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. Starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer, the film centers on a married man who has a brief but torrid affair with an obsessed woman who refuses to allow it to end and becomes obsessed with him.
Plot
Daniel "Dan" Gallagher is a successful, married lawyer from Manhattan. He meets Alexandra "Alex" Forrest, an editor for a publishing company. While his wife, Beth, and daughter, Ellen, are out of town for the weekend, Dan has an affair with Alex. Initially, it seems that both understand it 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 bleed claim kidnap kill living room madama butterfly madame butterfly manhattan married morning one night police search probable cause publish record restraining order taking a bath 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 |