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< HBO's Sex And The City Black Rose Glass Ball Christmas Ornament 4" >

price：~~$14.99~~
Kurt Adler

HBO's Sex And The City Christmas Ball Ornament
Item #C4081
Officially Licensed Product
The Sex And The City logo on front, surrounded by silver roses and on the back, more silver roses.
Accented with silver glitter
Shiny Finish

Dimensions: 4" Diameter (100mm)
Materials: Glass
Ornament comes ready-to-hang with a silver cord
Comes in a clear gift box.

Constructed from high-quality anodized black aluminumMounting hardware for hanging the frames is includedSpecially designed for 11" x 17" posters
< Sex and the City (TV) 11"x17" Framed Poster >

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Pop Culture Graphics

This 11"x17" framed poster is from "Sex and the City (TV)" (2004)

You are looking at a great poster.It is perfect for framing or hanging on the wall -- and it makes a great gift.This poster measures approx. 24" x 36" and is perfect, unused, and rolled in a protective tube.
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Adam Hersh Posters

We bring you the best selection of Movie Posters, Music Posters, Sports Posters, Art Prints, Television Posters, College Humor, and more! This is the premier destination for finding entertainment posters. Find authentic movie advertisements, increase your celebrity photo and poster collection, locate that missing pop idol piece you need to complete your set, or discover rare concert sheets from your favorite musicians and bands. Whether its that one rare framed art print youve been looking for, or you need to wallpaper your dorm room with the hottest, sexiest posters, this is the place to find everything. Brand new, perfect condition, fast shipping! Buy from the best!!!

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Sinclair Institute(2008-01-01)
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The most exciting sex of your life starts today! Discover the secrets of romance, seduction, intimacy and the keys to sexual pleasure in your 40 s, 50 s and beyond. Whether you re an accomplished lover, or striving to spice up your sex life, learn easy steps to reach a new level of sexual fulfillment&passion. Great Sex for a LifetimeTM features real couples demonstrating sensual massage, creative positions, exciting toys for men and women, tips for how to find and stimulate the G spot, and oral loving techniques. Rediscover intimacy at any age, and unlock the keys to heightened sensuality. Two of America s most respected sexuality experts help you... ask for what you really want. try new things. take your lovemaking to new levels.
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< Sex Packets > < Sons of the P > < This Is an E.P. Release > < The Great Adventures of Slick Rick > < The Body-Hat Syndrome > < Playwutchyalike: The Best of Digital Underground > Digital Underground

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Rhino / Ada(1990-03-26)
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1.The Humpty Dance 2.The Way We Swing 3.Rhymin' on the Funk 4.The New Jazz 5.Underwater Rimes 6.Gutfest '89 7.The Danger Zone - Digital Underground, Shock G 8.Freaks of the Industry - Digital Underground, Shock G 9.Doowutchyalike 10.Packet Prelude 11.Sex Packets 12.Street Scene 13.Packet Man 14.Packet Reprise

customer 's review
(Humpty Hump is no bad egg.)

("Do The Humpty Hump" (Rating: 10 out of 10- -5.0 stars))

(Get the cassette version for the 4 bonus tracks not on the CD!)

(mdf35)

(rap cd for casual rap fans)

Doin' the Humpty Dance will make you see guys and girls dancing. Do what you like, grab this CD by the biscuits!
Many people might not remember Digital Underground, and if they do, they probably remember the debut single "The Humpty Dance". Digital Underground consited of: Shock G., Humpty Hump, Fuze, Money B., Kenny K. (and later on 2Pac, Saafir, and Pee Wee). The whole album has a mix of goofy tales mixed with a laid back vibe, at the same time can make you dance at some points.

