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Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 18, 1987

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

Thriller, Drama, Romance

User Score

68%

Original Title

Fatal Attraction

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

Adrian Lyne

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue

$320,145,693

Description

For Dan Gallagher, life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth, and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex, everything changes. Jilted by Dan, Alex becomes unstable, her behavior escalating from aggressive pursuit to obsessive stalking. Dan realizes that his main problem is not hiding his affair, but rather saving himself and his family.