Sliver (1993)

A woman moves into an exclusive New York City apartment building, which she soon discovers houses tenants with all manner of shocking secrets.

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Writers:

Ira Levin (novel), Joe Eszterhas (screenplay)

Stars:

Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger

4 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sharon Stone	...	Carly Norris
William Baldwin	...	Zeke Hawkins
Tom Berenger	...	Jack Landsford
Polly Walker	...	Vida Warren
Colleen Camp	...	Judy Marks
Amanda Foreman	...	Samantha Moore
Martin Landau	...	Alex Parsons
CCH Pounder	...	Lt. Victoria Hendrix
Nina Foch	...	Evelyn McEvoy
Keene Curtis	...	Gus Hale
Nicholas Pryor	...	Peter Farrell
Anne Betancourt	...	Jackie Kinsella
Tony Peck	...	Martin Kinsella
Frantz Turner	...	Doorman #1
Melvyn Kinder	...	Dr. Palme (as Dr. Melvyn Kinder)

Storyline

Carly Norris is a book editor living in New York City who moves into the Sliver apartment building. In the apartment building, Carly meets two of her new neighbors, author Jack Lansford who writes thriller novels and Zeke Hawkins, the handsome owner of the apartment building. Carly finds that some of the women living in the apartment building have been murdered and the police suspect that there is a serial killer in the apartment building. Carly has a passionate and seductive love affair with Zeke, unaware Zeke has secretly wired the apartment building with hidden cameras and he has been watching the lives of each tenant living in the apartment building including Carly. Carly begins to suspect Zeke or Jack may be the serial killer responsible for the murders in the apartment building and she may be the killer's next victim.

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Plot Keywords:

masturbation | hidden camera | female pubic hair | erotic thriller | female removes her clothes | 

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Taglines:

You like to watch... don't you

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexuality, and for language and violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Garasu no to

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,138,283, 23 May 1993, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$36,300,000

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$116,300,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures,Robert Evans Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR (as Dolby Stereo SR)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was released 22 years before the dark erotic thriller Fifty Shades of Grey (2005) which is adapted from the novel by E.L. James. The film is about literature student (Dakota Johnson) whom interviews a mysterious handsome billionaire (Jamie Dornan) whom falls in love with her and they begin a torrid sexual affair and soon uncovers his dark secret. In this film, Carly, a book editor has a passionate and seductive love affair with the handsome Zeke whom is revealed as the apartment building's owner which he inherited a lot of money from his wealthy father and uncovers his shocking secrets.

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Goofs

When Gus and Carly are at the grocery store, Gus doesn't pay for his item.

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Quotes

Gus Hale: How can I call you when I don't know your name?
Carly Norris: How can you not know my name if you knew my apartment number?
Gus Hale: Our doormen are spoiled, five bucks gets you only half the information.

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Alternate Versions

The US R-rated version was originally going to screen in Australian cinemas with an MA rating, but this was changed and the uncut version was shown instead with an R rating. The uncut version was also released on VHS.

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Connections

Features The Joan Rivers Show (1989)

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Soundtracks

Can't Help Falling in Love
by George David Weiss (as George Weiss), Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore
Performed by UB40

User Reviews

Pretty good, often chilling

35-year-old book editor Carly Norris, who was married for 7 years but is now having trouble starting a new relationship, wants to move into the posh high-rise Sliver Building on New York's East Side. She is surprised by how quickly her application is approved, but college professor Gus, who also lives in the building, says Carly looks just like the previous resident of 20-B. A number of the building's residents seem friendly, especially Zeke.

Someone is able to see what is going on in the apartments, and this person even has videotapes of some of the action. In addition to whoever this person is, Carly is also spying on people after someone gave her a telescope. Specifically, the couple having sex in a nearby building.

Carly's boss Alex won't give her a raise. He does take her to lunch, where they meet Jack Lansford, author of 'Flesh and Blood', which Carly has never read.

Strange things start happening in the Sliver building. And Carly knows something happened to the woman who had her apartment. The movie has a chilling quality that increases as time passes.

I thought Sharon Stone did a good job here, but her best moment was a funny scene where Carly's date wants to see her panties. And Carly did have a surprising reaction to ... well, I won't give it away. Stone was quite good in the scene, though.

There was plenty of good acting, but I think CCH Pounder stood out as one of the detectives.

Overall, I was happy with the movie. It was a little violent, which is to be expected, but just tense enough to be interesting.