Dangerous Liaisons - Valmont - Cruel Intentions

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Book: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782)
Movie: Dangerous Liaisons (1988 & 2003)/ Valmont (1989)/ Cruel Intentions (1999)

Premise movie:
Dangerous Liaisons (1988/2003):"Based on the infamous novel LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES by Choderlos de Laclos and the subsequent Christopher Hampton play, set in pre-revolutionary France, a cunning Marquise (Glenn Close) and a seductive Vicomte (John Malkovich) mastermind a cruel and complicated game of romantic manipulation. Set against the backdrop of high--society baroque boudoirs, filled with deceitful lovers and cunning sexual gamesmanship the Marquise and the Vicomte agree to a competition involving a virginal young bride (Uma Thurman) and a faithful wife (Michele Pfeiffer). When the Vicomte successfully seduces the virtuous and faithful wife they unexpectantly fall in love, breaking the rules of the inhuman Marquise's clever parlor game with vengeful results. " 

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Valmont (1989):"Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love. Based on the same novel as "Dangerous Liaisons."

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Cruel Intentions (1999): "Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar play bickering step-siblings who, together, quietly control much of the social lives of the students in an affluent NY prep school. Phillippe's Sebastian sees himself as a kind of Don Juan, who always gets his woman, while Gellar's Katherine would rather enact revenge on ex-flames and corrupt incoming freshmen. One day, Kathryn and Sebastian, driven by a mutual lust for each other and a love of messing with innocent young people's lives, hatch a nefarious plan, and place a kind of bet. Sebastian is to woo and bed the daughter of the new headmaster (Reese Witherspoon, playing a very adamant virgin with plans to only "wait until marriage"), and if he is able to accomplish this seemingly impossible task, he can have his way with Gellar - the one woman whom he KNOWS he can not have. If he is unable to seduce the ice queen, however, Katherine gets his classic car."

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Author:
"Pierre Ambrose Choderlos de Laclos, a French official and army general, was born on October 18, 1741 in Amiens, France and died in Taranto, Italy on September 5, 1803. He is most famously remembered for his novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses a celebrated classic which explores seduction, revenge and evil. The story has been adapted as a film several times; notably in 1988 as Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears. General de Laclos died in the former convent of Saint Francis in Taranto but following the demise of Napoleon Bonaparte the locals destroyed his burial tomb and it is believed that his bones were tossed into the sea. "

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Director Dangerous Liaisons: Stephan Frears (1988) - Josée Dayan (2003)

Cast: 1988: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurmann, Keanu Reeves and others.

2003: Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Everett, LeeLee Sobieski, Nastassja Kinski, Danielle Darrieux and others.
Costume designer: Jean-Paul Gautier

Director Valmont: Milos Forman

Cast: Colin Firth, Annette Benning, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Siân Phillips and others.

Director Cruel Intentions: Roger Kumble

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Louise Fletcher, Joshua Jackson, Tara Reid and others.

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Famous quotes

From the movie version of 1988: 
Vicomte de Valmont:"As for this present infatuation, it won't last. But for the present it is beyond my control."
Marquise de Merteuill:"And in the end I distilled everything into one wonderfully simple principle. Win or die. "
Marquise de Merteuill: "Like most intellectuals he is intensely stupid."
Vicomte de Valmont:"I have no illusions. I lost them on my travels."

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