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still Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, US 1992)

Basic Instinct

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Paul Verhoeven / US, FR, 1992 / 128 min.

Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone meet their match in each other in Verhoeven’s mystery-thriller about the gruesome murder of a pop star in LA.

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Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) investigates the murder of a pop star. The prime suspect is the latter’s girlfriend, Catherine Tramell, a mystery thriller writer: she seems oddly unmoved by her lover’s death.

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Persons under 16 years must be accompanied by an adultThis movie contains scenes of violenceThis movie contains foul language

Director

Paul Verhoeven

Production year

1992

Country

US, FR

Original title

Basic Instinct

Length

128 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NLD

Format

DCP

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still Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, US 1992)
still Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, US 1992)

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