Diabolique (1996 film)
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| Directed by | Jeremiah S. Chechik |
| Produced by | James G. Robinson Marvin Worth |
| Written by | Henri-Georges Clouzot Don Roos |
| Starring | Sharon Stone Isabelle Adjani Chazz Palminteri Kathy Bates Spalding Gray Shirley Knight Allen Garfield Adam Hann-Byrd Donal Logue |
| Music by | Randy Edelman Jeremy Sweet |
| Cinematography | Peter James |
| Edited by | Carol Littleton |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Release dates
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March 22, 1996 |
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Running time
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107 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $45 million |
| Box office | $17,100,266 |
Diabolique is a 1996 American psychological thriller film directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and written by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Don Roos. It is a remake of the French film Les Diaboliques (1955) directed by Clouzot. The film stars Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri and Kathy Bates. Filming took place in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1][2]
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Plot Summary
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The wife and mistress (Adjani and Stone) of a cruel school master (Palminteri) collaborate in a carefully planned and executed attempt to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The strain starts to tell on the two women as a retired police investigator (Bates) who is looking into the disappearance on a whim begins to think that they know more than they are telling, and further complications arise when their victim is seen, apparently alive and well by several of the pupils.
Cast
- Sharon Stone as Nicole Horner
- Isabelle Adjani as Mia Baran
- Chazz Palminteri as Guy Baran
- Kathy Bates as Shirley Vogel
- Spalding Gray as Simon Veatch
- Shirley Knight as Edie Danziger
- Allen Garfield as Leo Katzman
- Adam Hann-Byrd as Erik Pretzer
- Clea Lewis as Lisa Campos
- Donal Logue as Video Photographer #1
- J. J. Abrams as Video Photographer #2
Reception
Critical
The movie was compared unfavorably to the original movie, and received overall negative reviews.[3][4] It currently holds a 'rotten' 12% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 26 reviews. Stone was nominated for a Razzie Award for "Worst New Star" (as The new "serious" Sharon Stone) for this film and Last Dance, where she lost to Pamela Anderson for Barb Wire.
Box office
The movie was a box office bomb, grossing far below its $45 million budget.[5]
References
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External links
- Diabolique at AllMovie
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Diabolique at IMDb
- Diabolique at Rotten Tomatoes
- Diabolique at Box Office Mojo
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