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No body doubles were used in any of the sex scenes.

According to a poll for movie subscription service LoveFilm, Sharon Stone's infamous leg-crossing scene has been named the most-paused "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" moment in movies.

Sharon Stone was only offered the role of Catherine after 13 actresses had turned it down.

According to Sharon Stone, director Paul Verhoeven asked her to remove her underwear for the leg-crossing scene, as he said they were too bright and reflected at the camera. Stone agreed to do so under the assumption that her genitals weren't visible. It was only at an early preview that Stone discovered Verhoeven chose to use this specific shot. Stone was mainly cross with Verhoeven for not discussing the matter with her beforehand, but decided to let the scene go without changes, as she felt this conformed with her movie character. However, Verhoeven's version of the conflict is that he told Stone beforehand about the leg-crossing shot, as it was important for showing Catherine Tramell's free-spirited nature and her constant drive to toy with people. Stone was reportedly excited about the idea and shot the scene. However, during the early preview, her agents supposedly disproved of the scene, fearing it would harm her future career. According to Verhoeven, Stone radically changed her mind about the shot and demanded that he remove it, which he ultimately refused.

Michael Douglas had a clause in his contract that forbade him from appearing in any full-frontal-nudity scenes.

The main sex scene with Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone took five days to film.

Sharon Stone was seriously considering giving up acting to study law at the time she was offered the role of Catherine Tramell. (qu'est-ce qu'un avocat sinon un acteur plus ou moins talentueux)

Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone had to wear genital pads during the sex scenes due to the AIDS epidemic.

Michael Douglas declined to go full frontal in the film, or to let his character be bisexual.

Michael Douglas felt an established star was needed to play Catherine, so the movie would be carried by two well-known actors, and the risk of career damage would also be shared. He suggested Julia Roberts for the part, but no actress of name was prepared to go completely nude for the role. Douglas was initially against Sharon Stone being cast as she was largely unknown, despite her supporting role in Total Recall (1990), but Paul Verhoeven desperately wanted her, since he had been very impressed by her screen test.

Michael Douglas (a former race-car driver) did most of his own stunt driving in the film.

Joe Eszterhas wrote the script in ten days while listening to The Rolling Stones non-stop. He then sold it three days later at auction.

Sharon Stone's infamous leg-uncrossing scene was not in Joe Eszterhas' original script; it was thought up by Paul Verhoeven while the movie was being shot. IT was based on a memory of Verhoeven's college years, when a woman at a party had done the exact same thing to embarrass him.

Paul Verhoeven shot copious amounts of footage of the sex scene between Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. Expecting that the MPAA would have problems with the explicit nature of the scene, he shot alternate close-ups, medium shots and wide shots of virtually every shot over 10 days. This gave him the freedom to edit the scene until the MPAA was satisfied and no longer demanded that the scene was deleted altogether.

While appearing on Actors Studio (1994), Sharon Stone claimed that she had no idea that Paul Verhoeven was filming up her dress during the interrogation scene. She also claims that when she saw the rushes, she slapped the director across the face and ordered him to remove the shot. Verhoeven denies this.

The movie completely ignored DNA, which had been used in criminal investigations since the mid-1980s. The film was set in the year of its release (1992), by which time DNA was constantly being used for crime investigations.

Writer Joe Eszterhas was paid a then-unheard-of sum of $3 million for his script.

The character Nick was originally supposed to be a young man, but after Michael Douglas was cast his age was described in the script as 42 (Douglas was actually almost 47).

So choreographed were the sex scenes that Sharon Stone referred to herself and Michael Douglas as "the horizontal Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of the '90s".

Nick Curran is based on an adrenaline-junkie Cleveland police officer Joe Eszterhas knew when he was a crime reporter with the "Cleveland Plain Dealer".

In 2002 screenwriter Joe Eszterhas apologized in an op-ed for The New York Times for glamorizing smoking in this movie. Eszterhas was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2000, as was Michael Douglas in 2010 (although Douglas later said he actually had tongue cancer).

