Indecent Proposal

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Indecent Proposal ★★½ 1993 (R)

Highgloss movie that had couples everywhere discussing the big question: Would you let your wife sleep with a billionaire in exchange for a million bucks? Probably, if all were as goodlooking as the weathered, yet ever gorgeous Redford. Moore and Harrelson are the financially down on their luck, but happy, couple who venture to Vegas on a lastditch gambling effort. Surreally slick direction from Lyne, but an ultimately empty film that explores the values of marriage in a terribly angstridden fashion. Based on the novel by Jack Engelhard. Proof that average movies can make a killing at the boxoffice, landing in sixth place for 1993. 119m/C VHS, DVD . Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel, Oliver Platt, Billy Bob Thornton, Rip Taylor, Billy Connolly, Joel Brooks, Sheena Easton, Herbie Hancock; D: Adrian Lyne; W: Amy Holden Jones; C: Howard Atherton; M: John Barry. MTV Movie Awards ‘94: Kiss (Demi Moore/Woody Harrelson); Golden Raspberries ‘93: Worst Picture, Worst Support. Actor (Harrelson), Worst Screenplay.