Disclosure (1994)

A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.

Director:

Barry Levinson

Writers:

Michael Crichton (novel), Paul Attanasio (screenplay)

Stars:

Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Douglas	...	Tom Sanders
Demi Moore	...	Meredith Johnson
Donald Sutherland	...	Bob Garvin
Caroline Goodall	...	Susan Hendler
Roma Maffia	...	Catherine Alvarez
Dylan Baker	...	Philip Blackburn
Rosemary Forsyth	...	Stephanie Kaplan
Dennis Miller	...	Mark Lewyn
Suzie Plakson	...	Mary Anne Hunter
Nicholas Sadler	...	Don Cherry
Jacqueline Kim	...	Cindy Chang
Joe Urla	...	John Conley Jr
Michael Chieffo	...	Stephen Chase
Joseph Attanasio	...	Furillo
Faryn Einhorn	...	Eliza Sanders

Storyline

With his company about to merge, a happily married and successful computer expert is expecting a promotion. Instead the job goes to a woman from another plant with whom he had an affair in his bachelor days. His new boss, not only dangerously sexy but equally dangerously ambitious, has climbed the corporate ladder by exerting undue influence on the CEO. She apparently tries to pick up where they left off but he just about manages to resist. This liaison is soon revealed to be part of her master plan to consolidate power and use Tom as a scapegoat to cover her technical misdeeds. As his position at work comes under increasing pressure he decides to file charges of sexual harassment. This is the last thing the company needs.

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Plot Keywords:

sexual harassment | computer | promotion | seduction | corporation | 

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Taglines:

Sex Is Power

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for a very strong sex scene, sexual dialogue and other strong language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 December 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Acoso sexual

Filming Locations:

Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$32,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£3,834,289 (UK) (17 March 1995)

Gross:

£6,903,320 (UK) (14 April 1995)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, Baltimore Pictures, Constant c Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Before the publication of The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton had written under many pseudonyms, one being Michael Douglas.

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Goofs

The mediation is completely unrealistic. In a mediation, no court reporter is present to make a transcript and the lawyers do not cross-examine the opposing parties; it is not a mini-trial. In reality, the parties explain their case to the mediator and the mediator tries to get the two sides to agree on terms.

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Quotes

Meredith Johnson: [turning mad as Tom leaves] Oh, you son-of-a-bitch. You get back in here and finish what you started. Do you hear me? Do you hear me?
[Tom ignores her as heads down the stairs]
Meredith Johnson: You get back in here and finish what you started or you're fuckin' dead. You are FUCKIN' DEAD!

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Connections

Featured in The Directors: The Films of Barry Levinson

User Reviews

offers more than other thrillers

I'm really surprised that there are next-to-no comments on this excellent thriller. It has been on ITV many times now, but I have only just caught it now after reading a second-hand copy of the novel. This thriller deals with the inequality between men and women in the corporate workplace brilliantly, displaying the clichéd attitudes of so-called friends and colleagues. this film has a real moral to it that rises it up from the blockbuster it is intended to be. The plight of the man against the megalomaniac female corporate boss seems quite desperate against the political correctness of the 90's, but is also sadly realistic showing what an unphilanthropic, complicated world this sometimes is. Especially in the ever-dominant world of corporations, simple human empathy is lost against a backlash of other most often selfish concerns. Michael Douglas as Tom was superb, although the acting of Meredith was sometimes a bit too clichéd, although this of course is what it was meant to be. All-in-all a very enjoyable, gripping thriller with all the plot that only usually a novel adaptation can give, exploring a real contemporary issue which other thrillers typically leave blank.