DANGEROUS LIAISONS

Stephen Frears. USA/UK 1988. - 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance

Tagline: Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The Game As You've Never Seen It Played Before.

Produced by: Christopher Hampton (co-producer), Norma Heyman (producer), Hank Moonjean (producer)

Screenplay: Christopher Hampton (screenplay)
Based on: Christopher Hampton (play), Choderlos de Laclos (novel)

Original music by: George Fenton
Non-original music by: Johann Sebastian Bach, Christoph Willibald Gluck (from opera Iphigénie en Tauride, Georg Friedrich Händel (from opera Serse: Ombra mai fu), Antonio Vivaldi

Cinematography by: Philippe Rousselot
Film Editing by: Mick Audsley

Cast:
Glenn Close (Marquise de Merteuil)
John Malkovich (Vicomte de Valmont)
Michelle Pfeiffer (Madame de Tourvel)
Swoosie Kurtz (Madame de Volanges)
Keanu Reeves (Chevalier Danceny)
Mildred Natwick (Madame de Rosemonde)
Uma Thurman (Cécile de Volanges)
Peter Capaldi (Azolan)
Joe Sheridan (Georges)
Valerie Gogan (Julie)
Laura Benson (I) (Emilie)
Joanna Pavlis (Adèle)
Nicholas Hawtrey (Major Domo)
Paulo Abel Do Nascimento (Castrato)
François Lalande (Curé)
François Montagut (Belleroche)
Harry Jones (Armand)
Christian Erickson (Bailiff)
Catherine Cauwet (Opera Singer)

Casting by: Howard Feuer, Juliet Taylor
Production Design by: Stuart Craig
Art Direction by: Gavin Bocquet, Gérard Viard
Set Decoration by: Gérard James
Costume Design by: James Acheson
Makeup Department:
Monique Huylebroeck (makeup artist), Peter Owen (wig designer), Dominique Plez (makeup artist), Malou Rossignol (hair stylist), Jean-Luc Russier (supervising makeup artist), Pierre Vadé (hair stylist)

Production Management:
Patrick Gordon (unit production manager), Suzanne Wiesenfeld (production supervisor)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
Jérôme George (third assistant director), Vincent Lascoumes (second assistant director), Bernard Seitz (first assistant director)

Art Department:
Paul Bastide (painter), Daniel Braunschweig (property master), Jean-François Cousson (props (as Jean François Cousson), Jean-Michel Ducourty (assistant art director (as Jean Michel Ducourty)), Genevieve Fresca (drapery), Roger Fresca (drapery), André Loisif (construction foreman), André Marchandet (chief plasterer), Eve Mavrakis (art department assistant), Félix Placenti (prop buyer), Claude Potier (chief carpenter), Claude Périnet (chief painter), Patrick Torossian (props), Catherine Werner (prop buyer)

Sound Department:
Christopher Ackland (dialogue editor), Peter Baldock (assistant sound editor), Mick Boggis (assistant sound re-recording mixer), Michael Connell (music editor), Martin Crane (assistant sound editor), Richard Dunford (dialogue editor), Keith Grant (music recording engineer), Peter Handford (production sound mixer), Peter Maxwell (sound re-recording mixer), Michel Mellier (cable person), Kant Pan (sound editor), John Stevenson (boom operator), Elaine 'Chucks' Thomas (assistant dialogue editor as Elaine Thomas)

Stunts: Michel Carliez, Albert Goldberg

Other crew:
Martin Adams (jeweller), Stéphane Agostini (electrician), Jean-Pierre Baronsky (gaffer (as Jean Pierre Baronsky), Philippe Barrillet (electrician), John Beharrell (accountant), Jean-Luc Bezeau (grip), Barthelemy Bogaert (assistant camera), Catherine Bott (I) (singer: Opera singer's voice (uncredited), Bernard Bregier (I) (key grip), Denise Breton (unit publicist), Gerard Buffard (grip), Gerald Cheshire (milliner), Isabelle Coignerai (costume supervisor), Brian Collins (I) (costume maker), Shirley Cooper (jeweller), Pierre Cottreau (assistant camera), Simon Cowper (assistant editor), Chris Criddle (costume maker), Leo Davis (I) (casting: UK), Andree Demarez (costumer), Alain Domínguez (II) (transportation captain), Alain Dondin (electrician), Nathalie Doux (costumer), Sophie Drouin (production accountant), Penny Eyles (script supervisor), Magot Forster (costume maker), Mike Fox (I) (camera operator), Jackie Frost (II) (music supervisor), Dan Gane (editor trainee), Frank Gardiner (assistant costume designer), Etienne George (still photographer), Sylvia Grainger (dress decoration), Pierre Gralhon (location manager), Annie Hadley (costume maker), Catherine Hall (I) (production secretary), Janette Haslam (costume maker), Carol Hersee (costume maker), William Hobbs (duel coordinator), Alan Hopkins (III) (dress decoration), Vanessa Hopkins (I) (dress decoration), Danielle Laffargue (costumer), Olivier Lhoste (location manager), Richard Liebegott (assistant to Hank Moonjean), Colette Martin (accountant), Lorraine McKee (milliner), Françoise Menidrey (casting: France), Cecile Moreau (dyer Day Murch (costume maker), Pat Newcomb (financial representative (as Patrick Newcomb), Caspian Owen (assistant to Patrick Newcomb), Jean Michel Penkhoss (assistant location manager), Jacqueline Perpere (extras casting), Jean Pierre Pujol (electrician), Gérard Rival (grip), Pierre Romans (opera stager), Julian Rothenstein (title designer), Francoise Roumanet (assistant editor), Gwen Russell (costume maker), Gerard Sionneau (generator operator), Eliza Thompson (assistant to George Fenton), Phyllis Thorald (embroidery), Myriam Touze (assistant camera), Tor Van Moyland (assistant to Norma Heyman), Annabel Ware (assistant editor), Blanche Wiesenfeld (production coordinator)

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