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Let's be "Basic Instinct."

Just watched this shitfest from 1992 on TV.

I'll start. I, of course, am Sharon Stone's moist, smelly pussy, on display for Newman from Seinfeld and making Sharon the star she had yearned to be after fumbling around in show business for nearly 15 years.

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by Anonymousreply 258October 12, 2021 8:37 AM

I'm the elevated train that runs past the window of Michael Douglas' San Francisco apartment, even though there are no elevated trains that run through the city of San Francisco - not now, and not back in 1992, either.

by Anonymousreply 1May 19, 2019 9:37 PM

I tried a few times, but could never get into it. It's not a "so bad it's good movie" in my opinion. I was never able to get into "Showgirls" either.

by Anonymousreply 2May 19, 2019 9:38 PM

I'm Catherine Tremell and I WILL stab a bitch.

by Anonymousreply 3May 19, 2019 9:39 PM

I'm Jean Tripplehorn's big early 90s shoulderpads.

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by Anonymousreply 4May 19, 2019 9:39 PM

I'm the late Bill Cable, also known as Stoner from the 1970s Colt gay porn videos, getting stabbed to death by an ice pick in my finest film performance.

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by Anonymousreply 5May 19, 2019 9:40 PM

I’m the brown V-neck sweater with nothing under it that Nick wears to a sexy nightclub.

With slacks.

by Anonymousreply 6May 19, 2019 9:40 PM

^ maybe I’m gray. I forget.

by Anonymousreply 7May 19, 2019 9:40 PM

I am a lesbian outraged by this movie upon its release!

by Anonymousreply 8May 19, 2019 9:41 PM

R7 You're gray.

by Anonymousreply 9May 19, 2019 9:41 PM

Anyone looking for camp, might want to try Madonna's copycat movie instead, "Body of Evidence." just to witness her truly horrendous acting that would even make a soap star blush.

by Anonymousreply 10May 19, 2019 9:42 PM

I'm the sexy nylons Jean Tripplehorn wears as she's getting fucked from behind by Michael Douglas. Because all respectable psychiatrists in the 1990s wore sexy nylons underneath their professional business skirts.

by Anonymousreply 11May 19, 2019 9:42 PM

I'm Michael Douglas' low hanging balls, visible as he saunters into the bathroom.

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by Anonymousreply 12May 19, 2019 9:44 PM

I am Sharon Stone's soft butch girlfriend, who offed her little brothers for getting more attention than she did.

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by Anonymousreply 13May 19, 2019 9:44 PM

I can't believe Michael Douglas is even in this, he really was the king of sexy thrillers.

by Anonymousreply 14May 19, 2019 9:45 PM

I'm the Mexican maid who answers the door at Sharon's Stone's San Francisco mansion, pissed off as hell that she's working for a lesbo and her soft butch girlfriend.

by Anonymousreply 15May 19, 2019 9:45 PM

not a lesbian. BISEXUAL.

by Anonymousreply 16May 19, 2019 9:47 PM

I'm Sharon Stone's thick, dark brown eyebrows which look ridiculous against her blonde hair.

by Anonymousreply 17May 19, 2019 9:47 PM

I'm the gigantic blocks of ice Sharon Stone has in her refrigerator that she has to stab with an ice pick to put in her drinks, even though she has $110 million and could easily afford a refrigerator with an automatic ice maker.

by Anonymousreply 18May 19, 2019 9:48 PM

I'm the inexplicable night club lighting in the police interrogation room.

by Anonymousreply 19May 19, 2019 9:49 PM

Sharon said the character was just a total sociopath who was only bi, because sex was only a tool to exploit people in her mind, so the gender didn't matter.

by Anonymousreply 20May 19, 2019 9:50 PM

I'm the eldergay who's the only one in the audience who recognizes Dorothy Malone.

by Anonymousreply 21May 19, 2019 9:50 PM

I'm the icepick under the bed at the end of the movie.

by Anonymousreply 22May 19, 2019 9:53 PM

I'm the brown jodhpurs and knee-high boots Sharon Stone wears to visit Michael Douglas at his shitty apartment.

by Anonymousreply 23May 19, 2019 9:57 PM

I'm Gus, the quintessential portly cop partner who never gets any pussy.

by Anonymousreply 24May 19, 2019 9:58 PM

I'm the "In Living Color" Fly Girl dance moves Roxie performs so ineptly at the nightclub that looks like a converted church that doesn't exist in San Francisco.

by Anonymousreply 25May 19, 2019 10:03 PM

I'm the Hermes scarf used to tie up Bill Cable as he fucks the girl with his horse cock.

by Anonymousreply 26May 19, 2019 10:04 PM

I'm Michael Douglas' 47-year old ass, which is still holding up pretty well, but it's starting to show some sagging.

by Anonymousreply 27May 19, 2019 10:08 PM

I'm the super 80s nightclub where are all the leads show off their sexy dance moves. Is that supposed to be Limelight?

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by Anonymousreply 28May 19, 2019 10:08 PM

I'm the Fuck of the Century, as described by Michael Douglas.

by Anonymousreply 29May 19, 2019 10:10 PM

Sorry, I'm an idiot: BI is set in San Francisco, and Limelight was in NYC.

by Anonymousreply 30May 19, 2019 10:12 PM

I'm the Lone Star Saloon, a popular 1990s gay bar in San Francisco, converted into a straight bar for the movie, further pissing off gay people who already hate the fact that a movie about a killer lesbo is being made in their city.

by Anonymousreply 31May 19, 2019 10:13 PM

I'm the pervy theatergoers who had to be kicked out of this film for masturbating in the front row.

by Anonymousreply 32May 19, 2019 10:13 PM

The BI screenwriter, Joe Eszterhas, outed Sharon in his book, "American Rhapsody." She'd claim she was unaware of the angle of the director's (Verhoeven) angle of the camera during the infamous interrogation scene, writing, " . . . on the day of filming that scene, she walked up to me and handed her underwear to me, saying, "I won't be needing these today."

by Anonymousreply 33May 19, 2019 10:15 PM

I'm also Sharon's pussy, but I go by the nickname "Gash" so as not to be confused with Sharon's pussy at OP.

by Anonymousreply 34May 19, 2019 10:16 PM

I'm the brown-toned neutral makeup all the early 90s hotties wore.

