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1 videodisc (DVD) (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Standard version on one side and widescreen version on the other
Set in 18th century France, this is the story of two bored aristocrats and the havoc they wreak when they play dangerous games with people's lives. The beautiful widow Merteuil challenges rakish Valmont to seduce a virtuous young married woman, never suspecting that he would violate his personal credo and fall in love
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988
Based on the play by Christopher Hampton ; adapted from the novel: Les liaisons dangereuses / by Choderlos De Laclos
Screenplay, Christopher Hampton ; producers, Norma Heyman and Hank Moonjean ; director, Stephen Frears
Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Mildred Natwick, Uma Thurman
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Languages, English and French; subtitles in English, French and Spanish