Nine 1/2 Weeks

"They broke every rule."

1986 1h 57m EN

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6.1

MID

★6.1TMDB · 1,172

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.

“They broke every rule.”

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Cast

Mickey Rourke
John
Kim Basinger
Elizabeth
Margaret Whitton
Molly
David Margulies
Harvey
Christine Baranski
Thea
Karen Young
Sue
Dwight Weist
Farnsworth
Roderick Cook
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Adrian Lyne
Writers: Sarah Kernochan, Zalman King, Patricia Louisianna Knop
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 40% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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40 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "9½ Weeks Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Adrian Lyne, shot by Peter Biziou. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jack Nitzsche. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Caroline Biggerstaff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger and Margaret Whitton carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Adrian Lyne directs. Peter Biziou behind the camera. Jack Nitzsche scores. Caroline Biggerstaff cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 40% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
240 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4Part of the "9½ Weeks Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Adrian Lyne, shot by Peter Biziou. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Jack Nitzsche. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Caroline Biggerstaff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger and Margaret Whitton carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "They broke every rule.".
10IMDB entry: tt0091635 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 9 themes, including "new york city", "prostitute", "sexual obsession", "fetish".
12Released under 32 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Biziou
Original score: Jack Nitzsche
Editing: Caroline Biggerstaff
Production design: Ken Davis
Costume design: Bobbie Read
Makeup / hair: David Forrest
Sound: William L. McCaughey
Stunt coordinator: Frank Ferrara Sr.
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $17,000,000
Box office: $6,740,470
Return: 40% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)

Part of

9½ Weeks Collection

9 1⁄2 Weeks is a 1986 American erotic romantic drama film based on the 1978 memoir of the same name by Austrian-American author Ingeborg Day. It stars Kim Basinger as Elizabeth McGraw and Mickey Rourke as John Gray. McGraw is a New York City art gallery employee who has a brief yet intense affair with a mysterious Wall Street broker. In 1997, a sequel called Another 9 1⁄2 Weeks was released via direct-to-video. It stars Rourke and Angie Everhart and was directed by Anne Goursaud. In 1998, a second straight-to-video film was released, this one a prequel called The First 9 1⁄2 Weeks that starred Paul Mercurio and Clara Bellar.