Fatal Attraction

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Fatal Attraction

film by Lyne [1987]

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Fatal Attraction is a 1987 film directed by Adrian Lyne. The movie features Glenn Close in a role that earned her an Academy Award nomination for best actress.1

The film explores the theme of the femme fatale, a seductive woman who brings disaster to those involved with her. This archetype has a long history in mythology, literature, and film, often embodying negative tropes about women while also being complex and intelligent. In Fatal Attraction, Close plays a character who embodies this archetype, representing a vindictive and sexually voracious career woman.2

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Glenn Close
Acclaim on the stage and entry into films
…psychopathic temptress in the thriller Fatal Attraction and as the scheming Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons.
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…psychopathic temptress in the thriller Fatal Attraction and as the scheming Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons.
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Michael Douglas
Noteworthy acting roles
…most memorable roles was in Fatal Attraction (1987), in which he portrayed a family man terrorized by a woman (memorably portrayed by Glenn Close) with whom he has an adulterous affair. In the same year, Douglas delivered an Oscar-winning performance as a ruthless, morally empty financier in Wall Street (1987).…
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…most memorable roles was in Fatal Attraction (1987), in which he portrayed a family man terrorized by a woman (memorably portrayed by Glenn Close) with whom he has an adulterous affair. In the same year, Douglas delivered an Oscar-winning performance as a ruthless, morally empty financier in Wall Street (1987).…
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femme fatale
…played by Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction (1987) and Demi Moore in Disclosure (1994), she’s a vindictive, sexually voracious, career woman. The femmes fatales played by Pam Grier in Foxy Brown (1974), Anne Parillaud in La Femme Nikita (1990), and Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, and
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…played by Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction (1987) and Demi Moore in Disclosure (1994), she’s a vindictive, sexually voracious, career woman. The femmes fatales played by Pam Grier in Foxy Brown (1974), Anne Parillaud in La Femme Nikita (1990), and Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, and
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Fred Gwynne
>Fatal Attraction (1987), and he won particular notice for his performances in the horror film Pet Sematary (1989) and the comedy My Cousin Vinny (1992).
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>Fatal Attraction (1987), and he won particular notice for his performances in the horror film Pet Sematary (1989) and the comedy My Cousin Vinny (1992).
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