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?" Uli Edel (born April 11, 1947 in Neuenburg, Germany), German film director. ... Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis, (born August 8, 1919) is an Italian movie producer born at Torre Annunziata in the province of Naples. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... Gerald Michael Charlebois, better known as Michael Forest (born April 17, 1929 in Harvey, North Dakota, USA), is an American voice actor who has voiced in many anime titles. ... Joe Mantegna as Detective Will Girardi in Joan of Arcadia Joe Mantegnas character, Fat Tony in The Simpsons Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Jr. ... Graeme Revell was born in New Zealand in 1955. ... Douglas Milsome is an English cinematographer. ... Thom Noble is an Academy Award winning film editor. ... De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) was a production company/distribution unit founded by producer Dino De Laurentiis. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow. ... The use of sex in film has been controversial since the earliest use of cinematography and the first portrayals of love scenes and nude scenes. ... Uli Edel (born April 11, 1947 in Neuenburg, Germany), German film director. ... Graeme Revell was born in New Zealand in 1955. ...

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. S&M can be an abbreviation for: Slave and Master, a form of Sexual roleplaying. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Basic Instinct is a 1992 thriller film, directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. ...

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. Razzie Award The Raspberry Awards or Razzies, first awarded in 1981, were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to counterpoint the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ... The 14th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 20, 1994 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognise the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1993. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...

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 rapidly quivering 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. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up mainstream in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Pornographic movies Pornography (Porn) (from Greek πόρνη (porne) prostitute and γραφή (grafe) writing), more informally referred to as porn or porno, is the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ... Oral sex consists of all sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, which may include use of the tongue, teeth, and throat, to stimulate genitalia. ... A sex organ, or primary abnormal characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those anatomical parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in a complex organism; namely: Male: penis, prepuce, testicles, scrotum... Woman masturbating, 1913 drawing by Gustav Klimt. ...

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

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External links

• Body of Evidence at the Internet Movie Database
• Body of Evidence at All Movie Guide