Body of Evidence (1993 film)

Body of Evidence
Directed by	Uli Edel
Written by	Brad Mirman
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Starring	Madonna Michael Forest Joe Mantegna
Cinematography	Douglas Milsome
Edited by	Thom Noble
Music by	Graeme Revell
Distributed by	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Release dates	January 15, 1993 (USA)
Running time	99 min.
Country	Germany / United States
Language	English
Budget	$30,000,000 (estimated)

Body of Evidence is a 1993 American erotic film directed by Uli Edel and written by Brad Mirman. The original music score was composed by Graeme Revell. The film was marketed with the tagline "An act of love, or an act of murder?"

Plot

The movie centers around the relationship between accused murderer Rebecca Carlson and her attorney, Frank Dulaney. Carlson is accused of using S&M-related sex to murder her wealthy older lover. She uses sexual mind-games to seduce Delaney, and is ultimately found not-guilty (only to immediately reveal that she is.) The film drew unfavorable comparisons to the similar plot of Basic Instinct. The film was released on a Rated/Unrated DVD. The film was released during Madonna's Sex Book/Erotica Period.

Reception and Controversy

It was nominated for Razzie Awards in six categories; Madonna won one for "Worst Actress". It was also on the 2005 list of Roger Ebert's most hated films.

Many critics found the film hard to believe and stated that Dafoe was "too ugly" to play the part of Frank Dulaney. Additionally the film's sex scenes and nudity were unusually explicit for a mainstream film with a major star in the lead, and bordered on soft core pornography. A particularly graphic scene depicts Dafoe hiking up Madonna's skirt, removing her underwear, and performing oral sex on her, with his face descending into her genitals. She then proceeds to sit on Dafoe's face, while Dafoe performs oral sex on her. Madonna then goes down, and has sex with Dafoe on the hood of a car that is covered in the broken glass of a lightbulb. Another scene features Madonna masturbating before being apparently raped by Dafoe.

Main cast

• Willem Dafoe as Frank Dulaney
• Madonna as Rebecca Carlson
• Joe Mantegna as Robert Garrett
• Anne Archer as Joanne Braslow
• Frank Langella as Jeffrey Roston
• Julianne Moore as Sharon Dulaney
• Jurgen Prochnow as Dr. Alan Payley

External links

• Body of Evidence at IMDb
• ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Body of Evidence at AllMovie