Body of Evidence (1993)

Popularity:

Down 8% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Director:

Uli Edel

Writer (WGA):

Brad Mirman (written by)

Release Date:

3 March 1993 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

An act of love, or an act of murder?

Plot:

A woman is accused of killing a man to inherit his millions by having sex with him.

Plot Keywords:

Cocaine | Murder | Innocence | Seduction | Secretary

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

Cast

Madonna	...	Rebecca Carlson
Michael Forest	...	Andrew Marsh
Joe Mantegna	...	Robert Garrett
Charles Hallahan	...	Dr. McCurdy
Mark Rolston	...	Detective Reese
Richard Riehle	...	Detective Griffin
D. Scot Douglas	...	Printman
Mario DePriest	...	Technician
John DeLay	...	2nd Technician
Ross Huffman-Kerr	...	Photographer
Anne Archer	...	Joanne Braslow
Willem Dafoe	...	Frank Dulaney
Mark C. Vincent	...	Male Reporter
Frank Roberts	...	Minister
Julianne Moore	...	Sharon Dulaney
Aaron Corcoran	...	Michael Dulaney
Timi Prulhiere	...	Waitress
Corey Brunish	...	Jamie
Stan Shaw	...	Charles Biggs
Jeff Perry	...	Gabe
John Davis Chandler	...	Dr. Novaro (as John Chandler)
Lillian Lehman	...	Judge Burnham
Peter Paul Eastman	...	Jury Foreman
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Doctor Alan Paley (as Jurgen Prochnow)
Bryan Clark	...	Clerk
Frank Langella	...	Jeffrey Roston
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Busse	...	Detective Sikes (uncredited)
Jacque Drew	...	Receptionist (uncredited)
Ryal Haakenson	...	Juror (uncredited)
Steven Jaquith	...	Officer Parker (uncredited)
William Rossman	...	Juror (uncredited)

Directed by
Uli Edel

Writing credits (WGA)
Brad Mirman		(written by)

Produced by
Dino De Laurentiis	....	producer
Mel Dellar	....	line producer
Stephen Deutsch	....	executive producer
Bernd Eichinger	....	co-producer
Melinda Jason	....	executive producer
Martin Moszkowicz	....	producer
Herman Weigel	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Graeme Revell

Cinematography by
Douglas Milsome		(as Doug Milsome)

Film Editing by
Thom Noble

Casting by
Mary Jo Slater

Production Design by
Victoria Paul

Art Direction by
Michael Rizzo

Set Decoration by
Jerie Kelter

Costume Design by
Susan Becker

Makeup Department
Joseph A. Campayno	....	makeup artist: Madonna (as Joe Campayno)
Anthony Cortino	....	hair stylist: Madonna
Pat Gerhardt	....	additional makeup artist (as Patricia Gerhardt)
Deborah K. Larsen	....	key makeup artist (as Deborah Larsen)
Anne Morgan	....	additional hair stylist
Christopher Shihar	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Gary Chandler	....	post-production supervisor
Mel Dellar	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David R. Ellis	....	second unit director
Dennis Maguire	....	first assistant director
John Wildermuth	....	second assistant director