Film debut of Jeanne Tripplehorn.

This movie, along with RoboCop (1987), Starship Troopers (1997) and Hollow man - L'homme sans ombre (2000), is one of four separate movie franchises in which the first of their respected series (directed by Paul Verhoeven) were successful, but their sequels (not directed by Verhoeven) all either bombed at the box office or were released "direct-to-DVD".

The San Francisco Police Department had to deploy 50 riot police at every location every day to deal with picketing gay and lesbian activists.

Paul Verhoeven was on record when he first signed to do the film as saying that he wanted to make it the first Hollywood mainstream film with an erect penis in it. He didn't get his wish. But he did get a limp penis on screen - on Boz's cadaver when the police examine his body.

Paul Verhoeven was so intent on making the sex scenes as explicitly as the censors would allow, that he showed the study executives very detailed storyboards depicting what he had in mind, as to avoid later discussions about the graphic nature of the love scenes.

Over 50 actresses were considered for the role of Catherine Trammell, including Alison Doody, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney Love, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Grey, Ally Sheedy, Bridget Fonda, Joan Allen, Valeria Golino, Patricia Clarkson, Bette Midler, Heather Graham, Geena Davis, Linda Fiorentino, Madeleine Stowe, Elisabeth Shue, Kelly Preston, Laura Dern, Theresa Russell, Demi Moore, Linda Hamilton, Daryl Hannah, Uma Thurman, Marilu Henner, Nancy Allen, Kim Basinger, Anjelica Huston, Nicole Kidman, Diane Lane, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Heather Locklear, Courteney Cox, Andie MacDowell, Madonna, Virginia Madsen, Lea Thompson, Ione Skye, Rebecca De Mornay, Kim Cattrall, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Connelly, Robin Wright, Helena Bonham Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tatum O'Neal, Kathleen Turner, Renée Soutendijk, Amanda Donohoe, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette O'Toole, Greta Scacchi, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Lara Flynn Boyle, Annette Bening, Mimi Rogers, Isabella Rossellini, Meg Ryan and Cybill Shepherd. Kelly Lynch was reportedly offered the role, and Mariel Hemingway, Catherine O'Hara and Kelly McGillis auditioned for it. Lena Olin reportedly wanted the role, but refused to work with Paul Verhoeven.

Writer Joe Eszterhas and producer Irwin Winkler walked off the picture after failing to reach agreement with director Paul Verhoeven over the script. Verhoeven promptly hired Total Recall (1990) writer Gary Goldman to come up with some new scenes, most of which beefed up Michael Douglas's character and made him less wimpy. These changes were largely made at the behest of Douglas. It was during this later stage that Verhoeven realized his changes weren't going to work, so he publicly acknowledged his error and made up with Eszterhas (which Eszterhas admitted to be a rare thing in Hollywood). Problems reoccurred later when the script had been leaked, and the gay and lesbian communities had serious reservations about the depiction of lesbian and bisexual characters. Eszterhas wanted to make more changes to appease them, but Verhoeven point blank refused to incorporate these changes. Eszterhas again publicly distanced himself from the production, but once again reconciled with Verhoeven when the finished movie was praised by critics and homosexual communities alike.

Paul Verhoeven briefly considered Peter Weller for the role of Nick Curran.

Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, John Heard, Tom Hanks, Charlie Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Sylvester Stallone, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis, Al Pacino, Christopher Lloyd, Martin Sheen, Nicolas Cage, Dennis Quaid, Jeff Bridges, John Travolta, Richard Dean Anderson, Don Johnson and Chuck Norris were considered for the role of Nick Curran. Richard Gere was also considered and would later work with Sharon Stone on Intersection (1994). Wesley Snipes was offered the role but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts. Denzel Washington was also offered the role but turned it down.

Opening film at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.