Aside from the lead single, there are many funky tracks all over this album. "The Way We Swing" is a laid back head nodder. "Gutfest '89" has a funny concept behind it. "Danger Zone" is inspired by The Parlament with a recognizable sample used in that song. I believe the best track on the album is "Doowhutchyalike", that song is hilarious. "Sex Packets" is another long and mellow track with a weird sample. The last actual track is "Packet Man" where Shock G. and Humpty Hump go back and forth selling sex packets. Then the last track on the album closes off with a short instrumental of the title track.

"Sex Packets" is a wonderful album. This is one I would recommend to fans of early 90's rap. Even if you never heard of this group, I still would recommend that you check this album out, because the album is just so great. If you enjoyed this album, I also recommend you check out their next two full length albums Sons of the P&The Body-Hat Syndrome as well. Peace.

P.S.: Like a lot of reviewers said, some of the tracks were omitted from the CD version of this album that were origonally on cassette tape. I know "Hip Hop Doll" and a longer version of "Gutfest '89" were some of the songs, and you might be able to find those track floating around on the internet to download.

Lyrics: A
Production: A+
Guest Appearances: N/A
Musical Vibes: A+

Top 5 Tracks:
1. Doowutchyalike
2. The Humpty Dance
3. Sex Packets
4. Danger Zone
5. The Way We Swing

Honorable Mention Tracks:
1. Gutfest '89
2. Rhymin' On The Funk

This is a brilliant album, and it's a damn shame there hasn't been a well-deserved, deluxe, lovingly thorough reissue of it that includes the extra songs from the CD and the cassette. This version, the cassette version, features these four songs that aren't on its CD counterpart: 1. Hip Hop Doll, 2. Gutfest '89 (Full Length Long Version), 3. Sound of the Underground, 4. A Tribute to the Early Days. If you're a fan of Parliament Funkadelic, subsonic bass grooves, great beats, loopy lyrics and awesomely layered group rhymes that meander all over the place and finally come back to where they started, you'll need both the CD and cassette versions of this album! Then move on to "This is an EP release" and "Sons of the P"...more brilliant D.U. music.
Great Album! Never to be forgotten. I was just getting out of High school when this album had dropped and it really blew me away when I first heard the entire album. At first I heard the humpty dance and thought that in order for me to get this album, I had to listen to it first and its a very versitile one. Songs such as freaks of the industry, Do what U like, and underwater rimes really set the album off. other tracks like gut fest 89 and danger zone were definitely the bomb. This album is timeless and will never fade away. One more thing. When the original album came out, ther were more tracks on it which included certain excerpts of underground DU mixes. If anyone know how to acess that or may have a way of gettin it pls let me know. thxs
I like this cd b/c its part rap and part FUNK. Parliment Funkadelic is sampled to the max but that is a good thing.

The 2 best songs are Humpty Dance and Dowatchyalike. Great party tunes with a cool, perverted sense of humor. The rest of the songs are good, but the others are the standouts.

The music is not dated b/c funk/ P-funk is timeless. I love to upset hardcore rappers by telling them that Tupac never did any better than when he was with the Digital Underground.

Want to get a party started or even better ...get lucky? Put on the Humpty Dance for your significant other, dance around with no shame or inhibitions, and your honey will just melt. Who can resist "my nose is like a pickle and in the 69 position it'll tickle your rear" (I think that's the lyric)

This huge, cartoonish Californian crew, helmed by concept-man Shock-G, seized on the ultra-bassy funkwoob-woobof Parliament-Funkadelic as the platform for its ensemble tomfoolery. At its best, it's inspired, daffy give-and-take that you can shake your rump to, especially on the hits "Doowutchalike" and "The Humpty Dance" and the ridiculous aquatic hip-hop fantasia "Underwater Rimes." At times, though, an uncomfortable current of leering misogyny surfaces. The disc ends with a suite of tracks about an imaginary safe-sex drug, the "sex packets" of the title. The concept gets stretched pretty thin, but "Packet Man," a cunning dialogue between Shock G (as a dealer) and his Groucho-nosed alter ego Humpty Hump (as his customer), is outright adorable.--Douglas Wolk
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< Sex Packets > < Sons of the P > < This Is an E.P. Release > < The Great Adventures of Slick Rick > < The Body-Hat Syndrome > freaks

< Rhythm Love and Soul: The Sexiest Songs of R&B Live > < Superstars of Seventies Soul: Live > < Old School Soul Party Live > < Get Ready: Definitive Performances 1965-1972 [DVD] - The Temptations > < Soul Comes Home: A Celebration of Stax Records > < The Definitive Performances 1963-1987 >

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Shout Factory(2003-10-07)

customer 's review
(MISSED IT!)

