Fatal Attraction
Fatal Attraction is a 1987 American psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film Diversion. It stars Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer. It follows a married man's one-night stand coming back to haunt him when the scorned mistress begins to stalk him and his family.
Plot
Daniel "Dan" Gallagher is an attorney from Manhattan. While his wife, Beth, and daughter, Ellen, are out of town visiting Beth's family, he has an affair with Alexandra "Alex" Forrest, an editor for a publishing company whom he had recently met at a work function. Initially, it seems that both Dan and Alex understand their affair to be just a fling, but Alex begins to cling to him.
Awards
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| author | James Dearden |
|---|---|
| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Adrian Lyne |
| editor | Michael Kahn Peter E. Berger |
| genre | action thriller |
| keywords | adultery amusement park buy claim even hear kidnap kill living room madama butterfly madame butterfly manhattan morning probable cause publish record restraining order return home swing tape recording verbal abuse |
| musicBy | Maurice Jarre |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Sherry Lansing Stanley R. Jaffe |
| productionCompany | Jaffe/Lansing Productions |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | erotic thriller psychological thriller short |