Art Department
David Brace	....	lead man
Dirk Clark	....	carpenter
Peter C. Clarke	....	set dresser (as Peter Clarke)
Thaddeus Donoho	....	set painter
Horst Grandt	....	property master
James V. Kent	....	lead man (as Jim Kent)
Sherman Labby	....	production illustrator
Don Lundell	....	construction coordinator: Portland
Jim Meyer	....	set dresser
Pat Morache	....	scenic artist
Dave Newhouse	....	greensman
Nicholas H. Parker	....	set dresser (as Nicholas Parker)
Larry Phillips	....	assistant property master
Patrick Michael Ryan	....	props
Erich W. Schultz	....	general foreman (as Erich Schultz)
Brad Shoemaker	....	propmaker
Wendy Smith	....	art department coordinator
Frank Viviano	....	construction coordinator
James T. Woods	....	scenic artist: Portland (as James Woods)
Taylor Yingling	....	carpenter
Kyle T. Bryant	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Ken Erck	....	set painter (uncredited)
Jose Solis	....	scenic paint foreman (uncredited)
Kevin Taylor	....	scenic painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Noah Blough	....	sound editor
Tom Caton	....	boom operator: Portland
Clayton Collins	....	sound editor
Zack Davis	....	sound editor
John P. Fasal	....	sound effects processing
Sandy Gendler	....	supervising sound editor
Harry Harris	....	sound editor
Dennis Hill	....	sound re-recordist
Jon Johnson	....	sound editor
Val Kuklowsky	....	supervising sound editor
Richard Marx	....	sound editor
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Pederson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Timothy P. Salmon	....	boom operator
Mikael Sandgren	....	sound editor (as Michael Sandgren)
Kurt St. Amant	....	sound mixer: Portland
Bill Van Daalen	....	sound editor (as Bill Van Dallen)
Dan Wallin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Ward	....	sound re-recordist
Keith A. Wester	....	production sound mixer
Marilyn Graf	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Mark C. Grech	....	utility sound technician (uncredited)
Ben Wilkins	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Dale L. Martin	....	special effects coordinator (as Dale Martin)
Joe Quinlivan	....	special effects technician
Robert E. Worthington	....	special effects technician (as Robert Worthington)
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Tim A. Davison	....	stunts (as Tim Davison)
Annie Ellis	....	stunts
David R. Ellis	....	stunt coordinator (as David Ellis)
Erik Rondell	....	stunts
Ric Roman Waugh	....	stunts (as Ric Waugh)

Camera and Electrical Department
Gavin Alcott	....	second assistant camera
Mark Burnett	....	video supervisor
Murray Close	....	still photographer
Dhamarata Dhiensuwana	....	electrician
Brent Lawson	....	grip
Bob Leitelt	....	grip
Patrick Lennon	....	rigging gaffer (as Packy Lennon)
Willie Mann	....	best boy grip
J. Steven Matzinger	....	second assistant camera (as Steve Matzinger)
Michael Earl Menlow	....	grip
Robert W. Morgenroth	....	video supervisor (as Robert Morgenroth)
Vince Onken	....	grip
Les Percy	....	key grip
Patrick Reddish	....	chief lighting technician
Calmar Roberts	....	first assistant camera (as Cal Roberts)
Phil Silver	....	video playback operator
John Vecchio	....	assistant lighting technician
Donald Burghardt	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
Chris Funk	....	set lighting technician (uncredited)
Wes Houle	....	rigging best boy (uncredited)
Peter McAdams	....	grip (uncredited)
Mike Moad	....	dolly grip (uncredited)
Charles Smith	....	key rigging grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jan Glaser	....	casting associate
David Sherry	....	casting assistant
Megann Ratzow	....	casting: Portland (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Violet N. Cane	....	costume supervisor (as Violet Cane)
Mary Hobin	....	costumer (as Mary Tan Hobin)
Christopher Lawrence	....	costumer
Pamela Withers	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Dale Caldwell	....	color timer
Luis Colina	....	first assistant editor
Kristen Helsing	....	second assistant editor
Chris Peppe	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Dick Bernstein	....	music editor
Stuart Boros	....	music supervisor
Graeme Revell	....	orchestrator
Tim Simonec	....	orchestrator
Philip Tallman	....	assistant music editor
Dan Wallin	....	music scoring mixer
Eberhard Weber	....	musician: electric bass
Daniel Brock	....	music production supervisor (uncredited)
Jamie Luker	....	assistant scoring mixer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Bobbie Collis	....	transportation office
Terry Collis	....	transportation coordinator
Jerry Sidwell	....	transportation captain
Paul Till	....	driver: Portland

