Dangerous Liaisons
Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.
1988
Rated
R
119
minutes
Drama, Romance
Directed By:
Stephen Frears
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
Language
English
Release Date
December 21, 1988
Budget
$14,000,000
Revenue
$34,670,720
Academy Awards
Best Production Design
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Best Costume Design
British Academy Film Awards
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Cast
Glenn Close
Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
John Malkovich
Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
Michelle Pfeiffer
Madame Marie de Tourvel
Swoosie Kurtz
Madame de Volanges
Keanu Reeves
Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny
Mildred Natwick
Madame de Rosemonde
Uma Thurman
Cécile de Volanges
Peter Capaldi
Azolan
Joe Sheridan
Georges
Valerie Gogan
Julie
Laura Benson
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
Show Full Crew
Writing
Sound
George Fenton
Original Music Composer
Michael Connell
Music Editor
Peter Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Handford
Production Sound Mixer
Kant Pan
Sound Editor
Peter Baldock
Assistant Sound Editor
Christopher Ackland
Dialogue Editor
Rick Dunford
Dialogue Editor
John Stevenson
Boom Operator
Martin Crane
Assistant Sound Editor
Jackie Krost
Music Supervisor
Production
Leo Davis
Casting Director
Françoise Menidrey
Casting Director
Norma Heyman
Producer
Hank Moonjean
Producer
Sophie Drouin
Production Accountant
Catherine Hall
Production Secretary
Pierre Gralhon
Location Manager
Patrick Gordon
Unit Production Manager
Blanche Weisenfeld
Production Coordinator
Olivier Lhoste
Location Manager
Jacqueline Perpere
Extras Casting
Jean Michel Penkhoss
Assistant Location Manager
Costume & Make-Up
James Acheson
Costume Design
Jean-Luc Russier
Makeup Supervisor
Peter Owen
Wig Designer
Pierre Vadé
Hairstylist
Monique Huylebroeck
Makeup Artist
Andree Demarez
Costumer
Dominique Plez
Makeup Artist
Frank Gardiner
Assistant Costume Designer
Malou Rossignol
Hairstylist
Isabelle Coignerai
Costume Supervisor
Nathalie Doux
Costumer
Danielle Laffargue
Costumer
Directing
Stephen Frears
Director
Vincent Lascoumes
Second Assistant Director
Penny Eyles
Script Supervisor
Bernard Seitz
First Assistant Director
Art
Stuart Craig
Art Direction
Gavin Bocquet
Art Direction
Gérard Viard
Art Direction
Jean-Michel Ducourty
Assistant Art Director
André Loisif
Construction Foreman
Gérard James
Art Direction
Gérard James
Set Decoration
Paul Bastide
Decorator
Daniel Braunschweig
Property Master
Paul Bastide
Painter
Camera
Philippe Rousselot
Director of Photography
Mike Fox
Camera Operator
Étienne George
Still Photographer
Bernard Brégier
Key Grip
Gérard Buffard
Grip
Gérard Rival
Grip
Jean-Luc Bezeau
Grip
Pierre Cottereau
Assistant Camera
Barthelemy Bogaert
Assistant Camera
Myriam Touzé
Assistant Camera
Editing
Mick Audsley
Editor
Simon Cowper
Assistant Editor
Françoise Roumanet
Assistant Editor
Annabel Ware
Assistant Editor
Crew
Michel Carliez
Stunts
Albert Goldberg
Stunts
Michel Mellier
Cableman
Alain Domínguez
Transportation Captain
Denise Breton
Unit Publicist
Lighting