Promotional movie poster for Sliver

This article is for the novel and film. See Sliver (song) for the song by Nirvana. For the best-of album by Nirvana see Sliver (album)

Sliver (1991) is a novel by U.S. author Ira Levin about the mysterious goings-on in a privately-owned New York highrise apartment building, especially after a new tenant -- an attractive young woman working in publishing -- has moved in. Phillip Noyce directed a film based on the book in 1993. Image File history File links This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organisation to promote their works in the media. ... Image File history File links This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organisation to promote their works in the media. ... Movie Posters are posters used to advertise films. ... Sliver is a song by the band Nirvana. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Ira Levin (born August 27, 1929 in New York) is an author of fiction thriller novels and is also a playwright and songwriter. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ... An apartment (or flat) is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Phillip Noyce (born on 29 April 1950 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian film director. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Synopsis

Book version

Sharon Stone and William Baldwin

When she makes the acquaintance of a handsome and friendly young man who lives in the same "sliver" building she does not know at first that he is the owner. While keeping a low profile himself, he turns out to know an awful lot about the other inhabitants including many of their secrets. It then turns out that he is a modern-day Peeping Tom who, unknown to everyone, has had surveillance cameras and microphones installed in every single apartment of the house, with his own place in the building serving as his headquarters. The novel is also a murder mystery, and the beautiful heroine soon becomes a damsel in distress herself. William Baldwin and Sharon Stone in the movie Sliver This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... William Baldwin and Sharon Stone in the movie Sliver This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Sharon Stone was born Sharon Vonne Stone on March 10, 1958 in Meadville, Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh. ... Categories: People stubs | 1963 births | Baldwin brothers | Cinema actors | American actors ... Peeping Tom is a slang term for a voyeur. ... A poster for The Perils of Pauline (1914). ...

Film version

Phillip Noyce's film version (1993, screenplay by Joe Eszterhas, who also wrote Basic Instinct) deviates considerably from the plot of the book. The film starred Sharon Stone and William Baldwin. The movie takes rather a simplistic stance on voyeurism, suggesting that wanting to secretly observe people and thus invading their privacy is part of human nature. Levin's novel, on the other hand, tries to draw a line between man's innate curiosity and pathological and compulsive behaviour patterns. Phillip Noyce (born on 29 April 1950 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian film director. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... Josef Eszterhas (born November 23, 1944 in Csakanydoroszlo, Hungary) is a controversial Hungarian-American screenwriter best known for his work on the films Basic Instinct and Showgirls. ... Basic Instinct (released March 20, 1992) is an American mystery film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. ... Sharon Stone was born Sharon Vonne Stone on March 10, 1958 in Meadville, Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh. ... Categories: People stubs | 1963 births | Baldwin brothers | Cinema actors | American actors ... Voyeurism is a practice in which an individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people. ... Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to stop information about themselves from becoming known to people other than those they choose to give the information to. ... Human nature is the fundamental nature and substance of humans, as well as the range of human behavior that is believed to be invariant over long periods of time and across very different cultural contexts. ...

See also

• Sliver: Music from the Motion Picture - movie soundtrack

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External links

• Sliver (1993) at the Internet Movie Database
• EnigmaCretu.Com