- Indecent Proposal
Infobox_Film
name = Indecent Proposal
image_size=
caption= original film poster
director =Adrian Lyne
writer =Jack Engelhard (novel)Amy Holden Jones (screenplay)
cinematography =Howard Atherton
music = John Barry
editing =Joe Hutshing Julie Monroe (additional editor)
starring =Robert Redford Demi Moore Woody Harrelson Seymour Cassel Oliver Platt
producer =Sherry Lansing
distributor=Paramount Pictures
budget = $38,000,000
worldwide gross = $266,614,059
released=April 7 ,1993
runtime = 118 min
language = English
imdb_id = 0107211|"Indecent Proposal" is a 1993 film
drama directed byAdrian Lyne . It starsRobert Redford ,Demi Moore ,Woody Harrelson ,Seymour Cassel andOliver Platt . It is based on the novel of the same name byJack 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 yacht, 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
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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
The film was a box office success, earning $106,614,059 in the U.S. and $160,000,000 internationally for a worldwide total of $266,614,059.
Despite the film's success at the box office, it received mostly negative reviews from critics [ [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19930425/COMMENTARY/44010320 "Moviegoers take pleasure in fantasy"] - April 25, 1993, article by Roger Ebert.]
Gene Siskel gave the film thumbs down.Roger Ebert , however, gave it thumbs up on "Siskel & Ebert ". [ [http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/index2.html?sec=1&subsec=886 "Siskel & Ebert" review] ] Ebert also wrote a positive print review. [ [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19930407/REVIEWS/304070301/1023 "Indecent Proposal" review] by Roger Ebert, "Chicago Sun-Times ", April 7, 1993.] The film won threeGolden Raspberry Awards including Worst Picture and Worst Supporting Actor (Woody Harrelson)Contrast with the Novel
Although this film shares some thematic elements with the novel that inspired it, the underlying plot is entirely different: in Engelhard's novel, main character Joshua is a Jew, and his billionaire foil is an Arab. The mental battle between Joshua and his rival is therefore not merely a game of money but rather an extension of the Arab-Israeli conflict. While the novel does end on a positive note, it isn't quite the happy ending portrayed in the film.
In popular culture
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The Simpsons homages and parodies the film in the episode "Half-Decent Proposal "; Marge's high school prom date,Artie Ziff , comes back into her life and offers Homer and her a sizable portion of his newfound fortune in exchange for a weekend with Marge.
*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.References
External links
*imdb title|id=0107211|title=Indecent Proposal
* [http://www.notstarring.com/movies/indecent-proposal Complete list of actors who were considered for roles]
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