Cast & Crew
R
Roger Kumble
Director
T
Theo van de Sande
Director of Photography
J
Jon Gary Steele
Production Design
D
David Lazan
Art Direction
Movie Details
Theatrical Release:March 5th, 1999
On DVD & Blu-ray:August 3rd, 1999
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Movie Budget:$10,500,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$76,347,426 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Michael Fottrell
Production Companies:Columbia Pictures, Newmarket Capital Group, Original Film, Neal H. Moritz Productions
Cruel Intentions on the Web:Official Website
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Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American teen romantic drama film written and directed by Roger Kumble and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The film is an adaptation of the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, written by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos in 1782, but set among wealthy teenagers attending high school in New York City instead of 18th-century France. The film started as a smaller budget independent film, but was picked up by Columbia Pictures and released on March 5, 1999. Despite mixed critical reviews, the performances of Gellar, Philippe, and Witherspoon were praised. Cruel Intentions was a box office success, earning $76 million and spawning two further films, both direct-to-video.