Wesley Snipes was offered the role of Nick Curran but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts. Denzel Washington was also offered the role but he turned it down. Richard Dean Anderson and Don Johnson were also offered the role.

The role of Nick Curran was originally a lesbian cop and was written with Kathleen Turner in mind.

The disco scene was felt by many to be inappropriate given the respective ages of the two stars. The disco was intended for young people, but Sharon Stone was in her mid-30s and Michael Douglas was in his late 40s.

Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Ray Liotta and Patrick Swayze auditioned for the role of Detective Nick Curran.

Catherine's last name comes from Alan Trammell, the longtime star shortstop for the Detroit Tigers. Sharon Stone discovered that a trammell was a Scottish death shroud and complimented Joe Eszterhas on his subtlety with the choice, not believing the truth.

Final film of Dorothy Malone.

One of the main points of disagreement between Paul Verhoeven and Joe Eszterhas concerned Verhoeven's wish to include a lesbian love scene between Catherine Trammell and her lover Roxy, as he considered a movie that only mentioned bisexuality without showing bisexual love to be overly puritan; Eszterhas considered adding such a scene to be sensationalism. Verhoeven made some attempts but found that the scene ruined the movie's pace, so he abandoned the idea. The only remnant of the scene in the movie is when Catherine and Roxy passionately kiss after Nick angrily leaves Catherine's apartment.

