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. ...Directed by: Roger Kumble
Produced by Neal H. Moritz
Screenplay by: Roger Kumble
Based on: Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Starring:
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Ryan Phillippe
Reese Witherspoon
Selma Blair
Music by: Edward Shearmur
Cinematography Theo van de Sande
Edited by: Ryan Mikel
Jeff Freeman
Production
company
Original Film:
Newmarket Capital Group
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release date:
March 5, 1999
Running time:
97 minutes
Country: United States
Language:
English
French
Budget: $10.5 million
Box office: $76.3 million
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, with two direct-to-video films.
