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Adrian Lyne: Fatal Attraction
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Adrian Lyne is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his films focusing on sexually charged characters. He directed the music video for the theme song from "Flashdance" called "Maniac" by Michael Sembello, and received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Director in 1988 for "Fatal Attraction". He directed many films, including "Foxes", "Jacob's Ladder" and "Indecent Proposal".
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British-born director Adrian Lyne "grew up" professionally in TV commercials, carrying over the quick-cut, hard-sell techniques of that specialized genre into his first film, Foxes (1980). Lyne went on to embrace the burgeoning "MTV" directorial school for his breakthrough feature, Flashdance (1983). His next project, 9 1/2 Weeks (1986), represented Lyne's first creative battle with the editing room. The director had one notion of what constituted "too much" in this erotic drama, the editors (backed by the producers) had another -- and the result was two separate release versions, one rated R, the other not rated at all. In Fatal Attraction (1987), his biggest box-office hit, Lyne favored the script's original ironic-twist ending, but preview audiences demanded that leading lady Glenn Close be punished for her psychotic behavior. As with 9 1/2 Weeks, Fatal Attraction ultimately went out in two versions: theatergoers saw the heavily revised ending (filmed a full year after principal photography ended), while videocassette and laserdisc connoisseurs were treated to the director's cut.
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Adrian Lyne needed a Humbert. He considered Anthony Hopkins but decided he was too old; he considered Hugh Grant but decided he was too young. Then Lyne thought of jeremy Irons, whom he had encountered briefly when Irons visited Glenn Close on the Fatal Attraction set and with whom he had the flirtation that occurs between directors and actors when they first meet. "I wonder how we'd get on," Lyne had thought, watching Irons. "I wonder how he thinks."
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Known for his sex-charged erotic dramas and thrillers, British director Adrian Lyne made a name for himself with such racy fare as 9 1/2 Weeks, Fatal Attraction, and Lolita. This video profile highlights his career, featuring interviews with Jeremy Irons, Anne Archer, and Tim Robbins. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
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It’s been about five years since director Adrian Lyne stepped behind the camera. That’s far too long for this unjustly overlooked filmmaker whose past credits include "Fatal Attraction," "9 1/2 Weeks" and his perfect imagining of "Lolita." Lyne’s newest blend is "Unfaithful," a sexual obsession and infidelity tale (a remake of the French film "Les Femmes Infidele") laced with undertones of bloodshed that only someone with Lyne’s well-worn poker face could pull off.
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The British film director Adrian Lyne, 66, received an Academy Award nomination for 'Fatal Attraction'. He ... directed '9 1/2 Weeks', 'Indecent Proposal', 'Flashdance' and 'Lolita', and is working on an adaptation of Chuck Hogan's thriller 'The Town'
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