1958 : La Fureur des hommes (From Hell to Texas), d’Henry Hathaway : Tom Boyd
1959 : Californie Terre Nouvelle (The Young Land), de Ted Tetzlaff : Hatfield Carnes
1960 : Key Witness, de Phil Karlson : William 'Cowboy' Tomkins
1961 : Night Tide, de Curtis Harrington : Johnny Drake
1964 : Tarzan and Jane Regained… Sort of, d’Andy Warhol
1965 : Les Quatre fils de Katie Elder (The Sons of Katie Elder), d’Henry Hathaway : Dave Hastings
1966 : Queen of Blood, de Curtis Harrington : Paul Grant
1967 : The Trip, de Roger Corman : Max (à chier !)
1967 : Luke la main froide** (Cool Hand Luke), de Stuart Rosenberg : Babalugats
1968 : La guerre des anges (The Glory Stompers), d’Anthony M. Lanza : Chino
1968 : Pendez-les haut et court (Hang ’Em High), de Ted Post : Le prophète
1968 : Panic in the City, d’Eddie Davis : Goff
1969 : Easy Rider**, de Dennis Hopper : Billy
1969 : Cent dollars pour un shérif (True Grit), d’Henry Hathaway : Moon
1971 : The Last Movie, de Dennis Hopper : Kansas
1972 : Crush Proof, de François De Menil
1972 : The other side of the wind, d’Orson Welles
1973 : Kid Blue, de James Frawley : Bickford Waner
1976 : Tracks, d’Henry Jaglom : 1er Sergent Jack Falen
1976 : Mad Dog Morgan, de Philippe Mora : Daniel Morgan
1977 : L’Ami américain*** , de Wim Wenders : Daniel Morgan
1977 : Les Apprentis sorciers, d’Edgardo Cozarinsky : Un espion
1978 : Couleur Chair, de François Weyergans : Mel
1978 : L’Ordre et la sécurité du monde, de Claude d’Anna : Medford
1979 : Apocalypse Now***, de Francis Ford Coppola : Le journaliste photographe
1979 : Las Flores del vicio, de Silvio Narizzano : Chicken
1980 : Garçonne (Out of the Blue), de Dennis Hopper : Don
1981 : Reborn, de Bigas Luna : Rev. Tom Hartley
1981 : King of the Mountain, de Noel Nosseck : Cal
1982 : Neil Young: Human Highway, de Dean Stockwell et Neil Young : Cracker/Stranger
1983 : Rusty James (Rumble Fish), de Francis Ford Coppola : Père
1983 : The Osterman Weekend, de Sam Peckinpah : Richard Tremayne
1983 : White Star, de Roland Klick : Kenneth Barlow
1984 : Little Ears: The Velveteen Rabbit : Le conteur (Voix)
1984 : Euer Weg führt durch die Hölle, d’Ernst R. von Theumer
1984 : Slagskämpen, de Tom Clegg : Miller
1985 : Rabbit Ears: The Steadfast Tin Soldier : Le conteur (Voix)
1985 : Rabbit Ears: The Ugly Duckling : Le conteur (Voix)
1985 : A Hero of Our Time, de Michael Almereyda
1985 : Les Aventuriers de la 4ème dimension de Jonathan R. Betuel : Bob Roberts
1986 : Riders of the Storm, de Maurice Phillips
1986 : The American Way, de Maurice Phillips : La capitaine
1986 : Massacre à la tronçonneuse 2 de Tobe Hooper : Lieutenant Enright
1986 : Le Fleuve de la mort (River’s Edge), de Tim Hunter : Feck
1986 : Blue Velvet, de David Lynch : Frank Booth
1986 : Le Grand Défi (Hoosiers), de David Anspaugh : Shooter
1987 : Running Out of Luck, de Julien Temple : Le directeur vidéo
1987 : Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher : Le conteur (Voix)
1987 : La Veuve noire (Black Widow), de Bob Rafelson : Ben Dumers
1987 : Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Peter Rabbit : Le conteur (Voix)
1987 : Straight to Hell, d’Alex Cox : I.G. Farben
1987 : Vous avez dit dingues ? (O.C. and Stiggs), de Robert Altman : Sponson
1987 : Le Dragueur (The Pick-up Artist), de James Toback : Flash Jensen
1989 : Rabbit Ears: Thumbelina : Le conteur (Voix)
1989 : Rabbit Ears: How the Leopard Got His Spots, de Tim Raglin : Le conteur (Voix)
1989 : Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife : Le conteur (Voix)
1989 : La voix du sang (Blood Red), de Peter Masterson : William Bradford Berrigan
1989 : Chattahoochee, de Mick Jackson : Walker Benson
1990 : Rabbit Ears: Paul Bunyan : Le conteur (Voix)
1990 : Une trop belle cible (Catchfire), de Dennis Hopper et Alan Smithee : Milo
1990 : Flashback**, de Franco Amurri : Huey Walker
1991 : Rabbit Ears: King Midas and the Golden Touch : Le conteur (Voix)
1991 : Sunset Heat, de John Nicolella : Carl Madson
1991 : Rabbit Ears: The Fool and the Flying Ship : Le conteur (Voix)
1991 : The Indian Runner, de Sean Penn : Caesar