(muy bueno)

(ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION...)

(EXCELENTE)

(Muffled vocals ruin an otherwise enjoyable concert)

Somebody dared ask 'why is Aretha considered the Queen of Soul. Take a little time to watch her rendition of Freeway of Love with Ollie Woodson on this dvd. Soul is when you take a song everyone already knows and you give it that something else, taking it to another level. Nobody does this better than The Queen. I took away a star because the Originals were left off the dvd. Long Live The Queen.
ESTE DVD, ME REMONTO A LOS INICIOS DE MI ADOLESCENCIA, QUE DIAS AQUELLOS..........EL DVD ESTA MUY BUENO, ARETHA, LOU RAWLS, BARBARA MASON, GLORIA GAYNOR, MANHATHANS ,BILLY PAUL........CANTAN EXCELENTE AUN ,A PESAR DE LOS AÑOS............DIVINO EL DVD
This is a very nice mix of some of the Pop/R&B classics with outstanding performances in particular by The Manhattans, Side Show, and Gloria Gaynor. Check it out!
Una maravilla para disfrutar con amigos en una reunion y recordar momentos especiales, gran imagen y excelente calidad de sonido, el concierto es muy reciente.
The line up of 60's and 70's soulsters is interesting - an eclectic mixture of the well known and the not so famous. The backing orchestration and vocals are excellent. However, everything unravels when the lead vocals commence. The singers all sound as if there was a curtain between them and the microphone when the recordings were made. It is not just a matter of 60 year old vocal chords being weaker than 20 year old. It is not the obvious lack of proper balance between the audience noise and the music. The simple problem is that the vocals were not mixed at the correct volume. I can understand such a problem with a 1960 concert. This is a 2003 production! I am perplexed.
There were a lot of bald heads, bad backs, and big bellies crowded into Pittsburgh's Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, both onstage and off, for this November 2002 concert, and it's apparent that everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. And how could it be otherwise, when artists and audience members of a certain (i.e., middle) age get together for a 107-minute soul/R&B revue that encompasses two or three decades of terrific songs and performances? Originally broadcast by PBS, the 18-song show includes everything from soul standards like "Respect" (sung by a rather hefty but still effective Aretha Franklin) to disco hymns like Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and Thelma Houston's magnificent "Don't Leave Me This Way," with a few ballad chestnuts (Blue Magic's "Side Show," Peaches and Herb's "Reunited") added for good measure. OK, so some of these folks are a bit past their primes. But for the most part, this program (which includes several backstage interviews) is less about nostalgia than simply having a darn good time.--Sam Graham
This live DVD serves as the companion to the highly successful PBS concert pledge special and CD box set. This event captures the greatest R&B performers and their music in a truly unforgettable live setting. Rhythm, Love&Soul is another great success from the American Soundtrack series of shows produced by Pittsburgh PBS station WQED, and Shout! Factory's Richard and Garson Foos. Comes in 5.1 surround sound or pristine PCM stereo. Includes 3 songs from Aretha Franklin in a rare TV appearance, and backstage interviews with a number of performers.

