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Overview

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Writers (WGA):
Pierre Boileau (novel) and
Thomas Narcejac (novel) ...
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Release Date:
22 March 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
Two women. One man. The combination can be murder.
Plot:
The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed attempt to murder him... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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More Vamp Drama in House of Night
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DIABOLIQUE a diabolical debacle more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sharon Stone ... Nicole Horner

Isabelle Adjani ... Mia Baran

Chazz Palminteri ... Guy Baran

Kathy Bates ... Det. Shirley Vogel

Spalding Gray ... Simon Veatch
Shirley Knight ... Edie Danziger
Allen Garfield ... Leo Katzman

Adam Hann-Byrd ... Erik Pretzer

Donal Logue ... Video Photographer #1

Diana Bellamy ... Ms. Vawze
Clea Lewis ... Lisa Campos
J.J. Abrams ... Video Photographer #2 (as Jeffrey Abrams)

O'Neal Compton ... Irv Danziger
Bingo O'Malley ... Gannon
Stephen Liska ... PHP Officer
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence/terror, sexuality and language.
Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS
Filming Locations:
Harmony, Pennsylvania, USA more

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Goofs:
Continuity: The lines of text on the computer monitor reach the bottom of the screen start scrolling. In the close-up, the text is just starting to be written again. more
Quotes:
Voguel: My idea of the Heaven is a place where they screw you barefoot!
Nicole: [Laughing] You make me wanna pass a hat for it.
Voguel: [Smiling] Don't feel sorry for me!
[about his ex]
Voguel: I got him be left
[Pointing her removed breast]
Voguel: Every cloud has a silver lining, and he was too dull to kill
[She stops to smile. About Mia]
Voguel: What about her? Did she want to kill her husband?
Nicole: Why would she want do that?
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Movie Connections:
Version of Les diaboliques (1955) more
Soundtrack:
In The Arms Of Love more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
DIABOLIQUE a diabolical debacle, 2 April 2004

Diabolique (1996) Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates, Spalding Gray, Shirley Knight, D: Jeremiah S. Chechik. Revamped version of the 1955 French thriller, with Palimenteri as a tyrannical boys-school headmaster done in by the joined forces of his mousy wife (Adjani) and icy blonde mistress (Stone) in a murder plot they wrongfully assume is foolproof. First-rate performers can't serve justice to this diabolical debacle, which doesn't start off too bad, then goes astray. This unspeakably bad rip-off trashes the classic original with too many `oh, come on' moments, ridiculous red herrings and twists of its own, and a finale right out of a slasher flick. Bates is even gone to waste as a retired detective who's investigating the case `for something to do'. Running Time: 107 minutes and rated R for nudity and sexual content, violence, and some language. * ½

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