Body of Evidence [Blu-ray]

Director: Uli Edel Uli Edel

Overview

Madonna plays Rebecca Carlson, a sex bomb who parades naked in front of the open windows of her houseboat at all hours while the lobstermen catch crabs. This entry in the Basic Instinct sweepstakes poses the question: If love hurts, does sex kill? The judge and jury certainly want to find out when Rebecca's latest conquest, a multi-millionaire, dies of a heart attack while making love to her. Eight million dollars was bequeathed to Rebecca in his will, and District Attorney Robert Garrett (Joe Mantegna) is convinced that Rebecca, knowing that her rich lover had a weak heart, killed him with wild sex so that she could get her mitts on the money. Rebecca's lawyer, Frank Dulaney (Willem Dafoe), thinks differently, suspecting the millionaire's private secretary Joanne Braslow (Anne Archer) of the crime, since she was dumped by the millionaire for Rebecca. Besides which, Frank is attracted to Rebecca himself and throws legal ethics out the window as he starts a sadomasochistic affair with her.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/12/2018
UPC:	0826663180947
Original Release:	1993
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	1,820

Special Features

R-Rated version of Body of Evidence (standard definition); "Love or Murder" featurette; Still gallery; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Madonna	Actor
Willem Dafoe	Actor
Joe Mantegna	Actor
Anne Archer	Actor
Julianne Moore	Actor
Jurgen Prochnow	Actor
Frank Langella	Actor
Stan Shaw	Actor
Charles Hallahan	Actor
Lillian Lehman	Actor
Mark Rolston	Actor
Jeff Perry	Actor
Richard Riehle	Actor
Mary Slater	Actor
Michael Forest	Actor
D. Scot Douglas	Actor
Mario DePriest	Actor
John DeLay	Actor
Ross Huffman-Kerr	Actor
Mark C. Vincent	Actor
Aaron Corcoran	Actor
Timi Prulhiere	Actor
Corey Brunish	Actor
John Chandler	Actor
Peter Paul Eastman	Actor
Bryan Clark	Actor
Frank Roberts	Minister
Graeme Revell	Composer
Henry B. Walthall	Actor

Technical Credits

Brad Mirman

Uli Edel	Director
Brad Mirman	Screenwriter
David Ellis	Stunts,Stunts
Melinda Jason	Executive Producer
Dale Martin	Special Effects
Mary Jo Slater	Casting
Dino De Laurentiis	Producer
Stephen Deutsch	Executive Producer
Tim Davison	Stunts
Matt Kutcher	Special Effects
Charles Smith	Key Grip

Editorial Reviews

Of all the erotic thrillers that came in the wake of Basic Instinct, Uli Edel's Body of Evidence is arguably the silliest. Although the screenplay attempts to titillate with kinky sex games, the dialogue is flat. Madonna's stale delivery does nothing to help the proceedings. Her Rebecca Carlson is so unappealing, such a non-entity as a human being, even an actor as talented as Willem Dafoe is unable to be credibly attracted to her. Dafoe keeps a pained look on his face throughout most of the film that is supposed to communicate an uncontrollable urge, but one gets the impression that the look betrays the actor's knowledge of how bad the film is. Director Uli Edel had some success in Germany and had achieved art-house respectability with Last Exit to Brooklyn, but Body of Evidence seemed to kill whatever career momentum he had built up to that point. This film is valuable only for pop-culture fiends who savor Madonna's cinematic train wrecks like Swept Away, Dangerous Game, and Shanghai Surprise (to name just a few).

All Movie Guide - Perry Seibert