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by Anonymousreply 35May 19, 2019 10:17 PM

I'm the weird mooing noise coming from Dr. Garner as she lunges to attack Nick in his own apartment.

by Anonymousreply 36May 19, 2019 10:17 PM

I'm the Bart Simpson keychain.

by Anonymousreply 37May 19, 2019 10:19 PM

I'm Sharon Stone's acting coach, who directed her to pretend she was a femme fatale in a 1940s film noir, and to whom Sharon Stone made the mistake of listening.

by Anonymousreply 38May 19, 2019 10:19 PM

I'm the gorgeous sports car Roxy destroyed in her incomprehensible jealousy of an aging, saggy assed, dry drunk San Francisco cop.

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by Anonymousreply 39May 19, 2019 10:22 PM

I'm the slap given by an outraged Sharon Stone to the director when she saw he nude pussy on the big screen for the first time!

by Anonymousreply 40May 19, 2019 10:22 PM

I'm Alfred Hitchcock. My name will be used a LOT to plug this movie when it's released. "Hitchcockian twists and turns" that kind of nonsense.

by Anonymousreply 41May 19, 2019 10:23 PM

Someone please find a gif of the Roxy dance.

by Anonymousreply 42May 19, 2019 10:24 PM

The good stuff starts at 2:15, R42

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by Anonymousreply 43May 19, 2019 10:30 PM

We're Jeanne Tripplehorn's bare breasts, wondering why no one is talking about us.

by Anonymousreply 44May 19, 2019 10:32 PM

I'm Jean Tripplehorn admitting I was just "experimenting" with lesbianism while I was at Berkeley. Like most Berkeley coeds.

by Anonymousreply 45May 19, 2019 10:32 PM

I'm Jean Tripplehorn, pissed off that Sharon Stone's hairy pussy got more attention than my perky breasts and round ass.

by Anonymousreply 46May 19, 2019 10:33 PM

I'm Gus, the fat, grizzled cop with a heart of gold who, of course, will die a grisly death before the movie ends.

by Anonymousreply 47May 19, 2019 10:35 PM

I’m Dorothy Malone, a reminder of the noir detective films of yesteryear this film was playing fun homage too. R38 doesn’t get the spirit of the movie. Trashy Chandler.

by Anonymousreply 48May 19, 2019 10:39 PM

I'm the dot matrix printer Sharon Stone uses to print out the pages of her novel.

by Anonymousreply 49May 19, 2019 10:39 PM

I'm the London Fog raincoat Jean Tripplehorn wears in every scene, even when it's sunny outside.

by Anonymousreply 50May 19, 2019 10:42 PM

I'm the "n"and "e"that everyone is forgetting from Jeanne Tripplehorn's name.

by Anonymousreply 51May 19, 2019 10:44 PM

I'm the bullets fired from Michael Douglas' gun that have killed 5 innocent people, yet for some reason, don't seem to be enough to get him kicked off the police force.

by Anonymousreply 52May 19, 2019 10:46 PM

I'm the loud, over-produced musical score that ruins virtually every dramatic scene in the film.

by Anonymousreply 53May 19, 2019 10:47 PM

I am the shitty grocery store checkout lane thrillers Catherine Trammell writes, which somehow pay for her fabulous lifestyle in one of the most expensive cities on earth.

by Anonymousreply 54May 19, 2019 10:49 PM

I'm the street parking that always seems to be readily available, even in the most congested parts of San Francisco.

by Anonymousreply 55May 19, 2019 10:50 PM

And I'm the mirrors on the ceilings at the Boz AND Tramell estates.

by Anonymousreply 56May 19, 2019 10:54 PM

I'm the token black dude dancing and doing coke with the lesbians at the dance club.

by Anonymousreply 57May 19, 2019 10:55 PM

I'm "Hoss."

by Anonymousreply 58May 19, 2019 10:59 PM

I'm the tongue cancer Michael Douglas got after licking Sharon Stone's fungal pussy in their first sex scene.

by Anonymousreply 59May 19, 2019 11:00 PM

I'm Mary Pat Gleason, going panty-less on set every day, just in case.

by Anonymousreply 60May 19, 2019 11:06 PM

I’m the Asians that were not even cast as extras....in SF!?!

by Anonymousreply 61May 19, 2019 11:08 PM

R61 They were all busy filming The Joy Luck Club.

by Anonymousreply 62May 19, 2019 11:11 PM

I'm the blue v-neck sweater Michael Douglas wears without a shirt underneath to a nightclub.

by Anonymousreply 63May 19, 2019 11:30 PM

I'm Mitch Pileggi. I was in The X Files!

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by Anonymousreply 64May 19, 2019 11:36 PM

I'm "Rave To Rhythm" by the Belgian Rave act Channel X, playing while the too-hot-for-you lesbians grind against each other on the dance floor like Greek Sirens luring men to their deaths.

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by Anonymousreply 65May 19, 2019 11:42 PM

I am Madonna. R17's post illustrates how Sharon's characterization was modeled after ME.

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by Anonymousreply 66May 19, 2019 11:50 PM

R54 She inherited $110 million when her parents died in an "accident."

by Anonymousreply 67May 20, 2019 12:03 AM

Not sure why everyone is bitching. I thought it was good trashy fun with beautiful houses and scenery and cock.

