a development deal with Paramount, who underwrote a draft by Southern and Cooper. Actor David Hemmings was briefly considered for the role of Alex—much to the chagrin of Cooper and the Stones—and the director's chair was initially offered to Richard Lester, who turned it down. Southern's"
"It received mainly negative reviews from critics, but was a modest success at the box office. Jack Harrison (Goldblum) and Gil Turner (Begley) are writers for ""The Sensation"", a supermarket-grade tabloid run by Turner's father, Mac (Norman Fell). Jack is a more serious journalist, using ""The Sensation"" as a stepping stone to a better career and aspires to work for Time Magazine, while Gil is a gangling yes-man, ever ready to win his father's approval. When Mac Turner receives a homemade videotape of two panicked men running from a creature they believe to be Frankenstein's monster, along with a waist-down"
"1985 releases, ""The Breakfast Club"" and ""St. Elmo's Fire"". Moving to Paramount Pictures in October 1984, Tanen served as head of the studio's motion picture division, producing box office successes including the 1986 films """"Crocodile"" Dundee"" and ""Top Gun"", and the 1987 releases ""Fatal Attraction"" and ""Beverly Hills Cop II"", leading Paramount to post the top revenues among all studios in both 1986 and 1987. The studio's films in 1986 drew receipts of $600 million, more than twice its nearest competitor and setting an industry record at the time. Other films produced by Paramount during his time there include ""Ferris"