Sliver

Sliver (1993)

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A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.

Date of release
1993-05-21
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (850)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director
Phillip Noyce

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$116M
  • Budget: A$40M
  • Earned 2.9× its budget
  • Based on: Sliver
  • Filmed in: New York City and Los Angeles

Sliver is a 1993 American erotic thriller film starring Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, and Tom Berenger. It is based on the Ira Levin novel of the same name about the mysterious occurrences in a privately owned New York high-rise sliver building. Phillip Noyce directed the film, from a screenplay by Joe Eszterhas. Because of a major battle with the MPAA, the filmmakers were forced to make extensive reshoots before release which necessitated changing the killer's identity.

Production

In the film, the tall and narrow sliver building is located at 113 East 38th Street in Manhattan, placing it at 38th Street and Park Avenue. The actual building used in the film is known as Morgan Court, located at 211 Madison Avenue in New York, one block west and two blocks south of the fictional address. The building has since become a condominium development. It was built in 1985 and has 32 floors.

In the film's original ending Zeke Hawkins (William Baldwin), instead of Jack Landsford (Tom Berenger), turns out to be the killer. After the police assume Jack to be the murderer, Carly Norris (Sharon Stone) and Zeke burn the videotapes. Soon afterwards, they wed atop the Sliver building. On their honeymoon, they fly a helicopter over a Hawaiian volcano where Carly reveals that she knows he is the killer.

In her 2021 memoir The Beauty of Living Twice, Stone stated—without naming names—that a producer had once told her to sleep with a costar in a film. In 2024, being interviewed for The Louis Theroux Podcast, Stone revealed the producer to be Robert Evans and specified that his suggestion had occurred during the production of Sliver.

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