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by Anonymousreply 68May 20, 2019 12:21 AM

Jesus, r59. I was thinking the same thing. And he seemed so into it.

by Anonymousreply 69May 20, 2019 12:29 AM

I’m Newman from Seinfeld panting after Sharon Stone’s cooch looking just like Newman from Seinfeld panting over a Drake’s Coffee Cake

by Anonymousreply 70May 20, 2019 12:35 AM

R63, you’re gray.

by Anonymousreply 71May 20, 2019 12:35 AM

I’m the cigarettes everyone smoked back then.

by Anonymousreply 72May 20, 2019 12:35 AM

That club was supposed to be like Limelight. I kind of loved this movie. The club dance off was spectacular. Michael Douglas had 0 moves. Sharon was fabulous!

by Anonymousreply 73May 20, 2019 12:49 AM

^^ Lazy

by Anonymousreply 74May 20, 2019 12:55 AM

We're the Ford Granada Nick and Gus drive around SFO.

by Anonymousreply 75May 20, 2019 1:05 AM

I'm the rug rats who will be raised.

by Anonymousreply 76May 20, 2019 1:25 AM

I'm smoking. A non-criminal offense in which no one can be arrested for , not even if done in a police station .

by Anonymousreply 77May 20, 2019 1:46 AM

I'm Catherine's beach house. I'm over 2 hours outside the city (more, with traffic) and the cops head over there like it's no biggie.

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by Anonymousreply 78May 20, 2019 1:56 AM

I am OP getting stabbed with 10 million ice picks, simultaneously.

by Anonymousreply 79May 20, 2019 2:06 AM

I'm Jeannie Tripplehorny and frankly I'm upset because I don't get to have a sex scene with Roxy.

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by Anonymousreply 80May 20, 2019 2:24 AM

I love this movie and SHOWGIRLS. Sharon Stone never looked better.

by Anonymousreply 81May 20, 2019 3:47 AM

She looked even better in her screen test. And her acting's mellower.

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by Anonymousreply 82May 20, 2019 3:57 AM

I’m the audience wondering what hot, rich Sharon sees in past-his-prime MD.

by Anonymousreply 83May 20, 2019 4:00 AM

R76, I’m Catherine Trammel, and I *hate* rugrats.

by Anonymousreply 84May 20, 2019 4:01 AM

I’m madonna. An actual sociopath. Obsessed with the character of Catherine Trammel because she’s me. And I’m her. Except I’m ugly. And thirsty. And my pussy smells like michigan trash and desperation.

by Anonymousreply 85May 20, 2019 4:08 AM

I'm the improved interrogation scene

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by Anonymousreply 86May 20, 2019 4:30 AM

I never got Kathy Ireland...the jaw is like Bethenny Frankel's pre reduction.

by Anonymousreply 87May 20, 2019 11:31 AM

R82 she looks really beautiful. Just gorgeous! Her voice was nice too, now she sounds like she is being choked when she talks.

by Anonymousreply 88May 20, 2019 2:48 PM

I'm Emma Thompson. I auditioned for this movie! Really! Sharon was born to play this part.

by Anonymousreply 89May 20, 2019 5:48 PM

I'm Roxy's vigorous dance moves at the nightclub. No one has ever actually seen me in a club before. I am the result of 87 key bumps administered to me by Catherine Tramell in a bathroom stall.

by Anonymousreply 90May 20, 2019 6:02 PM

I'm the constant window shutter shadows on every single wall of every single room in every single scene of the movie that involves an apartment or office.

by Anonymousreply 91May 21, 2019 12:47 AM

I'm R85's t-cell count and I've just bottomed out sending him to the hospital for emergency treatment.

by Anonymousreply 92May 21, 2019 1:24 AM

[quote]r89 I'm Emma Thompson. I auditioned for this movie!

And I'm Australia's Grerta Scacchi, touted as the Next Big Thing after THE COCA COLA KID and PRESUMED INNOCENT.

I was first choice for Catherine but turned it down, along with about every other big budget offer that came my way.

I'm kind of my generation's Tuesday Weld.

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by Anonymousreply 93May 21, 2019 1:32 AM

Most of the A list turned down the role. Sharon was desperate for her big break...even though she was a B star for a few years. Thank god she got it!

by Anonymousreply 94May 21, 2019 1:43 AM

Here is what you missed when Emma didn't get the part

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by Anonymousreply 95May 21, 2019 1:45 AM

I watched Greta Scacchi in White MIschief a few days ago, and she was gorgeous in her prime. I can see why they cast Stone when they couldn't get Scacchi: Both icy Hitchcock Blondes with perfect tits.

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by Anonymousreply 96May 21, 2019 1:49 AM

[quote]r94 Most of the A list turned down the role. Sharon was desperate for her big break...even though she was a B star for a few years. Thank god she got it!

Greta "#JustSayNo2Hollywood" Scacchi, here.

Yes, this is true. All the name actresses turned BASIC down ... but they all came after [italic]me[/italic]. As it happens, I was approached first. Michelle P turned it down next. Then it was open season.

I did THE PLAYER instead, because it was Altman (and indie). But even top billing didn't make me want to stick around town.

(And thank you, R96 )

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by Anonymousreply 97May 21, 2019 1:51 AM

I’m the blonde public hair that matches the drapes. In 1992, a completely bare pussy was not fashionable.

by Anonymousreply 98May 25, 2019 1:13 AM

I'm the memorable Theme Music which would be replicated in many, many sex thrillers to follow.

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by Anonymousreply 99May 25, 2019 1:24 AM

I'm "Blue" by LaTour, the music playing at the Sodom & Gomorra nightclub in San Francisco.

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by Anonymousreply 100May 25, 2019 1:25 AM

I’m the bunny. Got boiled. On the plus side, I didn’t get shoved. Up Sharon Stone’s snatch So, that’s a win.

by Anonymousreply 101May 25, 2019 4:01 AM

I'm the unrated DVD which came with a bonus ice pick and unrated scenes including the major sex scene with Michael Douglas eating Sharon Stone's pussy.

by Anonymousreply 102May 25, 2019 4:23 AM

R102 So that’s how he got cancer. Her pussy is deadly.

by Anonymousreply 103May 25, 2019 4:35 AM

I am Michael Douglas's wrinkly, crepe-like undereye area. I am one of his many attributes that make him unattractive.

Years later I will be tightened and lifted.

by Anonymousreply 104May 25, 2019 9:05 AM

I’m his flat, flabby, pancake ass.