1991 : Eye of the Storm, de Yuri Zeltser : Marvin Gladstone
1992 : Rabbit Ears: Annie Oakley : Le conteur (Voix)
1992 : Rabbit Ears: Jonah and the Whale : Le conteur (Voix)
1992 : Rabbit Ears: Rip Van Winkle : Le conteur (Voix)
1992 : Red Rock West,* de John Dahl : Lyle
1993 : Rabbit Ears: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp : Le conteur (Voix)
1993 : L’Extrême Limite (Boiling Point), de James B. Harris : Rudolph Diamond
1993 : Super Mario Bros., d’Annabel Jankel et Rocky Morton : King Koopa
1993 : True Romance**, de Tony Scott : Clifford Worley
1994 : Chasers, de Dennis Hopper : Doggie
1994 : Speed,**** de Jan de Bont : Howard Payne
1995 : Waterworld****, de Kevin Reynolds : Deacon
1996 : Carried Away, de Bruno Barreto : Joseph Svenden
1996 : Basquiat, de Julian Schnabel : Bruno Bischofberger
1996 : Space Truckers, de Stuart Gordon : John Canyon
1997 : The Good Life, d’Alan Mehrez : Mr. Golf
1997 : Les Rapaces (Top of the World), de Sidney J. Furie : Charles Atlas
1997 : The Last Days of Frankie the Fly, de Peter Markle : Frankie
1997 : The Blackout, d’Abel Ferrara : Mickey/Wayne
1997 : Road Ends, de Rick King : Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
1998 : Michael Angel, de William Gove : Lewis Garou
1998 : Tycus, de John Putch (Vidéo)
1998 : Meet the Deedles, de Steve Boyum : Frank Slater
1999 : Le Jeu du prophète (The Prophet’s Game), de David Worth : Vincent Swan
1999 : L’Association du mal (Lured Innocence), de Kikuo Kawasaki : Rick Chambers
1999 : En direct sur Edtv (Edtv), de Ron Howard : Henry Pekurny
1999 : Tireur d’élite (Straight Shooter), de Thomas Bohn : Frank Hector
1999 : Jesus’ Son, d’Alison Maclean : Bill
1999 : The Venice Project, de Robert Dornhelm : Roland / Salvatore
1999 : Bad City Blues, de Michael Stevens : Cleveland Carter
2000 : The Spreading Ground, de Derek Vanlint : Det. Ed Delongpre
2000 : Coup de maître (Luck of the Draw), de Luca Bercovici : Giani Ponti
2000 : Held for Ransom, de Lee Stanley : JD
2001 : Explosion imminente** (Ticker), d’Albert Pyun : Alex Swan
2001 : Choke, de John Sjogren : Henry Clark
2001 : L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve, d’Ed Anders : Capitaine Elsworth
2001 : Les Hommes de main de Brian Koppelman et David Levien : Benny Chains
2002 : Unspeakable, de Thomas J. Wright : Warden Earl Blakely
2002 : Leo, de Mehdi Norowzian : Horace
2002 : The Piano Player, de Jean-Pierre Roux : Robert Nile
2003 : The Night We Called It a Day, de Paul Goldman : Frank Sinatra
2004 : Legacy, de Bo Svenson : Officier CHP
2004 : The Keeper, de Paul Lynch : Krebs
2004 : Attractions fatales (Out of Season), de Jevon O’Neill : Harry Barlow
2004 : Le piège (House of 9), de Steven R. Monroe : Père Duffy
2005 : Hoboken Hollow, de Glen Stephens : Sheriff Greer
2005 : Americano, de Kevin Noland : Riccardo
2005 : The Crow**: Wicked Prayer, de Lance Mungia : El Nino
2005 : Le Territoire des morts (Land of the Dead), de George A. Romero : Kaufman
2006 : 10th & Wolf, de Robert Moresco : Matty Matello
2007 : Hell Ride, de Larry Bishop : Eddie Zero
2008 : Memory, de Benett Joshua Davlin : Max Liechtenstein
2008 : An American Carol, de David Zucker : Le juge
2008 : Sleepwalking, de Bill Maher : Mr. Reedy
2008 : Elegy, de Isabel Coixet : George O'Heam
2008 : Rendez-vous à Palerme (Palermo Shooting), de Wim Wenders : Frank
2008 : Swing Vote, de Joshua Michael Stern : Donald Greenlaf
2010 : Alpha et Oméga (Alpha and Omega) : Tony (Voix)
2011 : The Last Film Festival : Nick Twain

CINEMA :Les blessures narcissiques d'une vie par procuration

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Academy Awards, USA 1993

Golden Globes, USA 1993

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 1993

Awards of the Japanese Academy 1993

BMI Film & TV Awards 1993

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1993

DVD Exclusive Awards 2001

Golden Screen, Germany 1992

MTV Movie Awards 1993

Nikkan Sports Film Awards 1992

Razzie Awards 1993

© DR - SPEED de Jan de Bont (1994)

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© DR - SPEED de Jan de Bont (1994) p3 + Filmo de Dennis Hopper