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Dangerous Liaisons (1988) More at IMDbPro »

• Swoosie Kurtz, who plays Madame de Volange, went on to play Dr. Greenbaum in Cruel Intentions (1999), the modern retelling of Dangerous Liaisons. In both films, Valmont seduces her daughter.
  
  
• When the novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos was first published in 1782, it was considered so scandalous that when Queen Marie-Antoinette commissioned a copy for her personal library she had to have it bound in a blank cover so that no-one would recognise the author's name or title
  
  
• Mildred Natwick's final film
  
  
• The young Drew Barrymore was tested for and came close to getting the role of Cécile.
  
  
• The original Broadway production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Christopher Hampton opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on August 30, 1987, ran for 149 performances and was nominated for the 1987 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play.
  
  
• Sarah Jessica Parker was originally offered the role of Cécile but turned it down.
  
  
• Michelle Pfeiffer was offered the role of the Marquise de Mertueil in Valmont (1989) but she chose to play Mme de Tourvel in this film instead.
  
  

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