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Indecent Proposal

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Reviews; parody; production; original ending; dress; casino filming

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  • The film reportedly appears in John Wilson’s book of one hundred enjoyably bad movies and inspired a 2002 Simpsons parody.
  • Moore reportedly recalled Harrelson’s discomfort performing sex scenes with a friend’s wife.
  • Negative reviews from the Los Angeles Times, New York Times and Rolling Stone led Amy Holden Jones to publish a rebuttal; the Thelma and Louise screenwriter also criticized the film.
  • Redford’s missed-connection speech is described as substantially borrowed from Citizen Kane.
  • Moore reportedly received final approval over her sex scenes and participated in editing them.
  • The secretary reading Susan Faludi’s Backlash is identified as a deliberate thematic detail.
  • The original script let Diana leave independently; Beatty reportedly refused because his character would not get the woman.
  • Lyne and Moore reportedly argued over the character before he conceded that she was right.
  • The five-thousand-dollar Thierry Mugler dress became a widely copied sensation.
  • Vegas casino filming reportedly began at three in the morning for several weeks.