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Sliver
1993
Carly Norris (Sharon Stone), a demure divorcee and book editor, moves in to New York City's tall, elegant Sliver building. Unbeknownst to Carly, though, fatal mysteries enshroud her new accommodations. Soon the centre of attention, Carly is befriended by Gus Hale (Keene Curtis), left gifts by a secret admirer, and pursued by .. Read more
| Starring | Sharon Stone, Tom Berenger, Martin Landau, Polly Walker |
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| Director | Phillip Noyce |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Sliver
Carly Norris (Sharon Stone), a demure divorcee and book editor, moves in to New York City's tall, elegant Sliver building. Unbeknownst to Carly, though, fatal mysteries enshroud her new accommodations. Soon the centre of attention, Carly is befriended by Gus Hale (Keene Curtis), left gifts by a secret admirer, and pursued by two handsome men Zeke Hawkins (William Baldwin) and Jack Lansford (Tom Berenger). However, someone is using a very sophisticated surveillance system to watch the intimate lives of these tenants including Carly. SLIVER is based on a novel by Ira Levin (ROSEMARY'S BABY), although the script shares striking similarities with writer Joe Eszterhas's earlier BASIC INSTINCT screenplay. Phillip Noyce directs efficiently, and Polly Walker is striking as a Londoner out of her element in the coke-addled world of upscale Manhattan.
| Starring | Sharon Stone, Tom Berenger, Martin Landau, Polly Walker, Colleen Camp, William Baldwin, Amanda Foreman, CCH Pounder, Nina Foch, Keene Curtis |
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| Director | Phillip Noyce |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 07 Aug 2006 Production year: 1993 |
| Format | DVD |
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Stone looks distinctly ordinary in this glossy, glassy sex-thriller. She's an uptight book editor who moves into a... read more on Time Out
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14 out of 22 people found this review helpful
Not Basic Instinct!
I think this came out soon after Basic Instinct, so it invites comparisons. Never mind the scandal aroused by the sex scenes in BI, it was actually a good film, worth watching even if Ms Stone had kept her kit on. This is pretty awful, little of it making sense, and would have justified more kit off from Sharon.
As others have remarked, the most interesting thing about this film is the soundtrack: UB40, Massive Attack and Enigma. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Not worth watching
I wasn't sure what they intended with this movie. The plot is dry and not particularly exciting and the characters aren't much either - so it doesn't really make it as a thriller in my opinion.
On the flip-side there isn't enough of Sharon, sexuality, or indeed flesh, to really qualify it as a soft-porn movie either.
All in all, this movie fails to achieve either way and isn't worth watching. -
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