But kudos to him for showing me off anyway.

by Anonymousreply 105May 25, 2019 9:20 AM

I am Sharon Stone's equally flat, flabby, pancake ass. I got far less screen time than my costar at r105 because you know....VANITY.

by Anonymousreply 106May 25, 2019 11:35 PM

I am Jeanne Tripplehorn's horrid triangular haircut. I whip around a lot. I have a starting role.

I am proof that thick wavy hair needs to be layered.

by Anonymousreply 107May 25, 2019 11:40 PM

*starring

by Anonymousreply 108May 25, 2019 11:41 PM

I am the Gay male viewer who is thoroughly unimpressed by Ms. Stone. I am convinced that she fucked Paul Verhoeven, whose slut wife Nomi was the inspiration for Showgirls. In the clip above in which Sharon is rehearsing her lines with him, I find her to be lackluster, plain, and clearly lacking star quality. In addition, I strongly believe her pussy STANKS.

by Anonymousreply 109May 25, 2019 11:51 PM

I'm the random appearance of Hellraiser on Nick's TV when he wakes up in his living room late at night.

by Anonymousreply 110May 25, 2019 11:55 PM

I am Sharon. This is what I really look like.

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by Anonymousreply 111May 25, 2019 11:55 PM

I’m Jeanne Tripplehorn’s small firm tits.

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by Anonymousreply 112May 26, 2019 12:05 AM

I’m the lines of coke that helped Michael Douglas beat the lie detector.

by Anonymousreply 113May 26, 2019 12:09 AM

I'm the insecure teen whose sexuality is emerging for the first time by seeing this movie. This is an important moment for me. The passion, sex, lust and chemistry between the two leads. Unlike today, in the 90s you couldn't find porn everywhere. It was like a special gift, and you had to go through video clips and movies to find ít. It was precious. I wonder if it would still be a hit today. I think so. Movies like these are so rare now. And I miss them.

by Anonymousreply 114May 26, 2019 12:15 AM

I am surprised she was cast based upon that audition, as well. She did bring the star quality to the movie somehow. Then again, she never had another hit

by Anonymousreply 115May 26, 2019 12:16 AM

I’m Jeanne Tripplehorn’s career... soon to disappear permanently after appearing in “Waterworld”.

by Anonymousreply 116May 26, 2019 12:17 AM

I'm Sharon Stone's charisma. I have only been around for that one specific movie. I don't know where I've gone too, probably some other actress but somehow they don't use it to their advantage as much as Sharon did. I was once on top of my game and Basic Instinct brought it all out, for the world to see and admire.

by Anonymousreply 117May 26, 2019 12:18 AM

[quote]I’m the bunny. Got boiled. On the plus side, I didn’t get shoved. Up Sharon Stone’s snatch So, that’s a win.

I’m Glenn Close and the movie “Fatal Attraction” that you’re actually thinking of.

by Anonymousreply 118May 26, 2019 12:23 AM

R114 - Slow your roll. Naomi McDonald was never married to Verhoeven. She was married to Bill McDonald, producer, "BI," with whom Shameless Sharon had her way during filming.

by Anonymousreply 119May 26, 2019 12:26 AM

I’m Madonna, who thought she could remake this movie the same year and call it “Body of Evidence”.

by Anonymousreply 120May 26, 2019 1:34 AM

I am Michael Douglas's slack lower lip. I make viewers want to slap me.

by Anonymousreply 121May 26, 2019 1:49 AM

I am Gus. I think I might be gay.

by Anonymousreply 122May 26, 2019 1:50 AM

I am Gus's tongue. I flicker cunnilingus style at the Hispanic females sitting across from me in the diner.

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by Anonymousreply 123May 26, 2019 1:57 AM

I am Dorothy Malone. I have barely any lines in this shit show. I roll over in my grave every time I remember accepting this fucking stupid ass murderess role.

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by Anonymousreply 124May 26, 2019 2:02 AM

[quote]r117 I'm Sharon Stone's charisma. I have only been around for that one specific movie.

NO ONE puts Sharon in a corner!

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by Anonymousreply 125May 26, 2019 2:09 AM

I am the plastic Bart Simpson key chain. I realize I have been mentioned up thread - I mean, c' mon, I appear in quite a few scenes - but I am the real mystery of the film.

DO I BELONG TO SHOOTER OR BETH?

WHAT IS MY POINT? HOW DO I EXPLAIN CHARACTER, WHOMEVER I FUCKING BELONG TO?

AM I JUST A SHAMELESS PLUG?

WHO THE FUCK CARRIED ME AROUND IN REAL LIFE IN THE EARLY 90S?

WHAT DO I FUCKING SIGNIFY?

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by Anonymousreply 126May 26, 2019 2:09 AM

I’m “Shooter”

by Anonymousreply 127May 26, 2019 2:14 AM

I’m the hilarious opening scene of the sequel that needs to be seen to be believed.

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by Anonymousreply 128May 26, 2019 2:15 AM

Until a few years ago, I thought the erotic thriller was primed for a huge comeback. These movies made boffo bucks. But I don’t think any studio would take the risk of anything highly sexualized, post #MeToo.

by Anonymousreply 129May 26, 2019 2:17 AM

Is anyone able to explain Dorothy Malone's character in this film?

by Anonymousreply 130May 26, 2019 2:19 AM

Yeah, I miss erotic thrillers. But weirdly enough I think Verhoeven himself helped kill them with Showgirls.

In the wake of Basic Instinct, we got flops like Body of Evidence and Jade and then Showgirls was such a flop that it basically killed erotic thrillers. Stone's own follow-up, Sliver, failed to match the success of BI.

The sequel was always going to be a dumb idea but Stone was too old when she did it, and she looked ridiculous in it with her boob job and tight face.

I don't see them reviving them in light of #metoo. And social media would probably kill any chances of an erotic thriller being made.

by Anonymousreply 131May 26, 2019 2:23 AM

Theresa Russell and Debra Winger made the same film five years prior to the release of BI.

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by Anonymousreply 132May 26, 2019 2:28 AM

R130 she was just another murderess that Catharine hung out with. She played the sweet old lady who offed her whole family with a smile and no motive. She did jail time, got released and Catharine befriends her to understand a killer's mind to better write her novels. Basically she is the set up for Shooter's line" Do you have any friends that aren't murderers?"