Track List:
1. Respect - Aretha Franklin
2. At Last - Aretha Franklin and Lou Rawls
3. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls
4. Can't Get Next To You/Papa Was A Rolling Stone (medley) - Dennis Edwards&The Temptations Review
5. 25 Miles - Edwin Starr
6. Yes, I'm Ready - Barbara Mason
7. Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton
8. When Will I See You Again - Valerie, Helen&Cynthia, formerly known as "The Three Degrees"
9. Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
10. Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
11. Side Show - Blue Magic
12. Reunited - Peaches and Herb
13. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
14. I Never Knew - Gloria Gaynor
15. Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
16. Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans
17. Freeway Of Love - Aretha Franklin
18. Someday, We'll Be Together - Mary Wilson, Johnny Bristol and entire cast
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< Rhythm Love and Soul: The Sexiest Songs of R&B Live > < Superstars of Seventies Soul: Live > < Old School Soul Party Live > < Get Ready: Definitive Performances 1965-1972 [DVD] - The Temptations > < Soul Comes Home: A Celebration of Stax Records > freaks

< Brain Sex (3pc) >

price：~~$39.98~~
Discovery Channel(1998-03-17)

customer 's review
(Yes, Virginia, your Brain (like your body) also has a sex.)

(Great topic of debate between biological and social sciences)

However, for some people the sex of the brain doesn't always match the sex of the body. And there are differing levels of"gender"applied to each. How is the female brain different from the male brain? What is the basis for males and females being attracted to each other? We say that this is"natural"but what exactly does that mean? What happens when"nature"goes wrong (or only goes"almost"right). The answers that science has known for over a decade are now presented in a 3-tape program that is understandable to the layman. This is the second time I am purchasing these tapes (the first copy was"borrowed").
This video series takes a wonderful, scientific-but tolerable- approach to the argument of brain sex. Are men and women different due to nature or our environment? Do little boys play more violently than liitle girls? Why? Who learns more quickly through consequence? An excellent way to look at the subject for both biological and social science students and instructors! END

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Starmaker Entertainment, Inc.

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(Jaclyn Smith Excellant As Always)

This picture hit the screen on October 1 1978 starring the beautiful and gorgeous as she could Jaclyn Smith as Elena Scheider, Tony Curtis as Randy Brent., and Red Buttons as warren Ambrose. The film-opening scene has Randy arguing with director Adam Baker about a part in the current movie that he doesn't like. Enters Elena Scheider who goes into a trailer with Adam baker the movies current producer. Baker wants to pay Elena to seduce Randy in bed in order to make him think that he can do the films next love scene. Mr. Baker invites Elena to a party he's having in Randy's honor and Elena walks in on Mr. Bakers arm. When Mr. Baker is ready to leave Elena isn't and she stays with Randy. Elena and Randy spend a romantic night together, which prompts Elena to walk in Mr. Baker's office and give back the money she was paid. Elena then goes out and watches Randy do the love scene, which he was excellent in. Randy decides that he wants Elena to come back to California with him in the morning. However, Elena has a decision to make because she has to figure out who's going to take care of her crippled mother. However, Elena mother tells her to get on that plane tomorrow and go with Randy because she'll be just fine. After the plane lands in California, Randy takes Elena for a ride through Beverly Hills. The relationship goes to the next level when the couple starts to talk about get married. However, the honeymoon doesn't last long because Randy's picture gets cut from 120 mins to 97 mins and is sold for the TV rights only. Elena agrees to meet with another producer if she wants to get Randy another movie deal before he falls apart. Things turn when Elena comes home and fines Randy with another man of all things and after Elena walks out Randy tries to commit suicide by cutting his wrist. So Randy and Elena are invited to one of the biggest parties in Beverly Hills where Elena meets Reade Jamieson. Elena decides to give a party for one of the most respected producers in California only to be stood up. However, the price that Elena could to help randy could cost her everything. I bought this picture because of Jaclyn Smith and it was well worth it. Jaclyn shined as star she is in her role in this picture. There were a number of scenes that she looked so good in especially the scene in the swimming pool and the scene in the hot tub. You can say all you want about her but as far as I'm concerned she is the best actress of all time. Because of Jaclyn Smith Beauty, I give this movie 10 weasel stars alone.

