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

Sharon Stone signed for the lead for $2.5 million.

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Goofs

In the opening sequence, during the fall from the balcony, a cable or wire is clearly visible.

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Quotes

Gus Hale: You just really, well you look like someone.
Carly Norris: Someone you like, or someone you dislike?

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Alternate Versions

European version features approx. four minutes of sex footage not present in R-rated US release (total running time 108 minutes) The longer version is available in the US as an unrated video.

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Connections

Featured in No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008)

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Soundtracks

Penthouse and Pavement
by Ian Marsh, Martyn Ware & Glenn Gregory
Performed by Heaven 17

User Reviews

Going against the consensus, but I like this film!

Whether it's Sharon Stone, or the obvious truth about my voyeuristic tendencies, I like this movie. Sharon has seldom been more alluring and Baldwin's character, with his eerily magnificent toys, lives his life observing others. A movie for the CNN generation I'd contend.