Cruel intentions /

Two unscrupulous stepsiblings engage in a series of manipulative schemes revolving around love, sex & seduction, wreaking havoc on the lives (and reputations) of everyone unfortunate enough to pique their anger. An update of the French epistolary novel "Les liaisons dangereuses", set...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shearmur, Edward (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Columbia Pictures, Original Film (Firm), Newmarket Capital Group LP, Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Moritz, Neal H. (Producer), Kumble, Roger (Screenwriter, Director), Gellar, Sarah Michelle, 1977- (Actor), Phillippe, Ryan, 1974- (Actor), Witherspoon, Reese, 1976- (Actor), Blair, Selma, 1972- (Actor), Fletcher, Louise (Actor), Jackson, Joshua, 1978- (Actor), Mabius, Eric (Actor), Thomas, Sean Patrick (Actor), Reid, Tara, 1975- (Actor), Kurtz, Swoosie (Actor), Baranski, Christine (Actor), Van de Sande, Theo, 1947- (Cinematographer), Freeman, Jeff (Film editor), Laclos, Choderlos de, 1741-1803
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English, with optional English subtitles. Closed-captioned.
Published:	Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1999]
Edition:	Collector's ed.
Subjects:	Stepfamilies > Drama. Manipulative behavior > Drama. Love > Drama. Sex > Drama. Seduction > Drama. Upper class > Drama. New York (N.Y.) > Drama. Teen films. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	Two unscrupulous stepsiblings engage in a series of manipulative schemes revolving around love, sex & seduction, wreaking havoc on the lives (and reputations) of everyone unfortunate enough to pique their anger. An update of the French epistolary novel "Les liaisons dangereuses", set amongst the upper classes in New York City in the late 1990s.
Item Description:	Suggested by the novel: Les liaisons dangereuses / by Choderlos de Laclos. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. Widescreen format (1.85:1) or standard format (1.33:1). Special features: optional audio commentary by the filmmakers; making-of featurette; "Creative intentions : finding a visual style" featurette (22 min.); 2 music videos ("Every you, every me" by Placebo & "Coming up from behind" by Marcy Playground); 6 deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; 5 bios & filmographies (Kumble, Gellar, Phillippe, Witherspoon, Blair). Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1.
Audience:	MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Theo van de Sande ; film editor, Jeff Freeman ; music by Edward Shearmur.
ISBN:	076784503X 9780767845038