Stupid role. Stupid plot. Worse movie.

by Anonymousreply 133May 26, 2019 2:55 AM

Fun fact: Theresa Russell's character in "Black Widow" (see above) is also named "Catharine," who is also a psychopath . . .

Hmmmm . . .

by Anonymousreply 134May 26, 2019 3:03 AM

Christ, can you imagine trying to get this movie made today? "Why can't Catherine be a trans woman of color, but take out the murder, because people will think all trans people are murderers. Also, make sure Nick and Catherine consent before they kiss. We don't want anything problematic." Hell, forget about that scene with Beth where Nick practically rapes her.

by Anonymousreply 135May 26, 2019 3:07 AM

It would never be made today. Even in '92 it was controversial. Same with Silence of the Lambs. Can you imagine them releasing that today? The trans community would be going insane not being able to use more than 140 characters per tweet.

by Anonymousreply 136May 26, 2019 3:25 AM

I’m Johnny Boz. Was I based on Boz Scaggs. Give me the lowdown.

by Anonymousreply 137May 26, 2019 3:29 AM

Hi. I'm Sharon again. I am a sexy goddess.

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by Anonymousreply 138May 26, 2019 3:32 AM

[quote]r130 Is anyone able to explain Dorothy Malone's character in this film?

She is a famous killer now released from prison after decades behind bars. I suspect Catherine (with all her money) supports her now, or at least feels a kinship. She was probably in the papers when Catherine was growing up, and the young sociopath idolized her.

This does seem like a character that was whitled down from what was originally intended, though.

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by Anonymousreply 139May 26, 2019 3:41 AM

I'm 1990-esque Brooke Shields, who turned down the role of Roxy.

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by Anonymousreply 140May 26, 2019 3:50 AM

Brooke was a prostitution whore even before she had any hair in her snatch, thanks to her drifter mother. She probably had enough of this exploitative bullshit.

by Anonymousreply 141May 26, 2019 4:29 AM

I’m the surprise anal.

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by Anonymousreply 142May 26, 2019 6:29 AM

Today's times are non erotic and prudish but I still think these type of movies will make a comeback when one least expects it...

by Anonymousreply 143May 26, 2019 11:19 AM

Never saw the sequel.

Do they explain why Michael Douglas isn't in it?

by Anonymousreply 144May 26, 2019 11:21 AM

R144

Nope. I bet she killed him.

by Anonymousreply 145May 26, 2019 11:26 AM

I liked Body Heat as well but it isn't up to par with BI. No sex appeal. I've seen Basic Instinct at least 10 times. Never wanted to see BH again. BI has become a classic and stands the test of time unlike BH which is mostly forgotten.

by Anonymousreply 146May 26, 2019 11:30 AM

I'm all the ice. There will be a last chance for me in Showgirls.

by Anonymousreply 147May 26, 2019 11:52 AM

I'm the Fuck of the Century. I haven't been given any lines.

by Anonymousreply 148May 26, 2019 12:05 PM

I'm Hitchcock's Vertigo; the film this shitfest was desperate to be. This is basically the porn version of me.

by Anonymousreply 149May 26, 2019 12:08 PM

Because of the ending, was Catherine the actual killer after all?

by Anonymousreply 150May 26, 2019 12:18 PM

No, I believe the chick who got it in the tuckus was the killer

by Anonymousreply 151May 26, 2019 12:29 PM

But why the evil look on Sharon Stone's face at the end and the ice pick under the bed?

by Anonymousreply 152May 26, 2019 12:37 PM

I’m hands and fingers.

R146, Body Heat is a far superior film to this hot mess. Sharon Stone gave one deliberate camp performance, she went all in.

by Anonymousreply 153May 26, 2019 4:19 PM

I’m Stone’s wide meat-curtains.

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by Anonymousreply 154May 26, 2019 5:52 PM

R132, I looove Black Widow. I recently bought it on iTunes. We should have a thread on THAT.

by Anonymousreply 155May 26, 2019 6:00 PM

I bet she's a great fuck

by Anonymousreply 156May 26, 2019 8:11 PM

Of course Catherine was the killer

by Anonymousreply 157May 26, 2019 8:15 PM

It’s no Color of Night.

by Anonymousreply 158May 26, 2019 10:14 PM

R144 it's mentioned in the sequel Nick had disappeared long ago. Sharon Stone said in an interview "Poor Nick is dead. "

R150 Catherine is indeed the killer. Its more overt in the sequel. Again, Stone said in an interview she was the one who filmed the opening scene where she stabs her boyfriend and there's no doubt she framed the others.

by Anonymousreply 159May 26, 2019 11:18 PM

Color of Night...now THAT's a camp masterpiece.

by Anonymousreply 160May 26, 2019 11:19 PM

Kathleen Wilhoite's scene at the beginning of 'Color of Night' is the stuff of camp legends!

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by Anonymousreply 161May 26, 2019 11:21 PM

I'm Final Analysis. I was released months after BI. Uma was no Sharon Stone thus I bombed.

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by Anonymousreply 162May 26, 2019 11:42 PM

"Face it, Syd, your mom's no Sharon Stone!"

by Anonymousreply 163May 26, 2019 11:46 PM

Wait, does R162 prove that Stone is better at psychological thrillers than Richard Gere?

by Anonymousreply 164May 27, 2019 12:08 AM

03/25/1996 - Academy Awards.

Sharon Stone is wearing a Mock Stretch Turtleneck by you-know-who!

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by Anonymousreply 165May 27, 2019 12:10 AM

BI is a masterpiece of trolling. Paul Verhoeven is brilliant.

by Anonymousreply 166May 27, 2019 12:13 AM

Sharon Stone had a tremendous fashion sense.

by Anonymousreply 167May 27, 2019 12:19 PM

[quote]Sharon Stone had a tremendous fashion sense.

Thanks to Gap, yes!

