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Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct (1992)

Connections

Basic Instinct

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Edited into

    • Y2K (1999)

      Uses the car chase sequence from this.
    • The Stray (2000)

      Half of the car chase at the beginning is taken from that movie.
    • The Green Fog (2017)

      Clips used

Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Basic Instinct/American Dream/Howards End/Shadows and Fog/Othello (TV Episode 1992)

      Reviewed.
    • A Century of Cinema (1994)

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Villains: So Bad, They're Good (TV Episode 1995)

      Clips are shown.
    • The Celluloid Closet (1995)

      Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) and her lesbian lover, Roxy (Leilani Sarelle), enjoy each other in a club.
    • "La noche de..." Instinto básico (TV Episode 1995)

      clips shown - film of the week

Features

    • The Jeffersons (TV Series 1975–1985)

      NIck is watching this when Beth comes over (when he tells her to leave the key and leave).
    • Hellraiser (1987)

      The film is playing on Nick's television when he wakes up on the couch.

Followed by

    • Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

Referenced in

    • "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" Elizabeth Taylor/Michael Douglas (TV Episode 1992)

      Michael Douglas discusses his upcoming movie
    • "Saturday Night Live" Mary Stuart Masterson/En Vogue (TV Episode 1992)

      Title mentioned and still photograph shown during Weekend Update.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Sister Act/Encino Man/Alien³/Far and Away (TV Episode 1992)

      Referenced during a segment on the Cannes Film Festival.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Batman Returns/Cold Heaven/Housesitter/Cousin Bobby/The Hairdresser's Husband (TV Episode 1992)

      Referenced during the "The Hairdresser's Husband" review.
    • "Wogan" Episode #12.61 (TV Episode 1992)

      Jokingly referred to by Michael Keaton as a "porno movie".

References

    • Written on the Wind (1956)

    • Touch of Evil (1958)

    • Vertigo (1958)

    • North by Northwest (1959)

    • Psycho (1960)

Remade as

    • Basic Sexual Instinct (Video 2007)

      Erotic remake

Spoofed in

    • "Saturday Night Live" Sharon Stone/Pearl Jam (TV Episode 1992)

      Spoofed during the monologue and It's Pat and referenced at the start of Weekend Update.
    • "In Living Color" Basic Instank (TV Episode 1992)

      Spoofed in the "Basic Instank" sketch
    • Balling Instinct (Video 1992)

      "Balling Instinct" is a loose parody of "Basic Instinct".
    • Fight Back to School III (1993)

    • All's Well, Ends Well Too (1993)

      Lesile Cheung put a hairpin as an icepick 'stab' to Ng Man Tat

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