The story of a woman filled with passion, ambition, and the drive to make it in Hollywood.
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Interviews of several individuals in very bizarre professions.From a dominatrix to erotic masseuse to exotic dancers.
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< Much Ado About Nothing > < Henry V > < Twelfth Night > < A Midsummer Night's Dream > < William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Two-Disc Special Edition) > < Hamlet >

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DVD)(2003-01-07)
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customer 's review
(Shakespeare done to perfection)

(Love of Language)

(DVD Much Ado About Nothing)

(Great Movie)

(Great!)

This adaptation of the classic is perfectly understandable, humorous, beautiful and a joy to behold. Even those who are bored or daunted by Shakespeare's work will enjoy this bountiful, star studded film.
I think this adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing," I think is one of Shakespeare's best comedies, is a great film. It can function as a sort of introductory bit of Shakespeare, because this play mostly consists of characters exchanging witty banter, and the actors (Keanu Reeves very much aside) brought such life to the already hilarious words. From the straight forward interpretations of Beatrice and Benedick (Emma Thompson and director Kenneth Branagh, respectively), to the wild but captivating take on Dogberry (Michael Keaton), this movie bursts with wit and life that most film adaptations of the bard's work has lacked.

I thought Keanu Reeves was a horrible choice to play the villainous Don John, for a couple of reasons. One, because Reeves--sorry, Reeves lovers, if there are any of you--he quite simply can't act. Two, he's supposed to be the brother of Don Pedro, who is played (nicely, I might add) by Denzel Washington... who, to say the least, looks nothing at all like Reeves. Whatever the reasoning was behind that, Don John plays a mercifully small role, leaving all the big stuff to better characters played by better actors. The story is quick and punchy, bursting with witty banter and love of the English language. It brings a story of love, trickery, and friendship to the table and, like all comedies, comes complete with a big old happy ending that will surely leave a smile on your face.

7/10
This is an excellent Hollywood presentation of Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing. Emma Thompson is an excellent actress. I would definitely be careful not to show it to children or young teens as there is a fairly explicit sexual scene in it unless you totally fast forward that scene.
A great movie to watch. It's kind of shallow in the plot, but very witty and comical. The acting is excellent, and it's definitely worthy of imagination of Shakespeare himself... as if these people were watched while he penned this play.

For those worried about being able to follow the archaic language, don't worry. The movie has subtitle options and it's by far one of the easiest to grasp!!!
Wonderful movie! Now to find the Flying Karamazov Brothers' rendition of the Merchant of Venice.
Young lovers hero and claudio soon to wed conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles benedick and beatrice to wed as well Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 01/15/2008 Starring: Kenneth Branagh Keanu Reeves Run time: 111 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh's 1993 production of Shakespeare'sMuch Ado About Nothingis a vigorous and imaginative work, cheerful and accessible for everyone. Largely the story of Benedick (Branagh) and Beatrice (Emma Thompson)--adversaries who come to believe each is trying to woo the other--the film veers from arched wit to ironic romps, and the two leads don't mind looking a little silly at times. But the plot is also layered with darker matters that concern the ease with which men and women fall into mutual distrust. Branagh has rounded up a mixed cast of stage vets and Hollywood stars, among the latter Denzel Washington and Michael Keaton, the latter playing a rather seedy, Beetlejuice-like version of Dogberry, king of malapropisms. The DVD release has optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, Dolby sound, optional Spanish and French soundtracks or subtitles.--Tom Keogh
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< Much Ado About Nothing > < Henry V > < Twelfth Night > < A Midsummer Night's Dream > < William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Two-Disc Special Edition) > freaks

< Basic Instinct (Unrated Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] > < Basic Instinct 2 [Blu-ray] > < Terminator 2: Judgment Day [Blu-ray] > < The Untouchables (Special Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] > < Fatal Attraction (Special Collector's Edition) > < Wild Things (Unrated Edition) [Blu-ray] >

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Lions Gate(2007-05-29)
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customer 's review
(Are you a pro? No, I'm an amateur)

(A masterpiece that gets better with age)

(Apart from All the Rest -- Sharon Saves Movie......)