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by Anonymousreply 168May 27, 2019 12:42 PM

I'm the Oscar nomination that some people seriously thought Sharon should have gotten.

by Anonymousreply 169May 27, 2019 12:55 PM

The same deranged DLers who thought Jamie Lee Curtis should have gotten an Oscar nomination for Halloween 2018?

by Anonymousreply 170May 27, 2019 12:57 PM

I'm Camille Paglia who thinks this movie is the shit.

by Anonymousreply 171May 27, 2019 1:00 PM

I‘m a pack of cigarettes making the smokers all sexy.

by Anonymousreply 172May 27, 2019 1:07 PM

I'm the insane lesbian members of the SNL audience trying to ruin Sharon's monologue at the beginning (all that "lesbian killer" stuff upset them).

by Anonymousreply 173May 27, 2019 1:09 PM

I mean another poster who would rather talk "Black Widow". She mates and she kills.

by Anonymousreply 174May 27, 2019 1:45 PM

Now I’m watching this... are you bitches happy?

by Anonymousreply 175May 27, 2019 1:50 PM

Just rewatched it after many years since viewing. Doesn’t hold up at all.

The only thing that makes it worthwhile, is watching Sharon Stone. She was luminous

by Anonymousreply 176May 27, 2019 6:07 PM

I'm Jerry Goldsmith's score. I'm the best thing about the movie. Yes, even better than Ms. Stone.

by Anonymousreply 177May 27, 2019 9:44 PM

I do think Stone deserved an Oscar nom for this and Casino.

by Anonymousreply 178May 27, 2019 10:00 PM

Why wasn't Sliver a bigger hit? Likely not due to Sharon.

by Anonymousreply 179May 27, 2019 10:02 PM

Sliver had major production problems. They had to scrap the last quarter of the movie, reshoot it and completely changed the ending. Plus, Stone and Billy Baldwin hated each other.

The deleted footage has never been released.

by Anonymousreply 180May 27, 2019 10:04 PM

I’m the brilliant Jerry Goldsmith score

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by Anonymousreply 181May 27, 2019 10:29 PM

I loved Sliver. I think had they cast different male leads, it would have been a bigger hit. Tom Berenger and Billy Baldwin weren't exactly in the same league as Sharon.

The soundtrack was awesome.

by Anonymousreply 182May 27, 2019 10:50 PM

"Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack, from the SLIVER soundtrack, is on the September 1993 GAP In-Store Playlist!

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by Anonymousreply 183May 27, 2019 10:52 PM

Additionally, Phillip Noyce is no Paul Verhoeven

by Anonymousreply 184May 27, 2019 10:58 PM

Sharon and Billy hated each other? I've never heard that. Proof?

by Anonymousreply 185May 27, 2019 11:23 PM

I'm sure they hate each other now. He's a Trumper and she hates Trump!

Viva La Stone!

by Anonymousreply 186May 27, 2019 11:37 PM

I think Sliver bombed because people expected Sharon to play another sex bomb after BI and she wanted to show her range by doing something different.

by Anonymousreply 187May 27, 2019 11:38 PM

Wrong Baldwin. William isn't a Trumper.

I will say that the dialogue in Sliver during the dinner scene was awful. I never want to hear an actor say "panties" again.

by Anonymousreply 188May 27, 2019 11:42 PM

Sharon didn't exactly play a prude in Sliver. There's a whole scene dedicated to Sharon masturbating in the tub.

by Anonymousreply 189May 27, 2019 11:43 PM

[quote]r155 I looove Black Widow. I recently bought it on iTunes. We should have a thread on THAT.

And [italic]BAM!

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by Anonymousreply 190May 28, 2019 12:02 AM

[quote]r99 I'm the memorable theme music which would be replicated in many, many sex thrillers to follow.

And sampled on TV shows!

I was watching the series FAKE OR FORTUNE, about art forgery ... and kept thinking, "What is that beautiful, silvery music...that makes me feel like I'm about to jump out a window?"

In this episode, they sneak it in at the 07:00 mark, just before they bring up the topic of NAZIS!

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by Anonymousreply 191May 28, 2019 12:22 AM

Was Douglas the first choice to play Nick?

by Anonymousreply 192May 28, 2019 12:47 AM

Here is an old article about the troubled production which references the tension between Stone and Baldwin.

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by Anonymousreply 193May 28, 2019 12:50 AM

That wasn't anal sex. He was just taking her from behind. Apparently, they hadn't done that before because she mentions him not being himself.

What I find hilarious is that every woman, in every erotic thriller, always has to wear those stocking holders and belts.

by Anonymousreply 194May 28, 2019 12:51 AM

Did Elizabeth Berkeley hilariously think that Showgirls would be her Basic Instinct?

by Anonymousreply 195May 28, 2019 1:15 AM

I'm Michael Douglas' above-the-title billing .... which shrieked [italic]"No Room at the Inn!!"[/italic] at Sharon Stone.

The poster looked really silly with his name alone up there. (I think they changed it for some DVD releases.)

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by Anonymousreply 196May 28, 2019 1:20 AM

It would have been better if Sharon won the Oscar in 1996 for “Casino”, rather than that Bernie-blowing cunt Susan Sarandon.

by Anonymousreply 197May 28, 2019 1:45 AM

I'm Jeanne Tripplehorn who seemed to come out of nowhere to land this substantial role.

by Anonymousreply 198May 28, 2019 1:53 AM

^^ I wonder if Jeanne Tripplehorn availed herself of the casting couch?

by Anonymousreply 199May 28, 2019 2:02 AM

[quote]r197 It would have been better if Sharon won the Oscar in 1996 for “Casino”, rather than that Bernie-blowing cunt Susan Sarandon.

Well, Susie deserves a career Oscar over Sharon, that's for sure. But Stone is spellbinding in CASINO.

I suspect it might be because it's a character who's quite a bit like she is, herself. And there's such a range to how the part's written! (Plus, she had a great director.)

She's wonderful in this scene, and she barely speaks. (Trivia: the costume designer put her in contrasting black and white here because the character's starting to fragment, and we're seeing more of her underbelly, as it were.)

