While his wife (Anne Archer) and daughter are out of town, successful attorney Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) has a one-night stand with Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), the publishing executive he has just met. He has no idea what he's getting into. Immediately after the encounter, Dan wants to put the experience behind him, but .. Read more
| Starring | Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Fred Gwynne |
|---|---|
| Director | Adrian Lyne |
| Genres | Drama |
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While his wife (Anne Archer) and daughter are out of town, successful attorney Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) has a one-night stand with Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), the publishing executive he has just met. He has no idea what he's getting into. Immediately after the encounter, Dan wants to put the experience behind him, but Alex refuses to let go of their relationship. Driven to madness by his rejection, she turns to violently harassing both Dan and his family. This terrifying morality play, which takes the consequences of infidelity to new heights of horror, became one of 1987's biggest box-office successes.
| Starring | Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Fred Gwynne, Stuart Pankin, Ellen Foley |
|---|---|
| Director | Adrian Lyne |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Top Thrillers |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 02 Sep 2002 Production year: 1987 |
| Format | DVD |
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VERY RUBBISH HATE IT
I last saw this film when it was just out in the cinema, so I enjoyed the cheesy 80s feel and it made me feel very nostalgic. In fact it's a cheesy film, but I loved seeing it again.
Glenn Close struggles to watch her character's violent death in 1987 movie FATAL ATTRACTION - because she didn't realise she was pregnant when she shot the chilling scene. Close was called back to the set six months after the film had wrapped, because director Adrian Lyne was unhappy with the ending - in which the actress' psychotic character committed suicide. Instead she was called upon to fight with co-stars Anne Archer and Michael Douglas, before her character Alex Forrest was shot dead.... Read more