The video premiere, however, restored the deleted material.īody of Evidence has an 8% rating at Rotten Tomatoes based on 38 reviews, with a rating average of 3.10/10. The first theatrical release was censored for the purpose of obtaining an R rating, reducing the film's running time from 101 to 99 minutes. The film originally received the rare NC-17 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. It grossed $13 million in the United States and Canada and $25 million internationally for a worldwide total of $38 million. In its second week it experienced a 60% drop. It was the first time I'd been asked to get naked and it turned out to be completely extraneous and gratuitous." Release Box office īody of Evidence performed poorly at the box office. Julianne Moore said her nude scene in this movie was "just awful": "I was too young to know better. The cemetery scene featured in the beginning of the film was shot on location at Lone Fir Cemetery. Paley is arrested for murdering her.īefore leaving the scene with his wife to repair their relationship, Dulaney then tells Garret he should've won the case with Garrett replying: "I did".īody of Evidence was filmed in Portland, Oregon, with the Pittock Mansion serving as a primary location. Paley realizes she does not care about him and becomes enraged when she tells him she has already forgotten him.Īfter a struggle with Dulaney who tries to save Carlson, Paley shoots her twice. Carlson is unconcerned about his discovery, but Paley is upset to find out that she was sleeping with Dulaney as well. He confronts the co-conspirators, realizing that it was Paley who supplied the fatal dose of cocaine. Before leaving court, she mockingly thanks Dulaney indicating that she may be guilty after all.ĭulaney visits Carlson's home and overhears an incriminating conversation between her and Marsh's doctor, Alan Paley. Carlson suggests to Dulaney that the secretary tried to frame her, but he is now less sure of her innocence in the crime.Ĭarlson takes the stand and her surprising testimony that Roston had an affair with another man convinces the jury, which acquits her. However, there is evidence that she bought the murder weapon. She says that she was hurt but she loved him and would never hurt him. He also had previously left Braslow more money in his will before beginning his relationship with Carlson. Initially she resists before appearing to enjoy the assault.įootage from Marsh’s home video reveals that he had an affair with his secretary, Joanne Braslow, who is a key witness against Carlson. Carlson pulls out handcuffs, Dulaney forcibly cuffs her hands instead and sexually assaults her. When Dulaney accidentally knocks her to the ground, Carlson begins to masturbate on the floor in front of him. Dulaney goes to Carlson's home and accuses her of telling his wife about them (although Sharon says she worked it out from her tone alone). Sharon confronts him about the affair having figured it out from a phone call with Carlson as well as the strange marks on his body from the hot wax. As the trial begins, Carlson and Dulaney enter a sadomasochistic sexual relationship behind the back of Dulaney's unsuspecting wife, Sharon.ĭuring their first sexual encounter, Carlson secures Dulaney’s arms behind his back using his own belt and alternatively pours hot wax and champagne on him before having sex.Īfter an ex-lover of Carlson’s, Jeffrey Roston, testifies that he both changed his will to favour her and that she engaged in similar risky sexual behaviour with him, Dulaney attempts to end their affair. Initially believing her, Dulaney agrees to represent her.ĭistrict Attorney Robert Garrett seeks to prove that Carlson deliberately killed Marsh in bed to receive the $8 million he left her in his will. The main suspect is his lover Rebecca Carlson who proclaims her innocence to lawyer Frank Dulaney. The elderly and wealthy Andrew Marsh dies from complications stemming from an erotic incident involving bondage and homemade pornography. In Japan, Madonna's other 1993 film Dangerous Game was released there as Body II even though the films have nothing in common nor are related to each other in narrative. In France and Japan, the film was released under the name Body. Widely considered to be a vanity project for Madonna, it marked her fourth film performance to be universally panned by critics, following Shanghai Surprise, Who's That Girl, and Bloodhounds of Broadway. Body of Evidence is a 1993 erotic thriller film directed by Uli Edel, written by Brad Mirman, and starring Madonna and Willem Dafoe, with Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Julianne Moore, and Jürgen Prochnow in supporting roles.
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