(The directors cut Generates Heat!)

(One of my favorites growing up)

Basic Instinct is a basic geometric triangle, and while, as in basic math, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of the two adjacent sides, all of the sides are important, and basically, with Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, and Jeanne Triplehorn, you can't lose.

Jeanne Triplehorn is from Oklahoma. She has been described as having an incredibly open face and a devastating glare. Her father, Tom Triplehorn, played guitar for Gary&the Pacemakers on such hits as "This Diamond Ring Doesn't Shine For You Anymore." Working with Michael Douglas as the 2nd Lead in Basic Instinct led to Ms. Triplehorn's chance to portray Tom Cruise's wife in the box-office smash The Firm (1993). Her clever work in this film afforded her the opportunity to work opposite other "top guns" in the industry, including Kevin Costner in the futuristic epic flop Waterworld (1995), Gwyneth Paltrow in the experiment-gone-wrong Sliding Doors (1998) and Hugh Grant in the preposterous Mickey Blue Eyes (1999). Though Triplehorn couldn't rescue these Kamikaze missions from certain disaster, her performance in Basic Instinct as the bespectacled psychiatrist Dr. Beth Garner garnered my attention.

Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone are so well known that I scarcely need to go into their biographies. Michael was the son of well known, well liked actor Kirk Douglas. He didn't want any of his sons to ply the acting profession, so he never gave Michael so much as a 'foot in the door.' He first got the public's attention playing a cop opposite veteran actor Karl Malden in 'The Streets of San Francisco.' [shot on location in San Francisco, it is fun to watch re-runs for the superb location shots alone]. TV led to films, but it was Basic Instinct that catapulted Douglas to household name status. Other notable roles were Fatal Attraction and Wall Street.

Stone was also catapulted into the limelight from the success of Basic Instinct, but fell from grace with Sliver and a slew of slim pickings until finally getting respect and redemption in Casino with Robert De Niro, an Oscar nomination, thank you. Sharon has had some ups, with Basic Instinct, Casino, The Muse, The Quick and the Dead, The Mighty, and Bobby; but others, such as Sliver, Diabolique, Intersection, The Specialist, Catwoman, Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, and the sequel-that-never-should-have-been, Basic Instinct 2, basically sunk like a... well, Stone.

I have a basic theory about Joe Eszterhas. His career was in a tailspin after Sliver, Showgirls, and Jade, so he went down in flames with An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn. Anyone familiar with the name Alan Smithee knows that it is the name a director attaches to a film that he wants nothing more to do with. This film not only capped a string of bad reviews for his writing, it added one for his acting, playing himself for goodness sake, he was such a bad actor he couldn't even effectively portray himself. Besides that, it was a kind of vendetta against Hollywood, and all he had suffered there. I think that Flashdance was brilliant, for a movie about a welder/stripper who wants to go to ballet school, and I would like to see Jagged Edge. Basic Instinct might be the pinnacle of his achievement. You know you are being manipulated with trashy, exploitive garbage, but like Wayne Knight (Newman from Seinfeld) and the other cops in the famous scene in the interrogation room, you don't care. After his apotheosis with Basic Instinct, he slid down the slippery slope with Sliver, Showgirls, Jade, and finally, to kill his career once and for all, An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn.

I find it interesting that Sharon Stone plays a sociopathic writer in Basic Instinct, and contend that Eszterhas was drawing from personal experience in that regard. At one point Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) reveals the finer points of her craft, where she asserts that writing teaches you how to lie. She utilizes that skill in beating a polygraph. I find this very telling, Mr. Eszterhas.