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by Anonymousreply 200May 28, 2019 2:03 AM

I think Michael helped legitimize this, since Fatal Attraction was such a big deal

by Anonymousreply 201May 28, 2019 2:05 AM

I'm that early scene in another movie, FATAL ATTRACTION, in a literary office meeting where Glen Close is discussing the case of a female writer who writes violent, sexually-charged books based on all the men she's slept with. Are they talking about Sharon Stone's character in the future? Michael Douglas is sitting right there! Glenn Close plays a sociopathic blond seductress! Odd moment where two films seem to cross paths.

by Anonymousreply 202May 28, 2019 2:07 AM

[quote]r199 I wonder if Jeanne Tripplehorn availed herself of the casting couch?

No, she was a Juilliard grad.

They needn't resort to such antics.

by Anonymousreply 203May 28, 2019 2:12 AM

Her performance was a bit campy, dear. Do they have a class specifically for that at Julliard?

by Anonymousreply 204May 28, 2019 2:19 AM

Her job was to capture the spirit of the material.

And that script was written in 13 days, so - - -

by Anonymousreply 205May 28, 2019 2:23 AM

I wonder if the animal-like groan, when she attacks Nick, was in the script?

by Anonymousreply 206May 28, 2019 2:27 AM

I'm Jeanne Triplehorne's character, facing Michael Douglas's loaded gun and demands to stay back, refusing to listen, trying to make my lover understand that I could never be the killer.

I'm Michael Douglas' character, a seasoned cop, holding a gun on an unarmed woman, panicking and shooting to kill her when I totally could have subdued her with nary a struggle. This ridiculous act totally prevented the truth from coming out and sent me back into the arms of an icepick killer.

by Anonymousreply 207May 28, 2019 2:43 AM

I’m the other potential Nicks:

Other actors considered for the part include A-list names such as Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Harrison Ford, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Tom Hanks, Michael J. Fox, Sylvester Stallone, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis, Al Pacino, Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Richard Dean Anderson, and Chuck Norris

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by Anonymousreply 208May 28, 2019 2:54 AM

Can you imagine Tom Cruise in the role? Punching the air and flailing about as he screams about the fuck of the century.

by Anonymousreply 209May 28, 2019 3:01 AM

R209, I had a good chuckle imagining some of those contenders in the part. Pint-sized boy next door Michael J. Fox?

by Anonymousreply 210May 28, 2019 3:04 AM

^ I just pictured Marty McFly going “Oh jeez Doc, the woman we were questioning... she wasn’t wearing any lady pants”

by Anonymousreply 211May 28, 2019 3:11 AM

Tom Cruise would be jumping on the bed trampoline-style as he screamed about the fuck of the century.

by Anonymousreply 212May 28, 2019 3:15 AM

Or how about John Travolta, naked and smushed up against a naked woman, trying to convince us he’s into it?

by Anonymousreply 213May 28, 2019 3:17 AM

Douglas didn't dance in the club scene. He swayed a bit. It looked odd and certainly didn't rival Roxy's aggressive dancing.

by Anonymousreply 214May 28, 2019 3:20 AM

Tom Hanks would be a perfect Nick ... opposite SALLY FIELD as Catherine.

by Anonymousreply 215May 28, 2019 3:24 AM

You're joking. Why not Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg?

by Anonymousreply 216May 28, 2019 3:31 AM

I'm Sharon Stone's strangely messy hair on the beach scene, after she fucked Michael Douglas. I'm all wet, tangled and messy and I don't make any sense.

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by Anonymousreply 217May 28, 2019 3:52 AM

The "main guy taking out his lust/frustration over Catherine by banging the shit out of his fuck buddy doggystyle" scene in the sequel is so much better. David Morrissey just pounding away.

by Anonymousreply 218May 28, 2019 4:01 AM

Here's Sharon at the AFI tribute to Michael Douglas, riffing on BI.

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by Anonymousreply 219May 28, 2019 9:14 AM

Sharon is just the coolest!

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by Anonymousreply 220May 28, 2019 12:48 PM

Sharon Stone was electric in Casino: Never as good before or after. But then, Scorsese has a knack for getting good performances out of mediocre actresses, see also Cathy Moriarty, Lorraine Bracco, Winona Ryder. Only Cameron Diaz seemed to defeat him.

by Anonymousreply 221May 28, 2019 2:55 PM

Sharing Stone has great tits.

by Anonymousreply 222May 28, 2019 5:49 PM

Was Glenn ever considered for the role of Catherine? Admittedly she was a bit older but they had terrific chemistry.

by Anonymousreply 223May 28, 2019 7:14 PM

[quote]r221 Sharon Stone was electric in Casino: Never as good before or after. But then, Scorsese has a knack for getting good performances out of mediocre actresses.

I can't believe it's true, but I've read several times that SEAN YOUNG was Scorsese's first choice for the role of Ginger. Suposedly she was pregnant,and couldn't do it.

Sean Young is an utterly beautiful woman, but let's face it, her greatest success was playing a robot. I can't see how the director could POSSIBLY think she had the ability to pull off this demanding part.

Could this be true?? Sean YOUNG???

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by Anonymousreply 224May 28, 2019 8:49 PM

R218 that movie was pretty bad, but I remember he had a great ass in that scene

by Anonymousreply 225May 28, 2019 8:56 PM

I didn't know Scorsese wanted Sean Young. is that really true r224? There's no way that could have happened if James Woods had already been hired since the events of The Boost.

