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Release Date:
3 September 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
Beyond love, beyond obsession, there hides something beyond reason. more
Plot:
A surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once had an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his mansion. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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(52 articles)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Julian Sands | ... | Dr. Nick Cavanaugh |
 | Sherilyn Fenn | ... | Helena |
 | Bill Paxton | ... | Ray O'Malley |
 | Kurtwood Smith | ... | Dr. Alan Harrison |
 | Art Garfunkel | ... | Dr. Lawrence Augustine |
| Betsy Clark | ... | Anne Garrett |
| Nicolette Scorsese | ... | Fantasy Lover / Nurse |
| Meg Register | ... | Marion Cavanaugh |
| Bryan Smith | ... | Russell |
| Marla Levine | ... | Patricia |
| Kim Lentz | ... | Nurse Diane |
| Lloyd T. Williams | ... | Sam the Clerk |
 | Carl Mazzocone Sr. | ... | Pastor |
| Erik Shoaff | ... | Uncle Charlie |
| Lisa Oz | ... | Flower Shop Girl |
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MPAA:
Rated R on appeal for two scenes of strong sexuality and language.
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107 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Argentina:18 |
Singapore:R21 |
Philippines:R-18 |
USA:Unrated (DVD version) |
Australia:R |
Canada:R (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:NC-17 (original rating) |
USA:R (certificate #32233) (re-rating on appeal) |
Iceland:16
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Kim Basinger pulled out of the title role, and was successfully sued for $9 million for violation of a verbal contract. The award was overturned on appeal, and the case was settled out of court.
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Revealing mistakes: When Nick Cavanaugh is on the phone in a telephone box, the camera spins around the box. The reflection on all four sides of the phone box is identical indicating that the phone box is surrounded on all four sides by the same building with the same neon light.
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[watching Helena bathe in the fountain] Who is she?
Doctor Nick Cavanaugh: [mesmerized] She's... Helena.
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Doctor Nick Cavanaugh: [mesmerized] She's... Helena.
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Referenced in "The Nanny: I Don't Remember Mama (#1.21)" (1994)
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MOZART'S PIANO CONCERTO #25
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This is a bizarre film experience. It's well stated that this is directed by David Lynch's daughter so we should expect something different. I did..just not THIS different. The concept of a man having such an obsession with a woman that he would go to the extremes of kidnapping her and cutting off her limbs so she can't leave is kinda not for most tastes. Yet I have an odd fascination with it. It's just so weird to describe. The idea is just sick,but the film has you wondering what other lengths Julien Sands might stoop to. Obviously,Sherilyn Fenn's character is not gonna elicit much sympathy with such a strikingly bitchy personality..but really no one deserves what she got. Bill Paxton also has a peculiar role in this film as the only hope for saving Fenn. There's a bizarre scene where Sands makes Fenn watch him making love to another woman. This film is just too wildly bizarre for most people..I'm not exactly the best to trust in so you must see for yourself.. **/*****