Other crew
Christine Baer	....	production coordinator
Paul J. Bellman	....	production assistant (as Paul Bellman)
Nancy Blewer	....	production assistant (as Nancy Mahaffey)
Missy Coggiola	....	assistant: Madonna
Melissa K. Cooper	....	assistant production coordinator (as Melissa Cooper)
Melissa Crowe	....	assistant: Madonna (as Melissa Crow)
Beverly Cusack	....	post-production auditor
Eduardo De La Grana	....	production accountant
David Fulton	....	unit publicist (as Dave Fulton)
Guiliano Gallo	....	caterer
Jim Jaffe	....	product placement
Jay Johnson	....	title designer
Kimberly Johnson	....	assistant: Mr. Deutsch
Kelsey Kline	....	production assistant: Portland
Ray Kybartas	....	personal trainer: Madonna
John Lavitt	....	assistant: Mr. Edel
Jill Lorie	....	assistant to publicist: Portland
Joe Lotito	....	production assistant
William Lybeer	....	craft service
Lyn Matsuda Norton	....	script supervisor (as Lyn Norton)
Stacey L. McCormick	....	projectionist: Portland (as Stacey McCormack)
Linda McGinnis	....	medic
Michael Menzies	....	production accountant
Sarah Milsome	....	production assistant
Lauri Mullens	....	production assistant
Michael Neale	....	location manager
Gary Robinson	....	production assistant
William Rossman	....	standin: William DeFoe and Joe Mantegna
Jeff Selis	....	assistant location manager: Portland (as Jeff Sellis)
Matthew Talbot	....	production assistant: Portland
Hector Freeman	....	production staff (uncredited)
James Grayford	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Paul Guyot	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	....	aerial coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Dino De Laurentiis Company
• Neue Constantin Film

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1993) (USA) (theatrical)
• Neue Constantin Film (1993) (Germany) (theatrical)
• VCL Communications (1994) (Germany) (VHS)
• VCL Communications (1999) (Germany) (DVD)
• AMLF (1993) (France) (theatrical)
• Guild Film Distribution (1993) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1993) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Unión Films S.A. (1993) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Cosmos Home Entertainment (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Film1 Action (2015) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Guild Home Video (1993) (UK) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (1993) (Australia) (VHS)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (1993) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Spectrum Effects

Other Companies

• Arco Studios  music recorded at
• Cenex Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes and dollies
• Cinema Research  titles and opticals
• Great Northern Brokerage Services  insurance
• Munich Philharmonic Orchestra  orchestra
• Otto Nemenz International  Arriflex cameras and lenses provided by
• Peter Weireter and Associates  security provided by
• Visual Icon  exclusive clip and still licensing (uncredited)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and a scene of sexuality (cut)

Runtime:

99 min | Australia:101 min | Spain:101 min | UK:101 min | USA:101 min (unrated version) | Argentina:102 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:18 | Australia:R18+ | Brazil:18 | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 | France:-16 | Germany:16 (f) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R18 | Portugal:M/18 | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated (DVD/VHS release) (uncut version) | USA:R (cut)

Filming Locations:

Olympia, Washington, USA

Company:

Dino De Laurentiis Company

Trivia:

Madonna personally selected Willem Dafoe as her co-star.

Goofs:

Continuity: As Frank chases Rebecca up the stairs, there is a wide shot in which he clearly tears her dress, however in the next shot the dress is intact, only to be ripped again, as Rebecca runs up the same stairs as the previous shot.

Quotes:

Rebecca Carlson:I'm hard to resist.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Drop the Dead Donkey: Joy (#3.8)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

The Passion Theme

Don't see the TV version

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Not that there is a TV version.

We could also call this 'Madonna on top' or 'Madonna in charge' or maybe 'She can show you the power you can have from the prone position.' The one thing about Madonna, other than having no shame (and I admire her for that) is that she can crawl and not feel the slightest bit reduced.

She's not especially bad in this mediocre thriller, nor especially good. The script is ridiculous and the treatment without a hint of nuance or subtlety. William Dafoe and Joe Mantegna seemed to be acting on rote and Anne Archer was a wash. The problem is the movie is so obviously fake that it's like watching bad TV. There's no point other than kinky sex. I'm not sure why Madonna agreed to do this. I can't believe she needed the money, nor can I believe she didn't care about her reputation as a performing artist. I think her appearance here exposes her weakness: simply put, she has bad taste because this could not in any way further her career.

On the plus side I saw the unrated version and she was very sexy.