Sliver Movie Review 1993

Another voyeuristic thriller starring Stone. She's Carly Norris, a lonely book editor who moves into one of Manhattan's toothpick thin buildings (the "sliver" of the title). She meets pulp novelist Jack (Berenger), whose libido is as overheated as his prose, but gets involved in a steamy affair with handsome neighbor Zeke (Baldwin), a computer whiz who also owns the building. Oh, by the way, he's installed video cameras in every unit that reveal many intimate secrets. Lots of sex and murders. Murky and underdeveloped and the ending, which was reshot, still leaves much to be desired. Lots of hype, little to recommend.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 106 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Sex & Sexuality, Erotic Thrillers, Torrid Love Scenes, Books to Film: Ira Levin, New York, New York, Tale of the Tape

Screenplay

Joe Eszterhas

Cast

Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Martin Landau, Polly Walker, Colleen Camp, CCH Pounder, Nina Foch, Keene Curtis

Cinematography

Vilmos Zsigmond

Director

Phillip Noyce

Music

Howard Shore

Producer

Robert Evans, Jr. Howard W. Koch, Joe Eszterhas, Paramount Pictures

Awards

MTV Movie Awards 1994: Most Desirable Male (Baldwin).