The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
J.J. Abrams
- Video Photographer #2
- (as Jeffrey Abrams)
James Kisicki
- Rear Ender
- (as Jim Kisicki)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSharon Stone and the film's producer James G. Robinson fell out over her refusal to do a nude scene.
- GoofsThe lines of text on the computer monitor reach the bottom of the screen start scrolling. In the close-up, the text is just starting to be written again.
- SoundtracksIn The Arms Of Love
Written by Marco Marinageli and Frank P. Maddlone
Performed by Sherry Williams
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This movie is worse than bad. The credits do not include the fact that it is based on the wonderful earlier version, from 1954, or the book it was based on- and maybe it's just for the best. A terrible movie; the most unsubtle movie I ever saw. And somehow, the beautiful Isabel Adjani doesn't look so good in English. The plot in this version isn't realistic, the ending is pathetic, the twists are shallow. This movie deserves all the bad words in the English language. I gave it a 1, which it deserves only for Adjani's clothes. One of the worst movies of 1996, perhaps of all time.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,100,266
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,524,055
- Mar 24, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $17,100,266
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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