Indecent Proposal

Indecent Proposal
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Directed by	Adrian Lyne
Written by	Jack Engelhard (novel) Amy Holden Jones (screenplay)
Produced by	Sherry Lansing
Starring	Robert Redford Demi Moore Woody Harrelson Seymour Cassel Oliver Platt
Cinematography	Howard Atherton
Edited by	Joe Hutshing Julie Monroe (additional editor)
Music by	John Barry
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	April 7, 1993
Running time	118 min
Language	English
Budget	$38,000,000
Box office	$106,000,000

Indecent Proposal is a 1993 film drama directed by Adrian Lyne. It stars Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel and Oliver Platt. It is based on the novel of the same name by Jack Engelhard.

Plot

Childhood sweethearts David (Woody Harrelson) and Diana Murphy (Demi Moore) are a married couple who travel to Las Vegas, hoping they can win enough money to finance David's fantasy real estate project. After gambling away all of their savings, they encounter billionaire John Gage (Robert Redford). John is attracted to Diana and offers David one million dollars to spend a night with her. After a difficult night, David and Diana decide to accept the offer, and a contract is signed the next day. John flies Diana to a private boat, and it is assumed that their arrangement is consummated.

Although he had hoped to forget the whole incident, David grows increasingly insecure about his relationship with Diana, consumed with a fear that she remains involved with Gage. Because of this tension on their relationship, David and Diana separate. John reappears and renews his advances on Diana. Although she initially resists, Diana eventually consents to spending time with him, and a relationship develops. David, meanwhile, realizes he cannot go on without the love of his life. When Diana files for divorce, David makes one final attempt to win her back.

John sees how Diana looks at David and recognizes that, even if she stayed with him, their relationship would never achieve the intensity she had with David. In John's presence, David gives the money away. Then John misleads her into thinking that she was only the latest in a long line of "million dollar girls". She leaves John and returns to David.

Cast

• Robert Redford as John Gage
• Demi Moore as Diana Murphy
• Woody Harrelson as David Murphy
• Seymour Cassel as Mr. Shackleford
• Oliver Platt as Jeremy
• Billy Bob Thornton as Day Tripper
• Rip Taylor as Mr. Langford
• Cameos: Sheena Easton, Billy Connolly, Herbie Hancock

Reception

Despite the film's success at the box office, the film won three Golden Raspberry Awards including for Worst Picture and Worst Supporting Actor (Woody Harrelson).

In popular culture

• The film was parodied in a Hyundai commercial airing in Canada. In it, a presumably wealthy man offers a man $1 million to spend the day with his Hyundai Sonata. The man refuses.
• On MTV Cribs, boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. told the camera crew to come back to his home to show his bedroom. The bedroom has a huge amount of dollar bills stacked by Mayweather himself and then imitates the famous "money shower" with his own money before the end credits roll.

External links

• Indecent Proposal at IMDb
• Complete list of actors who were considered for roles