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Dangerous liaisons [videorecording] / Warner Bros. presents a Lorimar Film Entertainment picture ; an NFH Limited production ; directed by Stephen Frears ; produced by Norma Heyman and Hank Moonjean ; screenplay by Christopher Hampton.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 11872 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 1997.Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0790732777
  • 9780790732770
Uniform titles:
  • Dangerous liaisons (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .D2852 1997
Contents:
Battle dress (credits) -- Valmont calls -- Cruelty's nobler ring -- The lady's terms -- Country and city introductions -- A show of nobility -- Surprise declaration -- Postal arrangements -- "All I want is to deserve you" -- From the "desk" of Valmont -- Born to dominate and avenge -- "A spell in the country" -- Country house intrigues -- Nocturnal visits -- Good influence -- The tenor performs -- Education in Latin terms -- Inches from surrender -- Certain grief -- From the "desk" of Cecile -- Once upon a time -- No more regrets -- Plainly in love -- Love declared -- Cecile's miscarriage -- "No time to make mischief" -- Merciless beyond his control -- Fatal wounds of war -- The duel -- "He had good cause" -- "Enough" -- At the opera -- A manipulator's face -- End credits.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editor, Mick Audsley ; music, George Fenton.
Awards:
  • Academy Awards, 1988: Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) (Christopher Hampton); Best Art Direction (Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Gerard James); Best Costume Design (James Acheson).
Cast: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Mildred Natwick, Uma Thurman.Summary: Set in 18th century France, this is the story of two bored aristocrats and the havoc they wreak when they play dangerous games with people's lives. The beautiful widow Merteuil challenges rakish Valmont to seduce a virtuous young married woman, never suspecting that he would violate his personal credo and fall in love.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Visual Materials Visual Materials Nash Library Lobby DVD boxes DVD 399 Available 33710001215370

Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.

Based on the play by Christopher Hampton ; adapted from the novel Les liaisons dangereuses / by Choderlos De Laclos.

Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editor, Mick Audsley ; music, George Fenton.

Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Mildred Natwick, Uma Thurman.

Set in 18th century France, this is the story of two bored aristocrats and the havoc they wreak when they play dangerous games with people's lives. The beautiful widow Merteuil challenges rakish Valmont to seduce a virtuous young married woman, never suspecting that he would violate his personal credo and fall in love.

Rated R.

DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital; full screen and widescreen presentations.

English or dubbed French; optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Academy Awards, 1988: Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) (Christopher Hampton); Best Art Direction (Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Gerard James); Best Costume Design (James Acheson).

Battle dress (credits) -- Valmont calls -- Cruelty's nobler ring -- The lady's terms -- Country and city introductions -- A show of nobility -- Surprise declaration -- Postal arrangements -- "All I want is to deserve you" -- From the "desk" of Valmont -- Born to dominate and avenge -- "A spell in the country" -- Country house intrigues -- Nocturnal visits -- Good influence -- The tenor performs -- Education in Latin terms -- Inches from surrender -- Certain grief -- From the "desk" of Cecile -- Once upon a time -- No more regrets -- Plainly in love -- Love declared -- Cecile's miscarriage -- "No time to make mischief" -- Merciless beyond his control -- Fatal wounds of war -- The duel -- "He had good cause" -- "Enough" -- At the opera -- A manipulator's face -- End credits.