I actually like the sequel r225. I thought Morrissey was hot and had a hot ass. I kind of liked his stoic presence. I loved how he was so stone-faced in everyday life and then a tiger in bed.

by Anonymousreply 226May 29, 2019 1:19 AM

He had a nice body, but he was pretty lifeless on screen. I think his performance turned what could have been a camp classic into just an average, run of the mill bad movie about bisexual serial killer. It just wasn’t fun when he was around.

by Anonymousreply 227May 29, 2019 7:25 AM

We all know the trouble Sharon had in finding a leading man for the sequel. As many actors turned it down as actresses turned down her part in the original. Which explains why they had to go to the UK to make it.

by Anonymousreply 228May 29, 2019 7:29 AM

Let's be dead Johnny Boz's penis...which Verhoeven snuck into a scene!

by Anonymousreply 229May 29, 2019 7:55 AM

I'm the civic-minded, very respectable cocaine in Johnny Boz' bedroom.

by Anonymousreply 230May 29, 2019 8:58 AM

I'm the mirror that reflects Catherine's bare bum as she dresses for her interrogation.

by Anonymousreply 231June 1, 2019 10:52 AM

I'm the house in Stinson, which is actually in Carmel.

by Anonymousreply 232June 1, 2019 11:01 AM

I'm the Rolling Stones music that Joe Ezsterhaus listened to non-stop in a blind frenzy as he wrote the screenplay.

by Anonymousreply 233June 1, 2019 12:40 PM

I'm the construction dirt pile in downtown San Francisco that allows Roxie's car to do an Evil Knievel jump.

by Anonymousreply 234June 1, 2019 2:32 PM

i'm the aerobic class taking place in front of Michael Douglas' window while he is in a very tense and dramatic scene with Jeanne T. I'm hilarious. Verhoeven is a great satirist.

by Anonymousreply 235June 1, 2019 2:46 PM

I'm the cute young detective who pronounces "Hermes" as "Hermeez."

by Anonymousreply 236June 1, 2019 6:17 PM

I'm imagining Harrison Ford instead of Michael Douglas. I think that would have been an interesting choice.

by Anonymousreply 237June 1, 2019 6:52 PM

Harrison was undoubtedly sexier

by Anonymousreply 238June 1, 2019 7:00 PM

Harrison Ford always looks either stoned or disgusted, terrible choice for an erotic and aggressive character

by Anonymousreply 239June 1, 2019 10:27 PM

Harrison Ford has the charisma of a mailbox.

by Anonymousreply 240June 1, 2019 11:21 PM

I think his stiffness worked in What Lies Beneath because he played someone concealing a secret.

by Anonymousreply 241June 2, 2019 1:01 AM

I can't believe people are saying Harrison Ford has no charisma. He was great as Han Solo, Indiana Jones and was hilarious and sexy in Working Girl. And he's fantastic in Witness.

But I can't see him in this movie.

by Anonymousreply 242June 2, 2019 3:00 AM

I'm Sharon's boob job.

by Anonymousreply 243June 2, 2019 3:35 AM

Are we supposed to believe that Catherine is attracted to Nick or that she is just a sociopath using him for research for her new book?

by Anonymousreply 244June 2, 2019 8:39 AM

I'm fingers :). Catherine likes me :).

by Anonymousreply 245June 2, 2019 8:45 AM

I'm Sharon's great quote about Catherine. 'Who wouldn't want to play a character like that? Well, lucky for me, nobody wanted to."

by Anonymousreply 246June 2, 2019 8:49 AM

I am the old Jewish lady heartily chuckling at Michael Douglas' saggy flat ass in the sex scene in the movie theater where my younger self watched this movie back in 1992.

I am also Sharon Stone's mother who replied when told that audiences were appalled that Catherine Trammell might be a lesbian, replied that that should be much more worried that Catherine Trammell might be a serial murderer.

"Basic Instinct" has left Netflix as of February 28, so I took the chance to watch it after nearly thirty years before it is dropped. I think there have been digital alterations and CGI in the nude scenes. Sharon Stone's vagina was much more shadowed, didn't move and seemed to get less screen time. I also felt that Michael Douglas' saggy, middle-aged body had been digitally improved giving him rosier flesh tones and more muscle tone and smoothness - bigger biceps and chest muscles and a firmer, rounder ass. I remember a pasty body with flat chest, skinny legs and a saggy ass. I think someone needs to get screenshots of the old VHS release and compare it with what is in the streaming version now. Michael Douglas may have had the pull with the studio to get them to digitally alter his nude scenes. As I said above, people laughed and mocked his body when the movie was released. He looked decent in the streaming version I just saw.

Also, in addition to the controversy about the lesbian killer angle there were also complaints that the women were showing everything including p*ssy while Michael Douglas' penis was roboscoped and shadowed out and was never seen. A typical disparity in Hollywood - women are pressured to show their tits but god forbid anyone sees an actor's dick and says "I thought it would be bigger".

by Anonymousreply 247March 1, 2021 6:10 AM

I am the Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct line of lingerie that fat, blowsy daughter Kim models for suburban Aussie frauen in Kath & Kim.

by Anonymousreply 248March 1, 2021 6:43 AM

I’m Joe Eszterhas on Sharon: “We say in Hollywood, if you can’t get what you want from a Producer... put Sharon alone in a room with him for 30 minutes.”

by Anonymousreply 249March 1, 2021 7:16 AM

Im coke, have you ever fucked on me?

by Anonymousreply 250March 1, 2021 7:17 AM

I am the gay guy who wondered what the fuss was all about? Oh It must be the script... I realized

by Anonymousreply 251March 1, 2021 9:01 AM

I'm Glenn Close who appeared in the same movie, Jagged Edge, in 1985. It even had a Joe Eszterhas screenplay.

But Jeff Bridges played Sharon Stone, so I had to play Michael Douglas.

by Anonymousreply 252March 1, 2021 11:01 AM

I'm the reboot of this "iconic" film, pitched by lazy writers and execs who haven't had a single original thought in their lives. I am going to be edgy, hip and woke by casting a TWOC in the "iconic" Sharon Stone hole.

by Anonymousreply 253March 6, 2021 9:29 AM

I’m Roxie voguing in the club

by Anonymousreply 254June 13, 2021 8:44 AM

I am Sharon Stone’s thick, dark brown eyebrows which came back into fashion

by Anonymousreply 255June 13, 2021 9:03 AM

[quote] Douglas didn't dance in the club scene. He swayed a bit.

What might have been

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by Anonymousreply 256June 13, 2021 10:36 AM

I’m Channel X, taking me back to sneaking out to the clubs in my misspent youth.

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by Anonymousreply 257June 16, 2021 9:58 AM

I’m CZJ and I maintain mine was not the pussy that gave MD cancer.

by Anonymousreply 258October 12, 2021 8:37 AM
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