Fatal Attraction

The film grossed US$156.6 million. Interestingly, Hitchcock and screenwriter Ben Hecht chose to use uranium as their central plot device before the use of nuclear weapons in Japan. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Glenn Close), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Anne Archer), Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Critics have noted a "beverage motif" that runs throughout the picture: at the beginning of the film, Alicia is portrayed as a dipsomaniac and bottles and glasses are prominent in many scenes; later, Alicia and Devlin discover the uranium (the film's MacGuffin) in wine bottles in Sebastian's cellar; finally, Sebastian and his mother attempt to kill Alicia by poisoning her coffee. It was directed by Adrian Lyne. Similar examples occur in Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, and North by Northwest. The movie was adapted by James Dearden and Nicholas Meyer from an earlier, script by Dearden for British television. Such extended close-ups of lovers became a Hitchcock trademark.

It stars Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer. Censorship of the period limited the amount of time a couple on screen could kiss, and Hitchcock circumvented this restriction by having his lovers maintain close physical contact while moving across the room making dinner plans. Fatal Attraction is a 1987 horror/slasher film which tells the story of a married man who has an affair, only to discover that the woman with whom he had the affair is not ready to let it end. The picture fell under scrutiny at the time of its release for a long embrace between Bergman and Grant. I mean, I'm not gonna be ignored, Dan!". Rains plays Alex Sebastian, the German spy. "Well, what am I supposed to do? You won't answer my calls, you change your number. Devlin, the American agent she works for.

R. Grant plays T. government to spy on a group of Germans who have relocated to Brazil after World War II. She is hired by the U.S.

Bergman plays Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a Nazi spy. Notorious was a 1946 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Claude Rains.