A New York art gallery curator starts a torrid love affair with a suave stranger who keeps pushing her boundaries.A New York art gallery curator starts a torrid love affair with a suave stranger who keeps pushing her boundaries.A New York art gallery curator starts a torrid love affair with a suave stranger who keeps pushing her boundaries.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
Storyline
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- TriviaDirector Adrian Lyne used emotionally manipulative tactics on Kim Basinger during the shooting to elicit the performance he wanted from the somewhat new actress, which Basinger later criticized harshly. For example, Lyne did not allow Mickey Rourke and Basinger to talk to each other off-set. The two were kept isolated from each other and Lyne would tell Basinger rumors about how Rourke intended to make her like or dislike him so that she would carry that attitude into the scene. Lyne would also offer Rourke performance notes, but Basinger none, in order to unnerve her. In a very unusual and expensive move along these lines, Lyne shot the film sequentially, so that Basinger's actual emotional breakdown over time would be effectively translated to the screen.
- GoofsWhen John turns on his stereo to play Joe Cocker's "You Can Keep Your Hat On" for Elizabeth's striptease, the speaker switch on the power amplifier is in the off position.
- Alternate versions117 minute uncut and unrated European version is available on DVD.
- ConnectionsEdited into Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (2004)
- SoundtracksThe Best Is Yet To Come
Performed by Luba
Written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
Produced by Narada Michael Walden for Perfection Light Productions
Featured review
Two successful, but lonely yuppies embark on a sexual odessey for 9 and a 1/2 weeks. All people seem to talk about when it comes to this movie is about the sex scenes and the nudity in the film. This film is not about sex and nudity in my opinion. It is about control and power. I found this film to be intelligent and stylishly done and yes very erotic. Rourke and Basinger make a steamy couple and the ending and the events that unfolded in the film lingered with me long afterwards and left me thinking for a while. This is one film that actually seems to have gotten better with time.
- brandonsites1981
- Sep 3, 2002
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- 9 1/2 Weeks
- Filming locations
- 101 Spring Street, New York City, New York, USA("Spring Street Gallery")
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,735,922
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $328,804
- Feb 23, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $6,740,470
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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