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Nine 1/2 Weeks

The book Nine 1/2 Weeks was made into the movie Nine 1/2 Weeks.

Which one did you like better, the book or the movie?  There are 5 votes for the book, and 4 votes for the movie.

Book details for Nine 1/2 Weeks

Nine 1/2 Weeks was written by Elizabeth McNeill. The book was published in 1978 by Berkley Publishing Group. More information on the book is available on Amazon.com.

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Movie details for Nine 1/2 Weeks

The movie was released in 1986 and directed by Adrian Lyne, who also directed Indecent Proposal (1993) and Lolita (1997). More information on the movie is available on Amazon.com and also IMDb.

Actors on this movie include Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Margaret Whitton, David Margulies, Christine Baranski, Karen Young, William De Acutis, Dwight Weist, Roderick Cook, Victor Truro, Justine Johnston, Cintia Cruz, Kim Chan, Lee Lai Sing, Rudolph Willrich, Helen Hanft, Michael P. Moran, Raynor Scheine, Olek Krupa and Michael Margotta.

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Frequently given short shrift as a blue movie (which it is) and as mindless (which it isn't), director Adrian Lyne's follow-up to Flashdance (insert own joke here) is a thoughtful, smutty film about a bad sexual relationship. It follows the two-month affa... Read More
Frequently given short shrift as a blue movie (which it is) and as mindless (which it isn't), director Adrian Lyne's follow-up to Flashdance (insert own joke here) is a thoughtful, smutty film about a bad sexual relationship. It follows the two-month affair between Elizabeth, an art-gallery dealer, and John, a Wall Street exec. The relationship spirals downward into raunchier sex (filmed, by the way, quite nicely) but principally is about two adults doing adult things but not acting anything like real adults. Attempts at actual human connection, about the longing to be "good," are present here and make this an above-average erotic film. Rourke is just honing his scumbag, bad-boy persona; but it doesn't overwhelm. Lots and lots of Kim Basinger. --Keith Simanton