Though I remember Spetters, I doubt that many other people do. It was a charming foreign film about motorcycle racing, as I recall. Total Recall was totally an Arnold Swarzeneger vehicle supposedly based on the writing of Philip K. Dick, but it came up surprisingly dickless. Robocop, though I personally didn't see it, it was so popular that I remember it nevertheless. Basic Instinct seems to be the high water mark for Verhoeven as well, but his next outing with Eszterhas resulted in Showgirls--not a brilliant career move for either one.

Take these actors, this writer, and this director, mix them together in a pot boiler like Basic Instinct, and voila! I liked the way Catherine Tramell knew how to exploit Nick Curran's weaknesses: cigarettes, cocaine, booze, sex, violence--if she could awaken his craving for one, it would lead to the others. All the while, he thought he was solving the case, and that proved to be his biggest weakness of all. Thinking he could out think Tramell in this cat-and-mouse game, where he thinks he's the cat, but he is nothing but a mouse.

Though I admit that Basic Instinct was a great film, it remains a guilty pleasure, and though I was entertained, I resent being manipulated in such a trashy and exploitive way. So I will shed no tears for the fall of Eszterhas.

JOE ESZTERHAS

Basic Instinct 2 (2006) (characters)
Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998) (written by)
Telling Lies in America (1997) (written by)
Jade (1995) (written by) (1995) (written by)
Showgirls (Fully Exposed Edition)
Sliver (Unrated Edition) (1993) (screenplay)
Basic Instinct (1992) (written by)
Music Box (1989) (written by)
Checking Out (1989) (written by)
Betrayed (1988) (written by)
Big Shots (1987) (written by)
Hearts of Fire (1987) (screenplay)
Jagged Edge (1985) (written by)
Flashdance (Special Collector's Edition w/ Bonus CD)screenplay) (1983)
F.I.S.T (1978) (screenplay) (story)

PAUL VERHOEVEN

Starship Troopers (1997)
Showgirls (1995)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Total Recall (1990)
RoboCop (1987)
Flesh+Blood (1985)
Vierde man, De (1983)
Spetters (Widescreen Edition) (1980)

SHARON STONE

When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007) .... Karen Fields
If I Had Known I Was a Genius (2007) .... Gloria Fremont
Bobby (2006) .... Miriam Ebbers
Basic Instinct 2 (2006) .... Catherine Tramell
Alpha Dog (2006) .... Olivia Mazursky
Broken Flowers (2005) .... Laura
Catwoman (2004) .... Laurel Hedare
The Muse (1999) .... Sarah Little
Gloria (1999) .... Gloria
Antz (1998) (voice) .... Princess Bala
The Mighty (1998) .... Gwen Dillon
Sphere (1998) .... Dr. Elizabeth 'Beth' Halperin
Last Dance (1996) .... Cindy Liggett
Diabolique (1996) .... Nicole Horner
Casino (1995) .... Ginger McKenna
The Quick and the Dead (1995) .... Ellen "The Lady"
The Specialist (1994) .... May Munro
Intersection (1994) .... Sally Eastman
Last Action Hero (1993) .... Catherine Tramell
Sliver (1993) .... Carly Norris
Basic Instinct (1992) .... Catherine Tramell
Diary of a Hitman (1991) .... Kiki
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1991) .... Serena Black
Year of the Gun (1991) .... Alison King
Scissors (1991) .... Angie Anderson
He Said, She Said (1991) .... Linda Metzger
Total Recall (1990) .... Lori

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Traffic (2000) .... Robert Wakefield
Wonder Boys (2000) .... Prof. Grady Tripp
A Perfect Murder (1998) .... Steven Taylor
The Game (1997) .... Nicholas Van Orton
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) .... Charles Remington
The American President (1995) .... President Andrew Shepherd
Disclosure (1994) .... Tom Sanders
Falling Down (1993) .... William 'D-Fens' Foster
Basic Instinct (1992) .... Det. Nick Curran
Shining Through (1992) .... Ed Leland
The War of the Roses (1989