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Hardboiled San Francisco detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) is assigned to the case of a murdered rock star and gets in over his head when he meets the victim’s lover, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone). A crime novelist whose latest work mirrors Curran’s case, and past relationships with violent people, Catherine becomes the prime suspect. Confronted by Tramell’s smoldering sensuality and mysterious past, Curran struggles to maintain his professionalism and not give into his carnal instincts.
Paul Verhoeven’s erotic thriller made a huge impact, serving as a pop-culture reference for many years and defining the genre for the 1990s. The recipient of Academy Award nominations for editing (Frank J. Urioste) and Jerry Goldsmith’s original score, Basic Instinct, originally edited for sexual and violent... content, has been restored in 4K and is now available in Verhoeven’s original, uncut version.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1992 | 127 min. | USA | Color | Scope | English | Not Rated | 4K DCP
DIRECTED BY: Paul Verhoeven
WRITTEN BY: Joe Eszterhas
WITH: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn