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Body of Evidence
When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him. District attorney Robert Garrett decides to prosecute Rebecca, arguing that she deliberately engaged in wild sex with the old man to overexcite him and lead to his premature death. Defense attorney Frank Dulaney defends Rebecca in court while getting sucked into a dangerous affair with her.
1993 · Directed by Uli Edel · 101 min · Drama · Thriller · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 13 frames
Tagline
An act of love, or an act of murder?
Plot
The elderly and wealthy Andrew Marsh dies from complications stemming from an erotic incident involving bondage and homemade pornography. The main suspect is his lover Rebecca Carlson who proclaims her innocence to lawyer Frank Dulaney. Initially believing her, Frank agrees to represent her.
District Attorney Robert Garrett seeks to prove that Rebecca deliberately killed Marsh in bed to receive the $8 million he left her in his will. As the trial begins, Rebecca and Frank enter a sadomasochistic sexual relationship behind the back of Frank's unsuspecting wife Sharon. During their first sexual encounter, Rebecca secures Frank's arms behind his back using his own belt and alternately pours hot wax and champagne on him before having sex.
After an ex-lover of Rebecca's, Jeffrey Roston, testifies that he also had a heart condition, changed his will to favour Rebecca and that she was sexually domineering and compelled him to engage in sexual activity with no regard to his health, describing an incident that clearly resonates with Frank's own experience, Frank attempts to end their affair.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Brad Mirman
- Cinematography: Douglas Milsome
- Edited by: Thom Noble
- Music: Graeme Revell
- Production design: Victoria Paul
- Produced by: Dino De Laurentiis, Bernd Eichinger
Cast
- Madonna as Rebeca Carlson
- Willem Dafoe as Frank Dulaney
- Julianne Moore as Sharon Dulaney
- Anne Archer as Joanne Braslow
- Jürgen Prochnow as Dr. Alan Paley
- Frank Langella as Jeffrey Roston
- Lillian Lehman as Judge Richter Burnham
- Joe Mantegna as Robert Garrett
- Charles Hallahan as Dr. McCurdy
- Stan Shaw as Charles Biggs
Production
- Country: Germany, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Constantin Film, Dino de Laurentiis Communications
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Box office: $38,000,000
- Themes: infidelity, sexual obsession, sadism, eroticism, suspicion of murder, seduction, celebrity, murder, drugs, neo-noir
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