Indecent Proposal (1993)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writers (WGA):

Jack Engelhard (novel)
Amy Holden Jones (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 April 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A husband. A wife. A millionaire. A proposal

Plot:

A married woman agrees to have sex with another man for $1,000,000.

Plot Keywords:

Temptation | Female Nudity | Prostitution | Elvis Presley | Job Offer

Awards:

6 wins & 6 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 28	8:30 AM	AMC
Tue. July 29	4:00 AM	AMC
Thur. July 31	5:45 AM	AMC

Cast

Robert Redford	...	John Gage
Demi Moore	...	Diana Murphy
Woody Harrelson	...	David Murphy
Seymour Cassel	...	Mr. Shackleford
Oliver Platt	...	Jeremy
Billy Bob Thornton	...	Day Tripper
Rip Taylor	...	Mr. Langford
Billy Connolly	...	Auction M.C.
Joel Brooks	...	Realtor
Pierre Epstein	...	Van Buren
Danny Zorn	...	Screenwriter
Kevin West	...	Screenwriter
Pamela Holt	...	David's Girlfriend
Tommy Bash	...	David's Father
Mariclare Costello	...	David's Mother

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | Philippines:R-18 | South Korea:18 | Canada:18+ (Ontario) | Iceland:L | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Norway:10 (1993) | Peru:14 | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Benihana Village, Las Vegas Hilton Hotel - 3000 S. Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

During the auction scene, Redford's character is to leave the room. Redford kept missing his cue because he was listening to the jokes auction MC Billy Connolly was saying.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Gage sits at the gambling table with Diana, his chips are in front of him at #12. He slides the chips over to Diana who is sitting in front of #11. When the camera pans back, the chips are still at #12 in front of Gage.

Quotes:

Jeremy: For a million bucks *I'd* sleep with him.
[David glares at him]
Jeremy: ... Maybe not.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: When Irish Eyes Are Killing (#3.4)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

You Light Up My Life

That proposal as a concept is more interesting than the movie

"Lend your wife for one night and take a million in return? Does it sound fair?" I'm sure people will talk more about the proposal itself than the feature film, and that does not really make a favor to the film. This only leads to a conclusion that the film should have been better, and it should perhaps have taught us something more. The couple in the film do consider the proposal, for approving this deal would remove their acute need of money, but neither of the couple doesn't really look too smart to make the best decision.

It looks interesting in the beginning but then it does, really nothing. Demi Moore looks gorgeous at least but the point also is lost too quickly, perhaps it is because Robert Redford looks better than the husband who's only angry all the time and doesn't even dress well. There will not happen any great twists in the story, it only gets lame and then dies off before we see the sudden and a bit unexpected mellow ending.