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Basic Instinct

Basic Instinct is a 1992 erotic thriller mystery film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. Starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Wayne Knight, the film follows San Francisco homicide detective Nick Curran (Douglas) as he investigates the murder of rock star Johnny Boz, only to begin an intense…

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Box office
$353 million
Budget
$49 million
Cinematography
Jan de Bont
Countries
United States · United Kingdom · France
Directed by
Paul Verhoeven
Distributed by
TriStar Pictures (United States) · Guild Film Distribution (United Kingdom) · UGC Distribution (France)

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Reboot

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Basic Instinct

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Avg. degree1.98
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Basic Instinct

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related to Soundtrack · 29
Basic Instinct → Academy Award, Because, Blue, Channel, Chicago, Chris Rea's, George Dzundza, Golden Globe Award, Goldsmith, Gus Moran, I've, In, It, It's, Ja'Net DuBois, Jeff Barry, Jerry Goldsmith, LaTour, Looking, Mac's Diner
related to Critical response · 27
Basic Instinct → Alfred Hitchcock, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Audiences, Basic Instinct's, But, CinemaScore, He Said, Hitchcockian, Irreconcilable Differences, Janet Maslin, Mr, Nineties, On, On Metacritic, Peter Travers, Rolling Stone, Rotten Tomatoes, Sharon Stone, She Said, Stone
related to Box office · 17
Basic Instinct → After, Canada, France, Germany, Iceland, In, In Australia, In Italy, Internationally, Ireland, It, March, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, US
related to MPAA rating · 9
Basic Instinct → Carolco, However, Initially, March, MPAA, NC-17, The New York Times, TriStar, Verhoeven
related to External links · 8
Basic Instinct → AFI Catalog, Box Office MojoBasic Instinct, Feature Films, IMDb Basic Instinct, Instinct, Official, Rotten TomatoesBasic Instinct, TCM Movie Database
related to Reboot · 8
Basic Instinct → Amazon MGM Studios, Eszterhas, In August, In July, Scott Stuber, Sharon Stone, United Artists, US TV’s Today
see also · 8
Basic Instinct → Basic InstinctMurder, Douglas, Fatal Attraction, Film, Fourth Man, Instinct, Jun Lin, Verhoeven
Starring · 5
Basic Instinct → George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Wayne Knight
Countries · 3
Basic Instinct → France, United Kingdom, United States
Distributed by · 3
Basic Instinct → Guild Film Distribution (United Kingdom), TriStar Pictures (United States), UGC Distribution (France)

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Basic InstinctBox office$353 million1.00infobox
Basic InstinctBudget$49 million1.00infobox
Basic InstinctCinematographyJan de Bont1.00infobox
Basic InstinctCountriesUnited States1.00infobox
Basic InstinctCountriesUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Basic InstinctCountriesFrance1.00infobox
Basic InstinctDirected byPaul Verhoeven1.00infobox
Basic InstinctDistributed byTriStar Pictures (United States)1.00infobox
Basic InstinctDistributed byGuild Film Distribution (United Kingdom)1.00infobox
Basic InstinctDistributed byUGC Distribution (France)1.00infobox
Basic InstinctEdited byFrank J. Urioste1.00infobox
Basic InstinctLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Basic InstinctMusic byJerry Goldsmith1.00infobox
Basic InstinctProduced byAlan Marshall1.00infobox
Basic InstinctProduced byMario Kassar1.00infobox
Basic InstinctProduction companiesCarolco Pictures1.00infobox
Basic InstinctProduction companiesLe Studio Canal+1.00infobox
Basic InstinctRelease datesMarch 18, 1992 (1992-03-18) (Los Angeles)1.00infobox
Basic InstinctRelease datesMarch 20, 1992 (1992-03-20) (United States)1.00infobox
Basic InstinctRelease datesMay 8, 1992 (1992-05-08) (France and United Kingdom)1.00infobox
Basic InstinctRunning time128 minutes1.00infobox
Basic InstinctStarringMichael Douglas1.00infobox
Basic InstinctStarringSharon Stone1.00infobox
Basic InstinctStarringGeorge Dzundza1.00infobox
Basic InstinctStarringJeanne Tripplehorn1.00infobox
Basic InstinctStarringWayne Knight1.00infobox
Basic InstinctWritten byJoe Eszterhas1.00infobox
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