Cruel Intentions (1999)
Cruel Intentions was the link movie connecting The Player and American Psycho.
Linked through Louise Fletcher and Reese Witherspoon.
Both Louise Fletcher and Reese Witherspoon appeared in Cruel Intentions.
About Cruel Intentions
"In the game of seduction, there is only one rule: Never fall in love."
Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.
Directed by Roger Kumble
Written by Roger Kumble
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Score by Edward Shearmur
The soundtrack was released March 9, 1999 by Arista/Virgin and reached number 60 on the Billboard chart; its lead track was The Verve's Bitter Sweet Symphony. The production spent close to $1 million to license that song amid a legal dispute that resulted in songwriting credits being changed to Jagger–Richards.
Movie trivia
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The film is a modern retelling of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, transplanted to New York City's wealthy high school milieu.
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Originally a smaller-budget independent picture, Cruel Intentions was picked up by Columbia Pictures and given a wide release on March 5, 1999.
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Approximately 10% of the roughly $10 million budget—close to $1 million—was spent to license The Verve's Bitter Sweet Symphony for the film's ending amid legal issues over an orchestral sample.
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Producer Neal Moritz said the team tried roughly 200 other songs before securing Bitter Sweet Symphony and declared the expense 'well worth it.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar revealed in a 2016 interview that the movie's original title was Cruel Inventions.
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Ryan Phillippe's brief nude pool scene became a persistent pop-culture moment often cited by gay men as a point of sexual awakening, a phenomenon Phillippe acknowledged.
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